Returning Hipkins as PM Is Unthinkable
The man waged war on Auckland, turned us into prisoners, caused stagnation and will tax your family home.
NZ Politics
It Is a Public Service Defence Strategy
Either you get a reconstituted service which is stripped back to its necessary bones without the bureaucratic bloat, or you do away altogether with any department that can’t actually prove its worth. Brutal but necessary.
What Luxon’s Poll Numbers Mean for National MPs
Even before National loses more popularity due to Luxon being unlikable, inept and generally unable to articulate what he stands for, five National MPs are going to lose their seats.
News Briefing: 11 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, POLLING, PUBLIC SERVICE Jenna Lynch (Stuff): The PM needs his political radar to flick on - urgently Richard Harman (Politik): The coalition gets a wakeup call (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): A critical week or two for the PM (paywalled) Catherine McGregor (Spinoff)
Luxon’s Time Is Now Limited
The latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll has more bad news for Christopher Luxon and National.
Face of the Day
At today’s post-Cabinet press conference, Luxon said it was important Bayly had some time to clear his head after resigning.
Luxon: Ignore Your Media Coaches
Previous generations of politicians didn’t have this problem: they spoke directly, said what they thought and were generally respected for it, even if people didn’t agree. Their message wasn’t filtered through layers of obfuscatory flim-flam.
This Is Pure Academic Arrogance
What does Anne Salmond know about the Māori language that Āpirana Ngata, Hugh Kāwharu and the late Māori Queen didn’t know? She should tell us.
NZ Should Abolish All Funding of the UN
The UN is a bloated bureaucracy riddled with inefficiency, hypocrisy and corruption, often failing its own missions while serving the interests of the powerful.
News Briefing: 10 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): How likely is the National Party to oust Luxon? (paywalled) Duncan Garner (Listener): Why I’m picking Christopher Luxon won’t lead National into the next election (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Post): Under-fire MP Andrew Bayly takes a break to
This Just Beggars Belief
Why do PM Luxon and Minister Bishop’s 100 foreign investors ‘visiting’ NZ this week comprise 50 local Auckland firms?
No One Is Defending Luxon
What has been really noticeable is how few people have come to his defence.
They Think They Are All That and a Bag of Chips
Kiwis voted for change at the last election, and Luxon said, yeah, nah.
One Rogue Billionaire Could Fix NZ
A rogue billionaire, a nationalist party and a few dozen patriotic public servants could save this country in three to six years. The majority would back them and get their country back.
Is Chris Bishop Really Doing the Numbers?
Bishop may be doing the numbers, but the indications are he is not.