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KKNZ2025

$156k for a kumara patch (following the previous $4M to play whalesong to trees)

https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/how_much_does_a_kumara_patch_cost
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March 6, 2026 8:01am
- kowtow
  
  “Cultural” leave that’s not even accounted .
  
  How many millions is that on the long suffering tax payer.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:44am
  - imalwaysright
    
    O T said today they have no idea how much ‘Cultural Leave’ has been taken.
    
    In one way it is good that they haven’t wasted further money tracking the abuse of a racist blank cheque that gets cashed every day for any reason.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:33am
  - pdm
    
    What about the poor workmates at Oranga Tamariki that slog their guts out covering for those on `Special Maori Leave’.
    
    Makes a mockery of the old saying that Waitangi Day was a `Maori Day Off’ for everyone.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:45am
    - R
      
      Now it is a M.D.O, any time, for any reason. Productivity?
      
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      March 6, 2026 1:11pm
    - Paulus
      
      May we assume that the lack of many full working days allows many employees of OT to be responsible for many social problems ?
      
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      March 6, 2026 2:54pm
- cmm (semi-retired edition)
  
  Both chicken feed in the great scheme of things.
  
  I am far more concerned about the billions.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:57am
  - RoboRob
    
    It all adds up. 156k isn’t a good chunk of money.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:14am
    - kowtow
      
      Yep , it’s not the individual $ , it’s the philosophy that allows it . Then the millions and billions follow.
      
      Starts with a ki ora and before you know it the very name of the country is gone.
      
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      March 6, 2026 9:36am
    - pdm
      
      Save the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
      
      Above is an old but, regular saying from when I was growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
      
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      March 6, 2026 10:47am
      - R
        
        1950’s and 60’s ; still makes good economic sense today!
        
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        March 6, 2026 1:13pm
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    All unnecessary spending adds up to billions, this is yet another case of ignoring the government requirements
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:16am
  - KKNZ2025
    
    “Look after the pence & the pounds take care of themselves”
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:51am
  - imalwaysright
    
    $156 k would feed this rooster for about 5 years.. .
    
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    March 6, 2026 11:06am
- Northshoredoc
  
  I got the email through from the Taxpayers Union last night, I can’t even get worked up anymore about how sick and pathetic NZ has become.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:09am
  - Paulus
    
    When do I cut my wrists please -I need a convenient time !
    
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    March 6, 2026 11:26am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    The whinging from tpu is sick, they are clearly trying to support Act, it’s not working, and they have scared the votes to Peter’s, well done
    
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    March 6, 2026 12:51pm
- G the giant from Dunedin
  
  Yes, and it’s about the size of a queen bed
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:15am
  - pdm
    
    I counted 26 plants.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:48am
- Ghost
  
  Wonder why tax payers union is rolling out such an old story now, or why they do not include that this was funded in 2020/2021/2022
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:25am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    We didn’t see the “results” in 2022
    
    The “results” were published in a pretty obscure manner and probably went under the radar for many folk (such as me).
    
    https://www.indigenouspsychologies.nz/mara-tautane-revitalisation-of-traditional-hapu-practices
    
    https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6e57872720bd4e98b604c2c9d1c10059
    (who knew there were such things as story maps?)
    
    https://addletonacademicpublishers.com/contents-kc/2646-volume-11-1-2023/4406-indigenous-knowledge-revitalisation-indigenous-maori-gardening-and-its-wider-implications-for-the-people-of-tuhoe
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:37am
    - Ghost
      
      Again, this is an old story that they haven’t included the dates. It’s a bit deceptive as it looks this is something that is recent
      
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      March 6, 2026 9:43am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        Only in your eyes….
        
        I bet most NZers don’t know how much of our science funding during the Labour /Labour-Coalition years went on cultural “well-being “scambos.
        
        As the Taxpayers’ Union makes clear, it has taken quite some time to get the breakdown of accounts for the project.
        
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        March 6, 2026 10:35am
      - Ghost
        
        No. I bet people will see that article, it’s lack of including relevant information, and think this has taken place under the current government. Those funding dates should be in the article, they are an important part of the story
        
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        March 6, 2026 10:37am
      - pdm
        
        Come on Ghost
        
        As Maggy implies they did their best to cover it up or at least obscure it.
        
        That Ardern/Hipkins Government was not known for being forthcoming on wasteful spending. After all it was only Taxpayers money.
        
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        March 6, 2026 10:51am
      - Ghost
        
        I realise some people don’t include facts in what they publish, But they are important. Those funding dates are actually the vital part of the story and they are missing. If this wasn’t tax payers union, it was a stuff story people on this blog would be attacking stuff for it
        
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        March 6, 2026 11:02am
  - R
    
    AGENDA 2026.
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:15pm
- lastmanstanding
  
  Success in Iran like the actions in Venuzuela will result in abundant cheap oil for the West resulting in an significant improvement in citizens lives including our own.
  So what do the so called Western leaders do. They dump on Trump. Why? He has shown them up for what they are pathetic weak and ineffective. These arseholes dont give a damn for their citizens or the people in Iran.
  Remember the Government is the Enemy of the People. This is the example.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:26am
  - Paulus
    
    Are not New Zealand dumping on Luxon expecting him to resign soon ?
    Are not almost all World Leaders in the same negative place.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:40am
    - R
      
      An agenda driven by the same mindset activists.
      
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      March 6, 2026 1:17pm
      - Paulus
        
        You could not possibly be the Labour Parliamentary Press Gallery who claim to be Neutral
        Bah Humbug !
        
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        March 6, 2026 2:57pm
  - MCōs
    
    “Success in Iran” is the key phrase there.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:44am
  - Gulag1917
    
    Success in Iran, early days yet.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:52am
  - Dudley Quaffquaff
    
    Success in Iran like the actions in Venuezuela will result in abundant cheap oil for the West resulting in an significant improvement in citizens lives including our own.
    
    So that’s the success criterion, right? Let’s revert in a couple of months – that’s how long Hegseth said it would take – and discuss the extent to which our lives are seeing a significant improvement due to abundant cheap oil.
    
    Deal?
    
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    March 6, 2026 12:55pm
  - ObligatoryMarxist
    
    Well no, we won’t get the cheap oil unless we erect the gold statues to Trump everywhere. You’ve got to worship the God-King to be allowed to have a chance at his table scraps.
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:09pm
    - the deity formerly known as nigel6888
      
      Fair enough, your terms are acceptable.
      
      My Vote is for the first Golden Tribute Workship Statue to be the centre of Lambton Quay, and another in Queen Street.
      
      Abundant cheap energy is what drives productivity in an alleged “developed economy”.
      
      Undoubtedly some jobsworth will find a new carbon tax is required, and the statues will require notified building consents …
      
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      March 6, 2026 4:07pm
    - marleybob
      
      Once the oil is flowing and we see cheaper petrol, of course you will still want to pay the before Trump actions price….right.
      
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      March 6, 2026 4:44pm
      - Hard Cheese
        
        What on earth makes you think regime change in Iran will make oil prices fall from where they were before Trump’s “war”? Iran is a member of OPEC, OPEC don’t want to see lower oil prices.
        
