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Census distrust and the power of the vote: Political disengagement risks making whānau less visible in the systems
- Jacquelyn Elkington
- Sep 8, 2026
Shane Jones helped spread the Marsden Point myth. He should own it
- Sam Hudson
- Sep 8, 2026
Winston Peters’ Pacific push risks pulling New Zealand too close to Washington
- Sam Hudson
- Sep 4, 2026
David Cumin, the Free Speech Union and the White Supremacist Pseudoscience
- Mohan Dutta
- Sep 3, 2026
Qiulae Wong brushes off ‘Trojan Horse’ theory as Opportunity Party pushes beyond left-right politics
- Sam Hudson, Maria Strathern
- Sep 3, 2026
Chris Hipkins details Labour’s plan to ease household costs through transport, healthcare and supermarket changes
- Sam Hudson
- Sep 1, 2026
Census distrust and the power of the vote: Political disengagement risks making whānau less visible in the systems
- Jacquelyn Elkington
- Sep 8, 2026
OPINION: For many Māori, voting can feel like a familiar cycle of hope, disappointment and broken promises from a government that feels out of touch. Election campaigns arrive with promises…
Shane Jones helped spread the Marsden Point myth. He should own it
- Sam Hudson
- Sep 8, 2026
OPINION: For weeks, thisquality challenged New Zealand First candidate Billy Brown over the false claim that Labour “closed” or “approved shutting down” the Marsden Point Oil Refinery. The…
Winston Peters’ Pacific push risks pulling New Zealand too close to Washington
- 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…
David Cumin, the Free Speech Union and the White Supremacist Pseudoscience
- Mohan Dutta
- Sep 3, 2026
The two hundred and sixty-ninth name, the Free Speech Union, and the machinery that arrived here from somewhere else Position two hundred and sixty-nine on the letter reads “Dr David Cumin,…
Qiulae Wong brushes off ‘Trojan Horse’ theory as Opportunity Party pushes beyond left-right politics
- 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 as a…
Chris Hipkins details Labour’s plan to ease household costs through transport, healthcare and supermarket changes
- 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. That…
Who is funding Opportunity Party’s sudden political rise in the polls?
- 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? A party that previously sat on the…
Paul Goldsmith wants move-on orders. Perhaps it is time he faced a move-on order of his own
- Anne K. Rutherford
- Aug 31, 2026
OPINION: Paul Goldsmith wants New Zealanders to become familiar with move-on orders. Come election time, those orders may follow him all the way back to the Beehive. The Justice Minister is…
Billy Brown calls criticism activism, but what about the facts behind the closure of Marsden Point?
- Jacquelyn Elkington
- Aug 30, 2026
OPINION: Billy Brown can call criticism “activism” if he wants, but that does not answer the factual challenge to his claims about the closure of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery. On that point,…
A death outside Paul Goldsmith’s office is a national disgrace and a grim reflection of New Zealand’s homelessness crisis
- 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. Police…