The CTU Already Wrote Chippy’s Budget
The union wrote the invoice. Chippy just signs it.
NZ Politics
This Is a Fragile Recovery
A debate is raging over the state of New Zealand’s economy, as we head towards the election. Some say a recovery is well underway, while others claim it remains in crisis. Both can’t be right, so let’s see what the data shows. But first, some background. When
An Agenda Drives the MAPAS
For all the talk about mirroring demographics and countering disadvantage, race-based entry programmes to our medical schools rest on a highly contested political ideology of separatism that, for obvious reasons, is rarely presented to the general public as its underlying rationale.
Proudest Legacy. Selective Memory.
They invented the scheme, waited for National’s homework, forced the boss, softened the worker and skipped the cut they cried about.
Wind It Up Or Make It Binding.
One side wants a finish line. The other wants an unelected veto. Wind it up or watch them put it above you.
If It Happened Here
A country that woke up to 1,195 of its own dead should not have to ask Wellington’s permission before finishing the job. A country that has the right to exist has the right to defend itself.
Your Kiwisaver Owns the Companies They Want to Tax
The Greens and Te Pāti Māori want to tax capital harder. Unfortunately, ordinary New Zealanders own rather a lot of it.
Stickers For Gaza. Silence For Hamas.
Hipkins would sanction Israel, bless Palestine and skip Oct 7. Campaign piety is not a foreign policy.
KiwiMart – The Great Leap Forward
KiwiMart isn’t the end of the story. It’s chapter one. It’s not like it hasn’t been tried before.
Barry Young a Candidate in 2026 Election
Mr Young, who is the Outdoors and Freedom Party’s Wellington North candidate, said he is standing to speak truth to power. We need to recognise the harms done in New Zealand since 2021, he said.