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Date published: 1:09 pm, February 2nd, 2026 - 3 comments
Categories: Christopher Luxon, climate change, Environment, national, nz first, same old national, science, Shane Jones
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National has allowed Shane Jones to effectively veto the country signing up to a road map away from the use of fossil fuels supported by much of the world that was consistent with current policy settings.
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 2nd, 2026 - 15 comments
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Date published: 2:29 pm, February 1st, 2026 - 41 comments
Current polling suggests that we may witness something that has not happened before, a one term National Government. But this may mean Labour making a deal with Winston Peters. What should Labour do?
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Date published: 6:00 am, February 1st, 2026 - 12 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 31st, 2026 - 12 comments
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Date published: 4:11 pm, January 30th, 2026 - 26 comments
There is no evidence of immediate improvement in our economy, or of this government improving it.
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Date published: 7:57 am, January 30th, 2026 - 14 comments
2026 school lunches are just as bad, but they are also emblematic of Seymour’s spin and facade
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 30th, 2026 - 17 comments
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Date published: 2:03 pm, January 29th, 2026 - 9 comments
A year after the Government slashed a third of Health IT jobs the Auckland hospital system has suffered a massive IT outage.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 29th, 2026 - 28 comments
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Date published: 8:14 am, January 28th, 2026 - 24 comments
Australia’s media covers the nefarious rise and links of Atlas Network in Australia and NZ.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 28th, 2026 - 37 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 27th, 2026 - 10 comments
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Date published: 6:55 am, January 26th, 2026 - 261 comments
How misinformation and lies created the environment for battle in the US and elsewhere
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 26th, 2026 - 3 comments
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Date published: 11:40 am, January 25th, 2026 - 22 comments
Bryce Edwards’ piece and key mainstream media articles on how the Maunganui disaster happened are the start of a long, complex conversation about New Zealand’s precarity and the urgent need to change.
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Date published: 6:05 am, January 25th, 2026 - 46 comments
Ten months to go and there is no political party currently countering the sustained rise of New Zealand First.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 25th, 2026 - 15 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 24th, 2026 - 25 comments
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Date published: 4:45 pm, January 23rd, 2026 - 59 comments
Carney’s observations of the rupture in the world order and great power rivalry are mirrored in NZ politics.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 23rd, 2026 - 28 comments
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Date published: 8:25 am, January 22nd, 2026 - 11 comments
Some NZ hospitals are going into critical status at least twice a day, turning away patients who are then as twice likely to die. Plus: National isn’t meeting its targets and election day announced.
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Date published: 6:09 am, January 22nd, 2026 - 44 comments
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.
But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.
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The powerful have their power. But we have something too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home, and to act together.”
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 22nd, 2026 - 65 comments
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Date published: 3:55 pm, January 21st, 2026 - No comments
When holding out an olive branch to the Left in your Right hand, you should also show the other hand.
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Date published: 9:27 am, January 21st, 2026 - 16 comments
Donald Trump invited Christopher Luxon to join a new organisation to oversee the redevelopment of Gaza and eventually the replacement of the United Nations. How should Luxon respond?
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 21st, 2026 - 17 comments
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Date published: 11:16 am, January 20th, 2026 - 17 comments
Christopher Luxon’s latest State of the Nation speech suggests that over summer he has been spending more on his Spotify summer list than he should have.
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 20th, 2026 - 28 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, January 19th, 2026 - 27 comments
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Date published: 3:24 pm, January 18th, 2026 - 16 comments
When intensely watching the orange orangutan in the White House we miss the invisible gorilla in the oval room.
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