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A government crusade against data, equity and basic fairness
The real Budget balance sheet: Costing lives and cutting rights.
Danyl McLauchlan: Short-term financial planning won’t settle the debt
Finance Minister Nicola Willis seems trapped in a state of deep ambivalence.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Poll reveals most NZers find Budget coverage ‘boring’
Budget coverage is the price we pay for living in a liberal democracy.
Right hand man: David Seymour on Te Tiriti, being Deputy PM & Act’s next move
“I take stuff a lot more seriously than I would have 10 years ago.”
Danyl McLauchlan: Departure of two key figures illuminate what went wrong under Ardern
Departures raise questions of what the next Labour government might look like.
Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week
Anthony Ellison shares his take on the week in politics.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Shock new law makes Nicola Willis “Feminist of the Year”
Willis declares herself Feminist of the Year, because who else is going to do it?
Danyl McLauchlan: Govt pay equity move opens Pandora’s Box
Reckless retroactive law-making poses real danger.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Luxon targets women with ‘Don’t Vote National’ campaign
The Equal Pay Amendment Act was passed under urgency without a scintilla of warning.
Danyl McLauchlan: Social Chaos and the high cost of politicising the drug problem
Efforts of successive governments are no match for the transnational onslaught of meth.
Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week
Anthony Ellison shares his take on the week in politics.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind Of Politics: NZ First demands “safe spaces for real men”
Is it time to make it mandatory to legislate for safe spaces for real men?
Danyl McLauchlan: Retroactive legal immunity - the government’s gift to banks
Laws aren’t supposed to change after the fact—unless you're ANZ or ASB, apparently.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: God says JD Vance visit “last straw for Pope”
God is expected to talk to the late Pope Francis next week about sanctions on Vance.
Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week
Anthony Ellison shares his perspective on political events in New Zealand.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Treaty Principles Bill 2.0 will claim “Treaty a fake”
A satirical look at the week in politics.
Danyl McLauchlan: How NZ could escape Trump’s global tariff war
The partnership that could offer a way out of Donald Trump’s global tariff war.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Donald Trump to leave brain to science
Doing so might offer hope we may one day discover what the hell happened this week.
Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week
Anthony Ellison shares his perspective of the week in NZ politics.
Danyl McLauchlan: Can Nicola Willis succeed in breaking supermarket duopoly?
There are mutinous whispers across the nation’s boardrooms that Willis is anti-business.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Donald Trump announces new ‘Don’t Buy American’ campaign
As the world reacts to Trump's tariffs, he might as well have launched this campaign.
Chris Slane’s cartoon of the week
Chris Slane shares his perspective on the week in politics.
Danyl McLauchlan: Is health minister Simeon Brown up for the fight?
Simeon Brown's remedies for a broken health system seem no more likely to stick.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Winston Peters’ history is a history of his outrage
Have we found the secret to Winston Peters' eternal political life?
Hello, Delhi: Danyl McLauchlan on our new trade friend
Indian trip wins a much-needed gold star on PM Luxon’s report card.
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Indiana Luxon and the World’s Fastest Indian (Trade Deal)
The near-manic enthusiasm displayed during the PM's trip to India was something to behold.
Best intentions: The reasons leftist governments can’t build infrastructure
A captivation by governments with progressive causes stymies growth, claims a new book.
Danyl McLauchlan: Adrian Orr’s vanishing act
Adrian Orr’s hasty departure is symptomatic of the backlash against bureaucracy.