Budget 2026
The rating agencies made it clear that while the budget shows prudent short-term management, it falls short of the more ambitious structural reform needed to put New Zealand’s finances on a truly sustainable long-term footing.
NZ Politics
This Is Only the Tip of a Large Iceberg
If you think National is rolling back co-governance, you are being conned. Isn’t it time for New Zealand to wake up?
The Total Annihilation of Te Tiriti in the Health System
We would all be better off if we had an agreed understanding of what the Treaty actually provided, and for that reason it was a tragedy that parliament threw out the Treaty Principles Bill promoted by the ACT Party.
The Good Oil Podcast – Episode 34 – Billy Brown
“The only person who’s going to save you is yourself” – Billy Brown on meritocracy, iwi elites and why New Zealand needs to start digging.
Christchurch City Council Has Lost Its Mind
Local government was never meant to be the enforcement arm of radical gender theory. It was meant to fix the roads, empty the bins, and run the pools without turning them into ideological battlegrounds. Instead, Christchurch ratepayers are funding this grotesque farce.
Hipkins’ Policy Silence Doesn’t Matter
Why the Labour leader’s failure to disclose policy is irrelevant.
Biometric Surveillance Raises Serious Privacy Concerns
PILLAR is calling on parliament to ensure any expansion of biometric surveillance powers is accompanied by clear statutory safeguards, independent oversight mechanisms, transparency requirements and meaningful protections for privacy rights guaranteed under New Zealand law.
Willis Buys Breathing Room and Leaves Labour in a Fiscal Chokehold
Willis has not fixed everything but she has stabilised the ship and forced the opposition to show their hand.
Worse than Whitlam, Better for New Zealand
For once the money might flow east across the Tasman.
Willis Revives English’s Losing Playbook With Super Attack on Winston
Willis would do well to focus on fixing the books rather than picking fights she cannot win.
How Many Children and Young People?
Our systems are failing us – the doctors, the coroners, the police, Medsafe, the Ministry of Health, our politicians, the wider judiciary and the media. It is up to ordinary, decent New Zealanders who care about the future of this country to make a noise.