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        March 6, 2026 6:08pm
Scott

According to Don Brash’s latest Hobson’s pledge newsletter two Health regulators, the medical council and the nursing council, are putting racial ideology at the heart of their core mission:
“The Medical Council’s draft statement explicitly claims that “historical and ongoing colonisation” prevents Māori from accessing health resources and requires doctors to use their “position and power” to support specific political aspirations. Our doctors are also being told to “recognise that mātauranga Māori is diverse, and be guided by the patient and their whānau in how to apply your knowledge respectfully and appropriately in each situation.”
Similarly, the Nursing Council’s proposal dictates that “Te Tiriti o Waitangi provides a framework for nursing practice” and requires nurses to engage in “sustained critical self-reflection” regarding “the dynamics of power” and “structural conditions”.

I agree with Don Brash on this. What we’re seeing is Marxism applied to health. Marxism says that all relationships are oppressive and so the relationship between Maori and white people is oppressive, for Maori.

We need to get racial Marxist ideology out of our heads. Unfortunately many people have embraced this as a kind of substitute religion. They think, “I am a good person because I speak some Te Reo and I support my Maori brothers and sisters in their fight for equality and I’m battling institutional racism.” And on and on it goes.

The govt needs to move on this. These are two major health regulators and they cannot be allowed to virtue signal their way to ruining our health care system. You cannot treat people differently because of their race.
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March 6, 2026 8:05am
- Yvette
  
  Similarly, the Nursing Council’s proposal dictates that “Te Tiriti o Waitangi provides a framework for nursing practice” and requires nurses to engage in “sustained critical self-reflection” regarding “the dynamics of power” and “structural conditions”
  
  It has been said several times before, that of three consecutive Prime Ministers, one believes Maori ceded sovereignty to the Crown, one that they did not do this, and the third could not say what is in Article 1 of the Treaty.
  This being the case of supposedly the highest persons in Government, how are doctors and nurses to engage at all with the Treaty, and should they not just focus on the wellbeing of patients?
  
  Do firefighters engage with any aspect of the Treaty as they extinguish blazes or use the jaws of life to wrench crushed children from car wrecks?
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:58am
- Northshoredoc
  
  Feel free to respond the the draft by the Medical Council.
  
  https://www.mcnz.org.nz/about-us/news-and-updates/consultation-draft-statements-on-cultural-competence-cultural-safety-and-hauora-maori/
  
  I tend to ignore these missives from the college and respective councils, that being said they are hardly as scary as Don makes them out to be.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:16am
- David Garrett
  
  I only had to read this far:
  
  “historical and ongoing colonisation”
  
  Jesus I fear for my country…
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:42am
  - Yvette
    
    Not only is this alienating you David, but it is Maori “victims” becoming more victimized by themselves, or by “doing good” non-Maori (Pakeha) colonizing Maori again, this time mentally, as well as trying to alleviate themselves from the guilt-ridden privileges the first “colonization” afforded them.
    On the Truly Fucked-Up Meter this is about 7.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:34am
- Simon
  
  The third world crawl over broken class to come to a white majority country like NZ.
  The National party think that Maori are special victims and treat them as such
  
  National are woke liberal. Don’t let National erase NZs history and deny reality.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:57am
- lastmanstanding
  
  Race and politics have no place in health. All citizens should be treated equally.
  
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  March 6, 2026 10:27am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    And that is the insulting thing that our doctors and nurses have to endure.
    
    For decades now, they have been accused of cultural insensitivity and are blamed for the poor health statistics of Maori.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:49am
  - Paulus
    
    Not as far a special people being part time once Maori are concerned.
    Getting in first before being numerically overtaken by those from the Indian Sub Continent and that is frightening them.
    
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    March 6, 2026 11:30am
  - the deity formerly known as nigel6888
    
    Precisely – and using a Treaty frame of reference, individual health is a Kawanatanga issue – Maori have the same rights as all citizens to access treatment, and to be treated as a citizen.
    
    The Rangatiratanga lens is where there is a discussion between the Crown and Tangata Whenua about whether Maori as a people are experiencing equitable treatment, and hopefully achieving equal access and outcomes.
    
    Nurses (and Doctors) are not the Crown, so their job is not to look through a Rangatiratanga lens, but to treat all people fairly as citizens and heal them.
    
    The Nurses Council, and the Medical Council are way over their skis on this issue, and need to shut up and go away.
    
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    March 6, 2026 4:12pm
- Paulus
  
  No matter what or whom these people will take no notice of whatever a Government may want.
  This is Aotearoa/New Zealand remember, and are quite used to ignoring any real changes, only faster to a South Pacific Banana Republic.
  
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  March 6, 2026 3:01pm
G the giant from Dunedin

Why is it that media are spouting a bad Curia poll for Nats even though it has never been released
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March 6, 2026 8:05am
- pdm
  
  Latest on Hosking is that details were released by someone in National.
  
  True or not true – who knows?
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:46am
  - kowtow
    
    HDPA was burbbling about this yesterday evening.
    
    They’re loving it.
    
    Certainly lacks professionalism or cough cough journalistic ethics ( if they ever had any)
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:07am
  - G the giant from Dunedin
    
    How we oils he know that
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:17am
  - Jethrod
    
    Word on the street, that there will be news about Luxon next week.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:26am
    - Dougal10
      
      Luxon should hand over PM job to Winston for the rest of the term let him and Seymour cop the media flack, then either grow some nuts and tell us what he really thinks or quietly change the national leadership and go out and fight for an election victory , rather than just simpering across the line with fingers crossed.
      
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      March 6, 2026 11:03am
      - Paulus
        
        Bullshit again !
        
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        March 6, 2026 3:01pm
    - G the giant from Dunedin
      
      Word on the street is bullshit, Bishop is in India and won’t be here next week
      
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      March 6, 2026 12:54pm
- keepcalmcarryon
  
  Because national suck and their polling is falling?
  We didnt vote for the wet mushy progressive Nats we got.
  If we want woke racial division Labour does it just as well
  
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  March 6, 2026 12:13pm
  - Albie
    
    The Nat’s have only got themselves to blame for the mess they’re in. As Thatcher once said, stand in the middle of the road and you run the risk of being hit from both directions, or words to that effect.
    As many here have commented, by progressively moving to the centre left they have not only failed to win those supporters, they have also alienated many of their traditional supporters, me included.
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:59pm
  - Paulus
    
    Labour do nothing well except destruction !
    
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    March 6, 2026 3:02pm
Frank the tank

Spare a thought for Jack Tame and Logan Church last night desperate to shrill that the US/Israel are losing when the evidence is pointing to the exact opposite.

Couldn’t even go to their usual “expert” Robert Patman so badly is this war going for the MSM.
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March 6, 2026 8:08am
- kowtow
  
  Patman/Clark/Goff et al
  
  All blither on about ‘international rules based order” , international law ( Starmer and his mate Hermer the AG, also hide behind legalisms to push far left anti British policies)
  
  Turns out the drone that struck the UK sovereign base in Cyprus , an EU member state , ( the north of which is illegally occupied by authoritarian Turkey) was launched from Lebanon .No doubt Hezbollah ,an Iranian proxy .
  
