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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
Who is funding Opportunity Party’s sudden political rise in the polls?
- Jacquelyn Elkington, Sam Hudson
- Aug 31, 2026
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
Winston Peters’ Pacific push risks pulling New Zealand too close to Washington
- Sam Hudson
- Sep 4, 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
- One comment
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
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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…
‘HE’S LYING TO YOU’: Martyn Bradbury out of hospital, takes aim at Health Minister Simeon Brown
- Sam Hudson
- Aug 28, 2026
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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…
The Winton donations, Chris Bishop’s advocacy and the Fast-Track trail behind Sunfield
- Sam Hudson, Emily Carter, Jess Kimberly
- Aug 27, 2026
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If any ordinary New Zealander believed the money trail would disappear into Wellington paperwork, they were wrong. We followed it. thisquality can reveal the public record shows a major…
George Ngatai quits NZ First Papakura candidacy after alleged leaked texts resurface political past
- Emily Carter
- Aug 26, 2026
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George Ngatai has resigned as New Zealand First’s candidate for Papakura following fresh scrutiny over his political history, ending his bid for Parliament just weeks after being confirmed for…
Radio Aotearoa stands down Martel Wikeepa’s show indefinitely as broadcaster reviews standards and social media activity
- Sam Hudson, Emily Carter
- Aug 26, 2026
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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…