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If that’s Luxon’s Plan, What About Labour?
Written By: - Date published: 1:05 pm, January 26th, 2025 - 53 comments
It’s time to highlight what a Labour plan for the New Zealand economy under a 2026 government would look like. And ask questions.
New Zealand’s worst leadership speech since 2008
Written By: - Date published: 9:31 am, January 24th, 2025 - 22 comments
The PM’s ‘State of the Nation’ speech about the New Zealand economy titled “economic growth the key to better days ahead” was a bag of words with no plan.
Selling NZ off to the highest foreign bidder. Is it still NZ First?
Written By: - Date published: 10:00 pm, January 23rd, 2025 - 17 comments
For a year, Luxon and Seymour have been prepping the Overseas Investment Act to sell NZ off to wealthy foreigners. But who is running the show? Libertarian interests of course. And Winston Peters might find the money good enough to fold.
The difference between Christopher Luxon and Donald Trump *
Written By: - Date published: 12:15 pm, January 22nd, 2025 - 22 comments
* is not as great as you think.
Latest opinion poll – Labour overtakes National
Written By: - Date published: 2:21 pm, January 17th, 2025 - 62 comments
That grinding noise you can hear from the Parliamentary precinct is the sound of National backbenchers sharpening their knives getting ready for a change of leadership. Because the latest Curia poll shows National has fallen behind Labour in the preferred party stakes.
2024 in review
Written By: - Date published: 11:01 am, December 31st, 2024 - 25 comments
It is that time of year when during the brief hiatus of civilisation known as the holidays we get the time to reflect on what has happened over the past 12 months.
Is Luxon on a roll?
Written By: - Date published: 10:12 pm, December 18th, 2024 - 24 comments
Or about to be rolled? Word has it that Chris Bishop is waiting in the wings, as Luxon’s favourability rating drops below Hipkins.
When publicity stunts go bad
Written By: - Date published: 9:13 am, December 17th, 2024 - 16 comments
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon recently posted a picture of him helping with a gift box initiative for the poor. But at the same time he is overseeing the cessation of funding for food banks.
Luxon & Willis Double Down on Ferries Debacle
Written By: - Date published: 6:46 am, December 13th, 2024 - 15 comments
Government sneakily shifts the numbers on the cancelled Kiwirail i-Rex project from $3b to $4b as Luxon and Willis defend their plan for a plan.
Clusterfreak
Written By: - Date published: 9:57 am, December 12th, 2024 - 46 comments
Yesterday’s replacement ferry announcement by Nicola Willis suggests that very little progress has been made in securing replacement Cook Island ferries.
Luxon Takes A Beating
Written By: - Date published: 10:14 am, December 4th, 2024 - 20 comments
Five recent polls show that Kiwis are tired of the Coalition government, but will the trendline hold?
Economy Nose Dives
Written By: - Date published: 6:42 pm, November 28th, 2024 - 24 comments
The economy is tanking and Treasury has downgraded the forecasts again after “the government inherited finances in better shape than expected” in January. So who is Nicola Willis blaming, and Winston Peters too?
National’s dodgy health announcements
Written By: - Date published: 4:09 pm, November 27th, 2024 - 18 comments
National yesterday made great fanfare about an extra $30 million being spent on doctors and nurses. But news today of 1,500 health job cuts in the pipeline clearly shows how the extra funds are to be sourced.
A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
Written By: - Date published: 12:04 pm, November 23rd, 2024 - 10 comments
Want to make a submission opposing David Seymour’s dog whistle Treaty Principles Bill? Here’s how.
Justified outrage
Written By: - Date published: 8:40 am, November 15th, 2024 - 46 comments
There were some dramatic scenes in Parliament yesterday with Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke leading a fiery haka during the count of Act’s Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill.
This Government’s day of shame
Written By: - Date published: 10:33 am, November 14th, 2024 - 63 comments
David Seymour thinks that opponents to his bill cannot explain what it is they are opposed to but ignores the clear advice of 40 Kings Counsel who have written to the Government telling it that the bill is itself a breach of the treaty.
What happened?
Written By: - Date published: 9:44 am, November 10th, 2024 - 120 comments
Why did America vote for the least suitable candidate imaginable? And what are the implications for New Zealand politics?
The Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill gets slammed
Written By: - Date published: 12:42 pm, November 8th, 2024 - 14 comments
The Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill has now been released and it appears that the provisions take away more rights from Māori than originally proposed.
A Heavy Day
Written By: - Date published: 3:05 pm, November 7th, 2024 - 40 comments
This short excerpt represents a respite from the US election. Christopher Luxon apologises to Opposition leader Chris Hipkins and more. TPM ask Luxon about using force in boot camps. Plus a quick reminder on what we shouldn’t forget here in NZ either.
What’s up with Matt Doocey, Mike King & the $24mn of taxpayers money?
Written By: - Date published: 1:55 pm, November 1st, 2024 - 15 comments
Mike King calls alcohol a solution to mental health anguish. But evidence shows alcohol is linked to a 94% increase in suicide and has links to family violence. So what is happening with King and the $24m this government handed him in a highly “irregular” contract process?
Luxon Promotes Wealthy & Foreign Interests
Written By: - Date published: 6:28 pm, October 30th, 2024 - 12 comments
Chris Luxon continues to talk up privatisation and wealthy foreign interests from the Middle East and elsewhere. Privatisation and PPP models have been shown to cost a country – but he and ACT and NZ First seem set on their course to sell NZ assets.