  Where do all these bien pensants stand on that aspect of the rules based order and international law.
  
  And therein lies the crux of this war . The Mullahs have spent 40 years destabalising the whole of the middle east and sponsored terror and drug trafficking on a global scale ,in their ‘holy’ quest of destroying Israel.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:55am
- Dudley Quaffquaff
  
  What would “winning” be?
  
  Certainly, the US and Israel have killed a lot of Iranians and destroyed a lot of Iranian stuff. If that’s their objective, then for certain they are winning bigly. Great job, I’m sure
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:58am
- virtualmark
  
  Probably best for all to hold their tongues for a little longer.
  
  The history of US “wars” in the Middle East is that they go swimmingly for the first week and then start to spiral into intractable chaos.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:33am
- Southern Raider
  
  The “history of Iran vs USA conflict” was a vanilla progressive perspective by TVNZ and proposed the Iran Regime is the victim here. USA is not flawless, but TVNZ conveniently left out all of Iran’s direct and indirect attacks on USA interests for decades. They even made out that the embassy hostage event was just a minor student rally when US citizens were subjected to brutal conditions, torture and some died.
  
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  March 6, 2026 11:44am
  - Paulus
    
    I cannot understand why Iran is taking on nearly all of its many one time Middle Eastern friends.
    
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    March 6, 2026 3:04pm
    - NeverMindTheBollocks
      
      Iran has no friends in the Middle East. It’s (mostly) Persian, which makes it different from the rest of the district; as importantly it’s Shia Muslim rather than the various shades of Sunny Muslim that surround it.
      
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      March 6, 2026 8:33pm
- Southern Raider
  
  And then there is the left wing narrative about the navy vessel. The left are trying to make out the sailors were only doing ceremonial duties in an event organised by India and the vessel was unarmed.
  
  That Iranian vessel was the flagship of the Iranian navy under the control of the IRGC, was heading back towards the gulf and would have been fully armed.
  
  These crazy leftists even proposed the submarine should have given the Iranian vessel a heads up first (leftists dispute a navy vessel carries anti submarine munitions) and that after the attack the submarine should have rescued the sailors.
  
  Where on a submarine do you securely and safety fit dozens of enemy sailors?
  
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  March 6, 2026 11:48am
Damocles11

The MSM are salivating about a Taxpayers Union – Curia poll to be released soon which is apparently absolutely dire for National. This will be a real morale and confidence booster for the Left and will do absolutely nothing to reassure productive New Zealanders that they have any future in this country. Leadership rumours are swirling around Luxon again with talk of a possible resignation being mooted.
This particular pollster regularly seems to be at odds with the TVNZ and Roy Morgan polls that invariably see National (and ACT) polling higher. It’s a real head scratcher. What is the methodology being used that produces such different numbers?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/renewed-leadership-speculation-as-poll-expected-to-have-national-slightly-above-2020-wipeout/GGCXU7BWCVD7NPVEDCVKHHSBFU/
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March 6, 2026 8:10am
- pdm
  
  Damocles11 – pollster is Curia the polling company of your host here at Kiwiblog David Farrar.
  
  DPF is generally recognised as the best pollster in New Zealand so maybe it is the other polls that are out of kilter.
  
  Probably all comes down to:
  1. Questions asked.
  2. How questions were asked
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:50am
  - Gary Benner
    
    The documentary “Yes Minister” explained how questioning during a poll quite clearly affects the outcome:
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GSKwf4AIlI
    
    Polls that don’t clearly list their methodology are not worth the paper they are written on.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:01am
    - RoboRob
      
      Sure. Do you think the Curia poll is dodgy with a poor methodology? My understanding is that it is one of the best, which is why the Nats have curia has their polling company.
      
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      March 6, 2026 10:42am
      - Gary Benner
        
        No, I believe they do so.
        
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        March 6, 2026 3:17pm
    - Bullion
      
      These polling companies are in the business of providing good information to their clients (they won’t only be doing political polls), they won’t be perfectly accurate but need to be decent. Providing results publicly puts their credibility on the line so the incentive is not to f around.
      
      The research association of NZ which most are members of (curia no longer is) has a code of practice for political polling which requires the polling companies have their questions in their reporting, among a number of other things, and guidelines for media reporting:
      https://cdn.wildapricot.com/179283/resources/Documents/RANZ%20Political%20Polling%20Code%202020%20FINAL.pdf?version=1592366630000&Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOiBbeyJSZXNvdXJjZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2RuLndpbGRhcHJpY290LmNvbS8xNzkyODMvcmVzb3VyY2VzL0RvY3VtZW50cy9SQU5aJTIwUG9saXRpY2FsJTIwUG9sbGluZyUyMENvZGUlMjAyMDIwJTIwRklOQUwucGRmP3ZlcnNpb249MTU5MjM2NjYzMDAwMCIsIkNvbmRpdGlvbiI6eyJEYXRlTGVzc1RoYW4iOnsiQVdTOkVwb2NoVGltZSI6MTc3Mjc1MzE1MX0sIklwQWRkcmVzcyI6eyJBV1M6U291cmNlSXAiOiIwLjAuMC4wLzAifX19XX0_&Signature=dS9zV-GTxXmMp4RuLfJi-IxVL6YJFBGbgaJQL171nuIf8orfqAJ0TDWVBM0kGg3~faJLoC-VeGr1dMJ-hWo~G7vpLh6k4UO90hyEeMNiCbel0VOeiZJRqdfy1wyhFW86~eLxzSBnj3Zj6~VVgVcv5Wtg9mQk6XvHCvDUyLNPgSiygTz9~-X2oUXHoqPJ06tLlLPQ89R51AW8K-dHq3YMUjHq2TYe3GMT7~Nw0Ze8ItdkIZYQO1QWqxOaWUclErXj3pYlu0eU4e2Db7fSTLX1Qz6SKiX6YfxlUG87vZYc6zhkLYrXNSLKWeBdckxqoywCAdpzZtHe8gp7ghuSMBULqw__&Key-Pair-Id=K27MGQSHTHAGGF
      
      [Your link is nonsense. holy mod]
      
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      March 6, 2026 12:27pm
  - R
    
    The Polling company, POLLS to the ‘brief’ from whoever is the customer!
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:25pm
- RoboRob
  
  The question is, what will the Nats do?
  
  They have watched their poll results slowly trend down over the last two years. Regardless of the polling company the trend for National has been a steady decline.
  
  National has steadfastly refused to change course. It is probably too late to change the leader and Luxon seems unwilling to change anything around his style.
  
  Some here have suggested the Nats have a pile of exciting policy to release this year. Perhaps they need to start on that? Perhaps they need to choose someone more dynamic and have then take a ‘leadership’ role in the media. I.e. Luxon runs things but someone else fronts policy and takes questions? Do they just hope the economy recovers spectacularly*
  
  None of this is a surprise and frankly it is stupid of National to have ignored the issues until it is urgent and time is short.
  
