Sam Hudson

Sam Hudson
Sep 4, 2026

OPINION: Winston Peters’ latest Pacific diplomacy has delivered headlines, money and infrastructure, but it also raises a larger question New Zealanders cannot afford to sidestep. Is Wellington drifting too far…

Sam Hudson, Maria Strathern
Sep 3, 2026

Video: Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong said being labelled a 'Trojan horse' by both the political left and right showed the party was doing something right as it positions itself…

Sam Hudson
Sep 1, 2026

For many households, the election campaign is unfolding against a much more immediate concern. Whether there is enough money left after groceries, fuel, power bills and rates are paid. Newsletter…

Jacquelyn Elkington, Sam Hudson
Aug 31, 2026

There is a legitimate question hanging over the remarkable rise of the Opportunity Party ahead of New Zealand’s 2026 general election: what is driving it? Newsletter Banner Weekly Newsletter Stay…

Sam Hudson
Aug 29, 2026

OPINION: A person died outside Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith’s Auckland office. Whatever the circumstances surrounding that death, the image should stop this Government in its tracks. Newsletter Banner Weekly Newsletter…

Sam Hudson
Aug 28, 2026

New Zealand political blogger and commentator Martyn Bradbury has left Auckland Hospital after an eight-day stay following a serious medical emergency, using his first-hand experience to launch a sharp attack…

Sam Hudson, Emily Carter, Jess Kimberly
Aug 27, 2026

If any ordinary New Zealander believed the money trail would disappear into Wellington paperwork, they were wrong. We followed it. Newsletter Banner Weekly Newsletter Stay informed with journalism that puts…

Sam Hudson, Emily Carter
Aug 26, 2026

Radio Aotearoa has stood down Martel Wikeepa’s ‘Shubz Says So’ show indefinitely, scrapping a planned move to a five-night-a-week evening slot, with management citing social media activity as a factor…

Sam Hudson
Aug 23, 2026

OPINION: Christopher Luxon’s problem is not some voters finding him difficult to warm to. It is that National increasingly risks looking disconnected from the pressure ordinary New Zealanders are living…

Sam Hudson
Aug 22, 2026

Video: In the video, ACT candidate Paul Henry calls Māori seats “undemocratic” and argues all voters should be placed on the general roll. He is wrong. (File. / Paul Henry…

Sam Hudson

Winston Peters’ Pacific push risks pulling New Zealand too close to Washington

Qiulae Wong brushes off ‘Trojan Horse’ theory as Opportunity Party pushes beyond left-right politics

Chris Hipkins details Labour’s plan to ease household costs through transport, healthcare and supermarket changes

Who is funding Opportunity Party’s sudden political rise in the polls?

A death outside Paul Goldsmith’s office is a national disgrace and a grim reflection of New Zealand’s homelessness crisis

‘HE’S LYING TO YOU’: Martyn Bradbury out of hospital, takes aim at Health Minister Simeon Brown

The Winton donations, Chris Bishop’s advocacy and the Fast-Track trail behind Sunfield

Radio Aotearoa stands down Martel Wikeepa’s show indefinitely as broadcaster reviews standards and social media activity

Christopher Luxon’s real problem is bigger than likeability as National struggles to connect with voters

Paul Henry says Māori seats are ‘undemocratic’ but his fix is to give fewer choices