Luxon Tells The World Andrew Bayly Lied
Written By: - Date published: 10:24 pm, October 21st, 2024 - 48 comments
Today, Christopher Luxon said Andrew Bayly got it “horribly” wrong when telling a Kiwi worker to “f*ck” off and repeatedly call him a loser. But Bayly had denied it just last week.
77% of NZ’s business leaders say a CGT or equivalent is needed as chorus for CGT increases
Written By: - Date published: 7:06 pm, October 16th, 2024 - 90 comments
ANZ, ASB and Simplicity are the latest to join the 77% of business leaders who now say CGT is essential for NZ. CGT goes wholly to the government so why is Luxon so against it?
Twelve months of this Government
Written By: - Date published: 10:33 am, October 14th, 2024 - 49 comments
This Government was elected 12 months ago. And I don’t think any of us could have appreciated how bad it would have been.
Latest poll result – National is being cleaned out by NZ First and Act
Written By: - Date published: 6:41 pm, October 11th, 2024 - 109 comments
The latest Curia poll result suggests that National is tanking and NZ First and Act are eating into its support. And Luxon selling off his rental properties and saying that he does not care suggests he may be planning for an exit.
National is stuffing up health
Written By: - Date published: 10:02 am, October 8th, 2024 - 10 comments
The adding of extra costs to the Dunedin Hospital project to make it appear to be unaffordable, the reckless allowance for a tax cut for Philip Morris and the fudging of health figures to suggest there is a crisis all point to gross mismanagement of Health at a time when it is under stress. Is the goal privatisation?
Where’s the “Oomph”?
Written By: - Date published: 2:04 pm, October 6th, 2024 - 92 comments
Join us to protest privatisation of health on the 23rd October. But can we have more oomph and co-ordination please?
She did her own research
Written By: - Date published: 11:23 am, October 4th, 2024 - 25 comments
It has been revealed that Casey Costello bypassed and second guessed official advice by an internet search and reading a collection of articles that do not way what she thought they said.
Inventing a crisis to privatise NZ healthcare
Written By: - Date published: 10:41 am, October 4th, 2024 - 12 comments
Yesterday a former Health NZ Chair said the government is intentionally manufacturing a crisis to privatise healthcare. However privatisation will not solve anything and will only lead to worse financial and health outcomes for all Kiwis as confirmed by Lancet Medical Journal and case studies around the world.
He is wealthy and he is sorted
Written By: - Date published: 10:58 am, October 2nd, 2024 - 57 comments
“You just fake it until you make it. I have spent a whole career doing that” – Christopher Luxon.
NZ Right Wing Government Moves to Privatise Health
Written By: - Date published: 9:49 am, October 2nd, 2024 - 41 comments
The National-ACT-NZ First government have signaled they want to privatise our health system. It’s a now or never moment.
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The Government has delivered a funding boost to upgrade critical communication networks for Maritime New Zealand and Coastguard New Zealand, ensuring frontline search and rescue services can save lives and keep Kiwis safe on the water, Transport Minister Simeon Brown and Associate Transport Minister Matt Doocey say. “New Zealand has ...2 weeks ago
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Mahi has begun that will see dozens of affordable rental homes developed in Gisborne - a sign the Government’s partnership with Iwi is enabling more homes where they’re needed most, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says. Mr Potaka attended a sod-turning ceremony to mark the start of earthworks for 48 ...2 weeks ago
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New Zealand welcomes the ceasefire deal to end hostilities in Gaza, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. “Over the past 15 months, this conflict has caused incomprehensible human suffering. We acknowledge the efforts of all those involved in the negotiations to bring an end to the misery, particularly the US, Qatar ...2 weeks ago
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Events over the last few weeks have highlighted the importance of strong biosecurity to New Zealand. Our staff at the border are increasingly vigilant after German authorities confirmed the country's first outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in nearly 40 years on Friday in a herd of water buffalo ...2 weeks ago
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Nearly two years after food scraps collection was rolled out in New Zealand’s biggest city, a government policy change might prevent other councils from following suit. Shanti Mathias explains. Every day, in almost every household around the country, food gets thrown out. Maybe some elderly yoghurt that is starting to ...9 hours ago
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Echo Chamber is The Spinoff’s politics column recapping sessions in the House, written by politics reporter Lyric Waiwiri-Smith on Tuesdays and Wellington editor Joel MacManus on Wednesdays. The year’s first session in the House (season 171, episode one) began with two memorials: the first for fallen police officer Lyn Fleming, ...9 hours ago
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Introduced in the early 2000s, nurse practitioners are registered nurses with advanced clinical training and a master’s degree. They are qualified to diagnose conditions, provide comprehensive patient care, and prescribe medications, which can ease the stress on the current healthcare model.Oceania, one of the country’s leading providers of aged care ...9 hours ago
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After lengthy, torrid and emotional debate a critical decision for the future of Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau is being made in March. One party will celebrate; the other will slink back to the drawing board. But will it really settle the great Auckland stadium debate? SPECIAL REPORT: By Chris Schulz It ...11 hours ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. Davern, Professor of Accounting & Business Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Almost A$1 trillion (US$600 billion) was wiped off the value of artificial intelligence microchip maker Nvidia overnight on Monday, when a little-known Chinese start up, DeepSeek, threatened to ...17 hours ago
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- Predictable Lineup Of Apologists For Israel Attack PSNA Campaign
“We are not surprised to see such a predictable lineup of apologists for Israel and its genocide in Gaza from lining up to attack a PSNA campaign with false smears of anti-semitism”, says PSNA National Chair John Minto. ...19 hours ago
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