  * A gradual recovery, which is what appears to be under way, isn’t likely to massively bolster their polling.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:25am
  - Paulus
    
    Making me come back to considering voting two ticks for National whilst having had some doubts.
    Luxon is doing very well in my books after the disgusting situation left by the previous administration.
    The ladies leading the Press gallery will just try harder.
    They want their Jacinda back as she will tell them many stories, mostly lies, which they believe and Grant Robertson’s incompetence, who should be fired from anything.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:47am
    - Gary Benner
      
      Best way to ensure that the coalition gets back in is to vote for your local National Candidate, and then give your Party Vote to NZ First or ACT.
      
      This will achieve two things, with the massive overhang the center – center/right will prevail, but it will force a review of the MMP system.
      
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      March 6, 2026 10:05am
      - RoboRob
        
        Yup, but to work everyone has to do it. My local National MP is totally anonomous, I’m not predisposed to vote for him just becuase he is blue.
        
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        March 6, 2026 10:44am
      - keepcalmcarryon
        
        Only way to change Nats behavior is to chuck them out.
        Nothing to like in the treaty principles bill?
        How’s that polling going for them.
        
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        March 6, 2026 12:21pm
      - Ghost
        
        Cost of living, health, etc these are what matter to people, this is where the election will be won and lost, not the treaty bill, which is why the left now have the lead.
        
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        March 6, 2026 12:27pm
    - pdm
      
      `Ladies leading the Press Gallery Paulus’.
      
      I watch the ACT produced bridge walks they call `David taking on the Media’ most evenings on You Tube.
      
      Gender balance seems about 50/50 of media there with average age in mid twenties and average IQ in the low 50’s.
      
      Some of the questions are ridiculous at best and few of them have any clues how to produce a decent follow up question.
      
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      March 6, 2026 11:00am
      - Paulus
        
        But the more mature publicity leading lady Members are the real power house in the Gallery whose name and attributes are well known, as they would not get a job outside what they do.
        
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        March 6, 2026 3:09pm
  - David Garrett
    
    Robo: History suggests it is way too late to change leaders. DPF posted on here a while ago regarding changes of the leader of an incumbent party in the 12 months before an election.
    
    IIRC with one exception, over the past 50 years such a change had always resulted in a loss. I think Luxon is a wet dishcloth – but the Nats are stuck with him at least until the election.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:58am
    - RoboRob
      
      I agree, however some here (including me) have been saying Luxon had issues since the start of last year. National is to blame that they didn’t take action when they could.
      
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      March 6, 2026 10:45am
    - Ghost
      
      If the figure is right, then that number has leaked from a national mp. If it has leaked then there is some thinking of rolling him
      
      Will it accomplish anything if they do? This Iran war is going to cause problems for us, fuel costs, cost of living, etc. problems that the government of the day will be punished for.
      
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      March 6, 2026 11:12am
  - RoboRob
    
    Just to prove my point that National doesn’t seem to care about the polling, here is Goldsmith pretending that he hasn’t seen the poll results and that the are the result of a tough couple of weeks.
    
    ‘Paul Goldsmith, the Justice Minister, told Ryan Bridge he hadn’t seen the poll.
    
    “There is no secret; it has been a couple of reasonably tough weeks, but we are going to turn that around. No need to panic,” he said.
    
    He said Kiwis had faced years of tough economic times and New Zealanders were “grumpy”. Goldsmith went on to blame Labour for that.’
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:53am
  - R
    
    Most patients, (in this case the public,) often don’t like the medicine that they have to swallow. But are very pleased when they wake up in the morning (Nov 8th), and they are healthy again; and can once again lead a rewarding life
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:32pm
- nathie
  
  This particular pollster regularly seems to be at odds with the TVNZ and Roy Morgan polls that invariably see National (and ACT) polling higher. It’s a real head scratcher. What is the methodology being used that produces such different numbers?
  
  Could it be that Curia (and Labour’s Talbot Mills) use different methodology compared to TVNZ Verian polls (which tend to have Nat/ACT higher)?
  
  Does the Taxpayers Union have opt in? If so that possibly could mean its base (ACT voters) might also be dissing National/Luxon (adding to the negative figures), but that doesn’t explain ACT not being higher then!
  
  Polling sure is curious!
  
  One thing I like from the Australian polls is the “two-party preferred” question. Wish they had that hear it would be quite fascinating, eg:
  
  National v Labour.
  Right-wing block v left wing block.
  
  Or even, since we are in a MMP environment:
  Labour v Green
  Green v TMP
  TMP v Labour
  National v ACT
  NZF v ACT
  NZF v National
  
  Would make for interesting reading and see the MSM’s heads explode as they have to confront other than group thinking (eg Ringt wing bad, Left wing good)!
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:29am
Chuck Bird

Hosking gave Samira Taghavi a good plug this morning.
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March 6, 2026 8:11am
- kowtow
  
  Sean Plunkett had her on yesterday . And I’d warrant that 26 minutes beats Hoskings’ short form interviews hands down.
  
  The Platform
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:19am
Simon

It’s not Luxon who is worse than useless it’s the entire National party. Don’t let them gas light you.
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March 6, 2026 8:13am
- Chuck Bird
  
  There are a lot of good National MPs. I am voting for my local Nat.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:46am
  - RoboRob
    
    Its really only the party vote that counts.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:41am
    - Dougal10
      
      Tell that to the maori party
      
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      March 6, 2026 11:10am
  - Simon
    
    By any objective measure National are utter rubbish. The gaslighting and censorship is what it’s all about for National. The lies you are fed.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:44am
    - Wandering Star
      
      We’ve been conditioned over time to accept that utter mediocrity and the incremental locking-in of significant gains by “the left” is the best we can hope from a party of the “right.” This is why both “sides” of the isle (only a superficial divide) share a common aversion to anything too genuinely right wing. The “right” would generally prefer a “leftist” government rather than a real right wing admin that would show up the so-called right we are presented with.
      
      Leftism is the basic agenda in all liberal democracies (in a social sense more than anything, as this opening up and breaking down of perrenial but restrictive social norms – commonly associated as being illiberal and right wing in character – is very profitable to the “capitalist” program which nonetheless dominates the economic aspect).
      
      What is the role of the Establishment “right” in all of this? Playing the apparent opposition to the common agenda, while in reality, acting as an essential aspect of the always further embedding of the Leftism, who, when nominally in power, simply serve as a release value and cooling-off period in preparation for the next leftist government who will push the ball further down the field.
      
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      March 6, 2026 2:44pm
- Gravelroad
  
  Don’t worry Simon.
  I won’t let you gaslight me either.
  Are you a member of the Labour Party hierarchy?
  Lol.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:26am
  - Jethrod
    
    What he’s not telling is his position on the Labour list!
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:32am
- keepcalmcarryon
  
  Nats: not supporting treaty principles bill, not de Maorifying the public service, not significantly reforming or reducing the public service, not supporting Licensed Firearms Owners, I wonder who they think their voters are?
  Those that remain I mean.
  
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  March 6, 2026 12:40pm
  - Paulus
    
    How do you begin to change the Public Service in terms of their Maoridom aspirations for all, as that is increasing exponentially all the time, and will not take any notice of what people could well vote for in terms of Maoridom.
    It is often the non Maori adherents who are the worst.
    
