National’s Housing U-Turn: Bishop Gets Schooled by Auckland Reality
National’s path is clear: win Auckland or bust. Time to consult real Aucklanders for fixes, not Wellington’s debate-club graduates.
NZ Politics
Web Series Gives Voice to New Zealanders
Episodes will be available on the website thetribute.nz, as well as Facebook, X, YouTube, and Spotify under The Tribute branding.
Where Is the Consistency?
When the architect of the Christchurch Call appears to abandon those principles when applied to a different community, it raises fundamental questions about whether those principles were ever truly universal, or merely convenient.
Roy Morgan Poll Shows Election Year Knife-Edge, With Luxon Holding National Back
National has a glaring problem here, and I have said it time and time again: they need real strategies to turn this around. At least the problem has a name, and that name is Christopher Luxon.
Government To Toughen Our Electricity Market Rules
The reforms come as the government continues broader work to address high electricity prices, manage dry-year risks, and ensure long-term energy security.
And Persia Still Persists
Some reflections on the protests in Iran, and exploring the reasons why the usual activists, mainstream media, and others are disturbingly silent despite a nation's desire to be free.
Winston Peters Delivers a Blunt Message to RBNZ’s Clueless Governor
Winston Peters is right and the Reserve Bank Governor is wrong. Breman should stick to managing New Zealand’s monetary policy and leave the international posturing to those elected to handle it.
The Myth in New Zealand Education
New Zealand’s education system is teaching children a modern ideological story as ancient truth – a story that rewrites history, embeds race-based authority and quietly undermines democratic equality.
Show Us the Receipts
If MPs want trust, they should stop asking for it and start earning it. Publish the receipts. Every quarter. Every MP. Until then, do not be surprised when the public assumes the worst.
Angela Brazier’s Got More Cheek Than a Fat Lady’s Bum
Brazier’s exit cannot come soon enough. The firearms community and the public deserve better than cover-up artists in charge.
Pakuranga Fire and a Cheap Shot
Spare us the moral grandstanding about firefighters “gambling with lives” when the real gamble is a system that underpays essential services while happily burning money elsewhere.
The Politics of Our Language
That is “reverse language imperialism”. And, the politics of language in New Zealand.
This Is State Sponsored Arrogance
Latest developments in a storm that’s not in a teacup.