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FEAR AT THE GAS STATION, FEAR IN THE GOVERNMENT "The queues at petrol stations are a symptom of something larger than fuel anxiety. They reflect a growing sense that global events are spin...

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13.03.2026 06:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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THE TWIN MONSTERS OF IMPERIALISM AND ZIONISM It's the United States and Israel that are threatening the world — not Iran. THE GREATEST danger facing the world today does not come from...

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11.03.2026 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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THE COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS RUN FAR DEEPER THAN CHRISTOPHER LUXON The latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll has promoted speculation about Christopher Luxon's political future. But the country's problems run d...

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CHRIS HIPKINS AND LABOUR: SLOUCHING TOWARD MORE OF THE SAME Chris Hipkins State of the Nation speech could have outlined an alternative vision for New Zealand, instead it confirmed that Labour has not...

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25.02.2026 16:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AOC: REVIVING WORKING CLASS POLITICS While Donald Trump attacked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's appearance at the recent Munich Security Conference as 'a bad look for the United Sta...

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19.02.2026 04:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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THE COUNSEL OF DISPAIR Bryce Edwards of the Democracy Project says that the left needs to get used to the idea of forming a government with New Zealand First. Edwa...

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14.02.2026 11:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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PROFIT BEFORE PLANET Scientists have warned that the world is closer to a 'point of no return' after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped. But our po...

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12.02.2026 18:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FREE SPEECH UNION AND NEWSTALK ZB: A SANITISED VERSION OF STEVEN PINKER The Epstein files contains numerous references to US intellectual Steven Pinker. He was in New Zealand last week for a speak engagement, s...

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08.02.2026 07:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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THE PROBLEM WITH MARAMA DAVIDSON Marama Davidson's continued fixation with identity politics can only have a negative impact on the Green Party's election chances. MARAMA DA...

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05.02.2026 10:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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GREEN PARTY: CAPITULATION DRESSED UP AS UNITY The year is barely a month old, but the Green Party have already signalled that they remain tethered to a Labour Party whose primary motivat...

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03.02.2026 07:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UNITED STATES: TALKING ABOUT A REVOLUTION The American people have poured into the streets, and they are not only protesting what has occurred in Minneapolis; they are expressing a d...

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29.01.2026 10:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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BACKSLIDING ON TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE The tragedy on Mt Maunganui should be a sharp reminder to our politicians to start taking climate change seriously. Unfortunately, there is ...

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25.01.2026 23:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MIKE HOSKING AND NEWSTALK ZB: PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED The general election is eleven months away, and the conservative Newstalk ZB has ratcheted its on-air promotion of the current government....

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22.01.2026 03:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CHLOE SWARBRICK'S DILEMMA: A SOCIALIST VOICE IN A LIBERAL PARTY Chloe Swarbrick's left-wing politics are compromised by the liberal politics of the very party that she co-leads. She still represents the p...

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18.01.2026 05:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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HOW ZIONISM DESTROYED A WRITERS' FESTIVAL The political pressure applied by the Australian Zionist lobby to have Australian Palestinian writer and activist Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah bann...

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13.01.2026 17:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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REGIME CHANGE IN THE U.S.A. Across the United States, a wave of resistance continues to grow against the ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement). It's not a co...

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09.01.2026 23:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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LUCY DACUS: BREAD AND ROSES SINGER-SONGWRITER Lucy Dacus delivered a stirring performance of 'Bread and Roses' during the inauguration of New York City mayor Zohran M...

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07.01.2026 08:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW ZEALAND'S TIMID STANCE ON THE US INVASION OF VENEZUELA When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, New Zealand responded with unusual speed. Sanctions followed. Condemnations were issued. The language...

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07.01.2026 08:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW ZEALAND: A VASSAL STATE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE The New Zealand Government might have condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but don't expect a similar response to the unprovoked attac...

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03.01.2026 21:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DAVID SEYMOUR PRAISES ARGENTINA'S EXTREMIST ECONOMIC POLICES ACT leader David Seymour has met with Argent ine President Javier Milei. Seymour has praised Milei's extreme slash and burn economic policie...

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01.01.2026 18:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2025: THE YEAR OF GENOCIDE Western politicians expressed outrage at the Bondi Beach massacre, but that same outrage has been conspicuously missing when it comes to I...

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THE WRITE STUFF US left wing journalist Abby Martin. At a time of reactionary politics and complacent centrism, does left wing journalism still matter?    I...

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STEPHEN RAINBOW: HIS APPOINTMENT AS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER WAS UNLAWFUL The High Court has ruled that Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith unlawfully appointed Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow and Race Relati...

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18.12.2025 04:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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THE POLITICISATION OF A MASSACRE The Bondi Beach massacre has been politicised to shield Israel from accountability for its crimes in Gaza.                               ...

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15.12.2025 03:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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THE 45 CENT INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE IS AN INSULT TO WORKERS The 45 cent increase to the minimum wage is less than $20 a week, at a time when the cost of living continues to escalate. Described by Work...

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12.12.2025 03:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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THE WINNERS BEHIND RMA REFORM The Government's replacement for the Resource Management Act is a win for business, farmers and property developers. Bryce Edwards says th...

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DEFENDING SUMMERTIME When business leaders complain that the summer break is 'too long', what they are really saying is workers are not being exploited enough. ...

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09.12.2025 04:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CHLOE SWARBRICK HAS A LABOUR PROBLEM Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick has consistently argued that New Zealand's current economic model is unsustainable, yet she is confron...

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07.12.2025 04:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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SANCTIFYING JACINDA ARDERN The new documentary Prime Minister is another step in the mythologising of Jacinda Ardern's political legacy. While  she is being portrayed...

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03.12.2025 05:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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LABOUR'S CENTRIST WEEKEND CONFERENCE "If Labour wins next year, and it may well win, don’t expect much to change. The party has made that abundantly clear during the weekend. ...

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