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    March 6, 2026 3:19pm
peterwn

“Call for politicians to confirm KiwiSaver members can have their money at 65”. The context of this is there are fears that if the Super age is raised to 67, then the Kiwisaver withdrawal age would also rise to 65. Be interesting to know who started this scaremongering. In my opinion the Kiwisaver withdrawal age has nothing to do with the Super eligibility age.
Anyway the matter is purely hypothetical, at least until when Winston Peters starts pushing daisies.
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March 6, 2026 8:14am
- pdm
  
  pw Kiwisaver is basically a `fixed term’ contract between the saver and the fund provider until age 65 which is the earliest funds can be withdrawn with the following two exceptions:
  1. First home purchase.
  2. Financial hardship for which a Statutory Declaration is required.
  
  Kiwisaver can run on past 65 and mrspdm and I continue to use ours as a savings vehicle with lower costs than Unit Trusts and better returns than bank Term Deposits.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:21am
  - peterwn
    
    Some schemes allow the investor to elect to be paid a regular amount each fortnight, month, etc.
    It helps avoid an investor withdrawing all at 65 then being caught by a scam investment outfit like DuVal.
    
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    March 6, 2026 8:35am
    - Paulus
      
      At 86 our Bank Term Deposits are paid monthly to help our cash flow.
      
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      March 6, 2026 9:50am
    - Quail
      
      The problem with all NZ savings schemes , including insurances ,Kiwi saver etc, is that the continuing decline of the NZD and its purchasing power means savers are inevitably losers.
      The illusion of profit is only maintained by savers own top ups. Certainly not the interest paid.
      Inflation has destroyed savings for generations.
      Inflation that is largely generated by Governments deficit budgeting and spending money they do not have!
      (And present use of GDP to measure inflation is very suspect.)
      
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      March 6, 2026 11:21am
      - RoboRob
        
        Actually almost all KS funds are invested overseas and as such a drop in the NZD actually helps returns.
        
        Anyone with serious savings should diversify and one aspect of diversification is having investments outside of NZ. Since most peoples assets are in NZ it makes sense to have the bulk of your savings outside of the country and ‘immune’ to the effects of a failing NZ economy.
        
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        March 6, 2026 1:35pm
- AitchW
  
  Surely Peters’ days in parliament must be numbered. I’d love to see him consigned to opposition after the election. Sadly, it won’t happen. He has a significant number of dedicated followers to whom his treachery and disingenuity are irrelevant as long as he’s in government to “ keep the two main parties honest”.
  You really can fool some of the people all of the time.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:22am
  - peterwn
    
    He will most likely be the king maker after the next election unless the Left (ie Labour/ Green) achieve a massive landslide.
    
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    March 6, 2026 8:50am
    - MCōs
      
      Or the right
      Considering he’s propped up both sides of the political spectrum spectrum twice.
      NZF always has the same bottom lines and strident xenophobic policies prior to elections that they put to one side once Winston is a patched member
      
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      March 6, 2026 9:18am
      - David Garrett
        
        MCos: “Once Winston is a patched member”…I like that!
        
        Watch his latest vote catcher – a binding referendum on the Maori seats – be quietly put aside once it has achieved its purpose of giving him 5%. He’s had 30 years to beat that drum and actually turn talk into action.
        
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        March 6, 2026 10:02am
      - Ghost
        
        What, you mean his bottom line of banning fireworks has already been replaced with something else to fool the gullible with?
        
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        March 6, 2026 10:04am
  - RoboRob
    
    Sadly we need NZF to do well. If they dont the right will not have the numbers to form a government.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:47am
    - Quail
      
      Peters “handbrake” concept is one very good reason to consign him and his party to history.!
      The coalitions failure to achieve is down to MMP giving to much power to the wagging dogs tail! All member parties of the current government have, apart from ACT , forgotten their manifestos and blundered on.
      Resulting in bureaucratic led inaction !
      Voters need to be able to vote for something!
      
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      March 6, 2026 11:39am
      - Ian Boag
        
        In the last UK election we had
        
        Roughly 60% of voters turned out and about one-third chose Labour
        
        Because of the FPP, that translated into about two-thirds of the seats in Parliament, giving Labour a huge majority
        
        But that would never happen here of course 🙂 Parties elected here under FPP always have had over 50% of the popular vote and party elected always has more votes than the one they beat.
        
        Not and not. FPP in NZ is goneburger – get used to it. The first MMP election was 1996 – anyone who was a first time voter then is almost 50. Some oldies go all mitsy-eyed about it 🙂
        
        The Pom result is true democracy. They are stuck with the result for another three years. Serves them right …..
        
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        March 6, 2026 6:14pm
    - rockape
      
      I said a couple of years ago when I left National that the next election would show ACT and NZ First combined vote exceeding Nationals . Still hold to that and that would make the PM choice, if they are from the Right, interesting.
      
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      March 6, 2026 12:16pm
  - R
    
    It’s a shame that Winston can’t keep himself honest, and credible!
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:36pm
  - Paulus
    
    If Only !
    
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    March 6, 2026 3:20pm
  - Quail
    
    TO Robo Rob,
    The “fact “that KS moneys are invested offshore tells the story!
    Investments in just NZ don’t make satisfactory returns.
    And by the time KS fund managers take their cut, neither does KS.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:15pm
    - the deity formerly known as nigel6888
      
      I for one am deeply grateful that my KS managers have diversified the funds. NZ is far too small, too fickle and exposed to the whims of economically incompetent politicians to trust with my life savings.
      
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      March 7, 2026 9:55am
- artemisia
  
  What would be the prob if KS is accessed at 65 if super eligibility moves to 67? Access is either starting to draw on KS at 65 or withdrawing all and closing KS down. Either way once gone it’s gone and it is the person’s money as are the consequences of accessing it. Not surprising if there’s a big spend when the bank account suddenly fills up bigly with more than the holder has seen in their life.
  
  I suppose there is what happens when KS is gone and taxpayer is asked for (income / asset based) subsidies. In any case that happens now anyway and not just for renters and beneficiaries but also for homeowners.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:41am
- rouppe
  
  Unfortunately you are wrong. From the kiwisaver scheme rules, rule 4 says:
  
  Subject to other permitted withdrawals, a member is not permitted to withdraw amounts from their KiwiSaver scheme before the date on which the member reaches the New Zealand superannuation qualification age.
  
  https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2006/0040/latest/whole.html#DLM379487
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:43am
  - artemisia
    
    Yes that’s the law but it can be changed. Preferably not only because socialists make a fuss. For reasons, some or none.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:36am
    - rouppe
      
      Sure but that’s not the point. I was replying to peterwn saying “In my opinion the Kiwisaver withdrawal age has nothing to do with the Super eligibility age.”
      
      Right now it does.
      
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      March 6, 2026 12:14pm
imalwaysright

Is Starmer pro Muslim?

It seems when Muslims are involved he jumps on the nearest fence.
He blames his absence from the Middle East on needing to sort out ‘legalities’ which, it turns out, is an internal pledge document to be signed by his MPs.

If he won’t waive the rules, he can’t rule the waves…
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March 6, 2026 8:18am
- cmm (semi-retired edition)
  
  “Is Starmer pro Muslim?”
  
  Do you really have to ask that? He was a human rights lawyer and we know what cloth they are cut from.
  He is, and has always been a socialist and keen to see Britain overrun.
  He was opposed to the Iraq war on the same grounds too.
  
  Nobody should be at all surprised about what they are getting. Indeed, if anything, he is far more moderate than one would expect.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:04am
  - MCōs
    
    “keen to see Britain overrun”
    What are you talking about?
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:54am
  - imalwaysright
    
    Here’s Starmer yesterday getting up close and personal with the Palestinian Ambassador making the moves.
    
    Starmer’s expression is priceless, he looks like he is being threatened.
    
    https://youtu.be/GePjbsFFxqU?si=JciefvQizoWDDf-n (about 1 min in)
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:12am
  - mogg
    
    Previously Starmer was a long time supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, he said ‘Jeremy would make a great Prime Minister’ on many occasions.
    Corbyn was and still is a rabid Pro-Palestine, pro Islamist supporter. He is on video attending Muslim Terrorist funerals and aniversary wreath laying ceremonies. After Corbyn was thrashed in the 2019 election Starmer very quickly changed his tune.
    
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    March 6, 2026 12:55pm
- kowtow
  
  An awful lot of western politicians are afraid of losing a certain concentrated urban vote and will sell their own country/people down the road in appeasements.
  
  Demographics is destiny.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:04am
- Paulus
  
  In UK votes are now heavily with the Muslim Communities and are becomng dominent, in at least Local Government, and as most peopl do not vote the Muslims all do.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:52am
- Inandout
  
  ima, I think the answer to that question is yes.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GePjbsFFxqU
  
  Absolutely sickening to watch.
  
  [Mod – include a description with links]
  
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  March 6, 2026 10:09am
- Notsofast
  
  And now Mauritius, having been gifted Chagos by Starmer, are backing the Islamic Republican Guard against Israel and the USA.
  
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  March 6, 2026 10:36am
  - Charlotte Wells
    
    Thye ain’t got it yet.
    
    I suspect the current US administration aren’t ready to have it given away.
    
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    March 6, 2026 5:33pm
- Southern Raider
  
  It’s purely about votes. Have you seen how many cities and large towns in the UK now have Muslim mayors and majority of councillors are Muslim, plus large or exclusive parts of those locations are Muslim only enclaves?
  
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  March 6, 2026 11:51am
kowtow

Herald keeping up it’s election campaigning for a labour green maori coaltion of chaos.

Two anti Luxon ( Hooton and Young)
Big anti Seymour two page spread.

Cartoon depicts NZ economic recovery sunk in the strait of Hormuz . Nonsense , that’s just pantywaist panic mongering.
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March 6, 2026 8:24am
- Paulus
  
  So pay money to buy a Newspaper.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:53am
  - kowtow
    
    Huh?
    
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    March 6, 2026 12:14pm
- Notsofast
  
  Hooton has Luxon derangement syndrome.
  His column is embarrassing to read, with his absurd exaggeration of a non crisis.
  And Young is an equal halfwit by insisting “action” and “any action” in Iran amount to a hill of beans. They should both be sacked as columnists.
  
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  March 6, 2026 10:40am
  - Pope Punctilious II
    
    Hooten has just described Luxon as “by far the worst prime minister in my lifetime from any party”. Why would I pay any attention to someone who apparently rates Jacinda Ardern as a better PM than Luxon? And someone who also thought glass-jawed Todd Muller was the man to lead the Nats out of the wilderness. Yes Luxon is a plodder, but worse than Ardern??
    
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    March 6, 2026 12:48pm
    - AitchW
      
      Jesus Christ. Has he forgotten Ardern and Hipkins already?
      Words fail me.
      
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      March 6, 2026 1:35pm
      - keepcalmcarryon
        
        Hootons take entirely depends on who’s paying his invoices, he’s fascinating but not because what he says is gospel.
        Remember who he was pushing as Nat leader after the last coup and how that worked out.
        
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        March 6, 2026 3:06pm
  - lifesgood
    
    Hooton is deranged. He has always hunted with the hounds and run with the hares. He is a paid shill and will say what ever anyone who pays him the most money wants.
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:02pm
david in Aus

What is the mostly likely outcome of the Iran-US war? I think the most logical outcome for Iran is to create a world-wide recession by blocking the Straits of Hormuz for months. They are able to do that with cheap drones. The only way to prevent this is with troops on the ground.

Iran has experienced Trump. Trump does not play by any rules, and it is clear any paper agreement is worthless. Trump only respects power and consequences. After the last bombing of nuclear facilities, it should be clear to Iran that without demonstrating deterrence; they will be under repeated attack.

Stockmarkets and the oil price and pricing in only a brief interuption. Twenty percent of the world’s supply has been lost. Crude oil prices are set at the margins. Covid has shown us how severely oil prices can move- who thought it could go to negative dollars. As the world is less dependent on oil than in the 1970s, the oil price should be able to go much higher to kill off demand.

The price of oil to match demand and supply- I predict will be three-fold the current price. This will cause a worldwide recession. Most importantly for Iran this is the Mid-term election year. Extend the embargo to the election, Trump is doomed to endless investigations/impeachments.
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March 6, 2026 8:25am
- peterwn
  
  Israel intelligence hacked Tehran’s traffic cameras which facilitated the downfall of the leader. Would not be too surprised if Israel hijacks Iran’s drones.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:54am
  - kowtow
    
    Why in the midst of a war would Israel reveal its intelligence tools .
    
    As WSC said of Ultra ; the geese who laid the golden eggs and never cackled.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:02am
  - MCōs
    
    “Israel intelligence hacked Tehran’s traffic cameras”
    So they say.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:25am
- kowtow
  
  Sounds like you’d like the Mullahs to win.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:59am
  - david in Aus
    
    I do not want the Mullahs to win. They are despicable people. I am not mourning their departure. But I am a realist.
    
    My interpretation of game-theory is predicting that oil prices will >$200. Food prices (due to fertilizer constraints) will go through the roof.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:14am
    - In Vino Veritas
      
      And China will have to start using it’s oil stockpile.
      
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      March 6, 2026 10:41am
      - david in Aus
        
        Who knows what China’s oilstock piles are. There are reports they have banned the exports of refined petroleum products. Why would do that if you plenty.
        
        Some have speculated that some of their oil tanks are filled with water to spoof the markets to lower the oil price. Higher inventories=lower price. Similar to the games they play with iron ore.
        
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        March 6, 2026 12:04pm
    - kowtow
      
      Don’t panic.
      
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      March 6, 2026 12:15pm
    - In Vino Veritas
      
      China has about 1.2bn barrels of oil stockpiled. And it will chew through them in 120 days with no other supply. Roughly 14% of it’s oil was coming from Iran in nefarious ways (and that was most of the oil Iran produced – as an aside, half of Venezuela’s oil went to China).
      And between 30 and 45% of China’s oil is imported via the Straits of Hormuz. So the squeeze will be on.
      
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      March 6, 2026 2:23pm
      - Don Beckett
        
        China gets a lot of its oil from Russia. I was in Eastern Russia (Nakhodka – near Vladivostok in 2004, & the Russians had recently made very significant oil finds, one in the Sakhalin Islands, & one in Siberia, a pipe-line distance from China.
        They expected to have a distribution hub in Nakhodka operational with piped oil by 2010 oe thereabouts.
        Will check to see how they’re going operational wise.
        
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        March 6, 2026 3:48pm
      - Don Beckett
        
        Here’s a reply when I googled for progress on the Nakhodka oil terminal :
        
        Kozmino Oil Terminal (Port of Kozmino): Located near Nakhodka, this terminal acts as the final point of the Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline, exporting crude oil to Asia-Pacific markets since 2009. It is a vital outlet for Russian oil.
        
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        March 6, 2026 3:51pm
- david in Aus
  
  What is the cost-benefit for Iran? Iran is already an economic basketcase with hyperinflation. The leadership has been killed and the Israelis and Americans have guaranteed to target the next leaders.
  The markets and everybody are so complacent. It’s because the previous Iran-US conflicts were short-lived because it was in Iran’s interest not to escalate.
  This time is different: it is now in Iran’s interest and for its future survival to make this as painful as possible.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:18am
- Ross Bayer
  
  At long last someone who looks at the broader issues and for that I congratulate you.
  I see there is already some down voting, oh dear, those deep thinkers
  This war will have long-term implications for the planet from what I see not sure oil will go above $135
  To all of you who are cheering maybe consider the implications for our country and the planet and maybe even yourself when a worldwide recession hits and and the western world as we know it struggles.
  The only country that I can see will benefit is Russia, described by the downvoters as a Gas Station masquerading as a country.
  I struggle to see why so many who visit this blog cannot see the obvious.
  It is likely that the Trump Regime might need to declare a national emergency/crisis and postpone the mid-terms as this is one path to an extended term or preventing impeachment which is coming as soon as the dems get control of the house and senate
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:23am
- Eastlander
  
  Mutual exhaustion and ceasefire.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:27am
- kowtow
  
  ‘Most importantly for Iran this is the Mid-term election year.’
  
  Do they do elections .I thought it was all down to some murderous mullahs making the decisions.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:40am
  - david in Aus
    
    US elections. There is a presidential stockmarket cycle. Usually before the election, the party in power, try to juice the economy to get elected.
    I suspect this is from Trump’s hubris, The calculation was: Venezuela was so easy, why not get rid of Iran’s leadership and get oil prices down.
    The Republicans have all three levels of government at the moment. But if they lose the senate and congress, then you get the endless impeachment cycles you had with the last Trump term. Congress can frustrate and overide the presidency if they want to.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:20am
    - Hard Cheese
      
      How does removing Iran’s leadership get oil prices down? Even if the US returns Iran to full pre-sanction production (which takes time anyway), that will hardly move the worldwide needle on oil prices.
      
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      March 6, 2026 6:21pm
  - Cassandra
    
    I think the reference is to the American election.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:50am
    - kowtow
      
      Yer I know , just fomenting happy mischief.
      
      With a dose of irony chucked in for good measure.
      
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      March 6, 2026 12:16pm
  - ObligatoryMarxist
    
    Iran has frequent, and well-contested elections. The most recent one was in 2024. It’s a mult-party contest They even have reserved seats for Jewish people in the legislature. There’s a “range” of views between the parties even so far as to how to engage with the US.
    
    The way the theocracy controls elections is firstly through the Supreme Leader (Recently Vacant) and secondly through a Guardian Council who won’t allow those who aren’t in favor of the “Islamic Revolution” to stand for office. The fact that the Guardian Council has needed to veto so many bills in favor of moderate democratic reforms and women’s rights kind of indicates that while its not a democracy, the country does have the political apparatus to be one. Whether that political apparatus will survive whatever “Trumpian Council” replaces the Guardian one is to be seen.
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:22pm
  - R
    
    mullahs making decisions…….that’s called an election in Iran
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:46pm
rouppe

This comment from Winston Peters sent a shiver up my spine.

Asked if he could work with Luxon as Prime Minister again after the election, Peters said in any crisis “you take the circumstances you have got, you make the very most of it”.

“Make the very most of it is what NZ First is going to do.”
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March 6, 2026 8:34am
- pdm
  
  Baubles will always count for Peters First rouppe.
  
  ACT will not allow National to share Prime Minister with Peters so Labour is definitely in the picture no matter what Peters says.
  
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  March 6, 2026 8:55am
  - RoboRob
    
    Act will allow Peters to be PM if it keeps them in power and Labour out. They aren’t stupid.
    
    As I said, who is PM depends on the election results. If National get in the mid 20s and NZF is in the high teens, why shouldn’t Winston have more power in the new coalition? The same would be true if Act did well.
    
    There is no rule that Labour or National have to provide the PM. If they cant poll strongly enough to earn that position it is on their heads.
    
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    March 6, 2026 9:51am
    - pdm
      
      Not sure about that RR.
      
      Even last election they pondered about providing Confidence and Supply from the cross benches which cost them perhaps 4 or 5 seats.
      
      Unlike Peters they are not baubles driven and could make Peters not being PM a bottom line. That might even win a few votes.
      
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      March 6, 2026 11:09am
      - rouppe
        
        “Could” and “might” are not sufficient foundations upon which to make that play.
        
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        March 6, 2026 12:16pm
      - RoboRob
        
        Confidence and Supply would be enough to get Nat & NZF in.
        
        Although, now the poll is out, thats not true. The left block is on 61 and the center right is on 59. Very worrying.
        
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        March 6, 2026 1:37pm
      - Jethrod
        
        That was the most stupidest thing Seymour has ever done, saying confidence and supply. Hundreds and thousands diverted their votes because of that.
        Fortunately the Nats mostly got them but most ACT dearly.
        In Aug 23 they were 11,12, 13 %, down to 8.6 at election.
        Mouth ran away cost probably 3 or 4 list seats.
        
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        March 6, 2026 5:05pm
NeverMindTheBollocks

Driving to work this am, the Gaza flag wavers were conspicuous by their absence from the motorway overbridges.

Looks like they lack real conviction. Or perhaps they’ve decided that they’d better turn up to work in good time.
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March 6, 2026 8:37am
- kowtow
  
  Work?
  
  Have you seen them up close .
  
  Besides it’s Friday and the public servants /ngo /university types ( of which I reckon there’s lots) will all be “working” from home.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:42am
- MCōs
  
  Last job I had half the blokes used to start the day with a solid spell of social media.
  Looks like times haven’t changed.
  
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  March 6, 2026 4:57pm
peterwn

“Southland liquor outlets have been given the green light to continue trading up to 16 hours a day, despite Health NZ calling for shorter hours.”
Why the hell is Health NZ in the lobbying business? The resources expended on this sort of thing would be better utilised for more elective surgery.
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March 6, 2026 8:41am
- RoboRob
  
  I thought the minister had told them to pull their heads in? Certainly they were told to stay out of the McDonalds permitting stuff in Wanaka after their first go.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:54am
- imalwaysright
  
  Was it Health NZ who campaigned against a McDonald’s opening in Wanaka?
  Is it the same organisation that are telling doctors to treat Maori differently?
  
  Sounds like we the public are paying the Government to fund activism.
  
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  March 6, 2026 10:00am
  - peterwn
    
    That is typical Labour practice. Unfortunately it takes time to unwind this when the government changes.
    
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    March 6, 2026 11:02am
    - rouppe
      
      If it’s not been unwound by now, it never will.
      
      The only person in a ministry that the government can fire is the CEO. So tell the CEO what you expect and if it’s not happened within 3 months give them a performance warning. If unchanged after 6 months, fire them.
      
      Currently all the ministries are dragging their feet, waiting for a change in government.
      
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      March 6, 2026 12:26pm
      - imalwaysright
        
        [Mod – stop wasting moderators time with replies like thumbs up, pasting what a person posted above you, one letter answers]
        
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        March 6, 2026 12:57pm
      - imalwaysright
        
        Rouppe, I support your comments and believe you are one hundred percent correct.
        Well said.
        
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        March 6, 2026 2:39pm
    - Charlotte Wells
      
      I disagree.
      
      The coalition have a total majority.
      
      Legislative changes can be put through overnight.
      
      Ministerial directives take but a moment.
      
      Nothing has changed because National don’t want to make changes.
      
      The latest poll results show that the public wanted change.
      
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      March 6, 2026 5:42pm
Master Mariner

The impact has been swift, even for wealthy markets with extensive storage. Shipping fuel suppliers in Singapore, the world’s top bunkering port, have informed customers that they will fulfil only part of agreed orders, citing lower volumes received from their own suppliers
https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/oil-gas/asias-deepening-oil-crunch-triggers-fuel-hoarding-price-hikes
And so it goes on.
Remember we are at the arse end of supply lines.
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March 6, 2026 8:57am
- RichardF
  
  I’ll walk to the train station for the foreseeable future.
  
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  March 6, 2026 10:52am
Chuck Bird

Does anyone know when the full results of the poll will be released?
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March 6, 2026 9:03am
- PeterTrentham
  
  About half past.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:23am
- MCōs
  
  Executions usually take place at high noon, or is that the gunfights on Main Street
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:30am
NeverMindTheBollocks

Oil up, NZD down. Everything’s about to jump in price, just in time for the election campaign.

No doubt the media will blame National.
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March 6, 2026 9:26am
- Cassandra
  
  Labour, if elected ✝️, will immediately solve things by criticising Trump //.
  
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  March 6, 2026 10:54am
Im Right

I cannot fathom out why the greens are polling so high, they are a socialist, man hating, non maori hating party who only unveil any environmental policy in the lead up to a general election, once election is over it’s all put on the back burner for two and a half years.
I can only assume, it’s the 18-25yr olds that are keeping them above the 5%, I guess the only silver lining is they are a very fickle bloc, who may or may not actually vote.
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March 6, 2026 9:41am
- Paulus
  
  Perhaps Labourites are not going to vote for the Little Boy any more so will stay left in the Greens.
  Not surprising.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:56am
- RoboRob
  
  My thoughts….
  
  Greens have a hard core base around 7%. Regardless of policy, members or actions, the word Green is enough for these people to vote.
  
  Any polling above 7% isn’t related to Green performance, it is a factor of Labours under performance. The current high polling shows dissatisfaction with Labour in the same way Winston and Acts higher polling is some what related to Nationals weakness.
  
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  March 6, 2026 9:57am
  - MCōs
    
    All parties have a percentage of rusted on supporters
    All parties have a percentage of unshakable opponents
    At the extreme ends there are the rabid, name calling, and easily offended variety which might be understandable in some countries, but not here.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:16am
  - David Garrett
    
    Robo: Regardless of policy, members or actions, the word Green is enough for these people to vote
    
    Sadly you are spot on – and it’s not only the young; they wouldn’t get above 50% without the Remuera and Thorndon “ladies who lunch” – those who feel voting Green counters the fact that hubby is a partner in a law firm which gives them a lifestyle they enjoy so much.
    
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    March 6, 2026 10:19am
MCōs

I understand America has a problem with illegal immigrants, but these heavy handed, masked, unidentified people recruited to round them up in democrat strongholds doesn’t seem to be the way to deal with the problem and the person responsible has lost her job.
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March 6, 2026 10:27am
- David George
  
  Antifa and Co have been doxing the federal agents and terrorising their homes and their women and children.
  
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  March 6, 2026 11:11am
  - Pope Punctilious II
    
    Can you provide a link for that?
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:03pm
    - rouppe
      
      https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/doxxing-guilty-ice-agent-los-angeles/3855938/
      
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      March 6, 2026 3:09pm
Swifty

Yes, it’s absolutely clear Jackie Blue was in the wrong party.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/588802/former-mp-jackie-blue-quits-national-to-join-opportunity-party

A person who clearly believes politicians should meddle in labour markets, use state coercion to drive their utopian visions, heaps billions of dollars of new, extra costs annually on NZ families during already very tough times and who believes the setting of wage rates should not be in the total control of business owners whose financial lives are on the line, does not belong in the National Party.

It speaks to her character too that she would talk of her erstwhile colleagues in this way too.

What a disappointment she is.
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March 6, 2026 11:38am
- Pope Punctilious II
  
  I much prefer this Jackie Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xuW-aI-haw&list=RD6xuW-aI-haw&start_radio=1
  
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  March 6, 2026 1:01pm
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  Isn’t she a breast cancer surgeon? I would prefer that she put her taxpayer funded education to a better use.
  
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  March 6, 2026 1:11pm
- greybeard
  
  From the TOP website, re the Treaty:
  
  “Opportunity takes the responsibility of the Crown as a Treaty partner seriously.
  
  That means taking protection of taonga and redress of historical wrongs seriously. To live up to this responsibility, Opportunity will:
  
  Repeal the Treaty Principles Bill and Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Amendment Bill if these are passed.
  Include Aotearoa history, including Te Tiriti, at all levels of the education system.
  Support growth in the numbers of qualified te reo teachers, to ensure a place for te reo education at school.
  Support devolution of services — backed by real resources and autonomy — in key areas where outcomes are unequal, especially health and justice.
  Support the equitable conclusion of remaining Treaty settlement processes.”
  
  Truly scary stuff. Even more maorification than at present.
  
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  March 6, 2026 1:17pm
  - Pope Punctilious II
    
    Yes, TOP have always been woke rubbish. And we’ve already got enough woke rubbish in parliament.
    
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    March 6, 2026 4:51pm
    - keepcalmcarryon
      
      Gareth Morgan’s interview on the platform last year was fascinating. Basically he set TOP up to be an evidence based best practice policy vehicle as he saw it.
      
      Now he’s not associated he says it’s basically a woke parody of itself pushing ideological nonsense with no evidence. He’s disowned it.
      
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      March 6, 2026 7:24pm
- RoboRob
  
  Sadly what you described is acurate for many in the National party. That dont seem very ‘small government’ / ‘fiscally responsible’ to me.
  
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  March 6, 2026 1:41pm
- Philview
  
  Don’t you mean Jackie Who! I follow politics fairly closely but have never hear of her before .
  
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  March 6, 2026 2:01pm
- Paulus
  
  Agreed, but I believe she is a wealthy Remmers Auckland Breast Surgeon too.
  
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  March 6, 2026 3:28pm
Ghost

Poll released,

https://www.taxpayers.org.nz/tucur_mar2026poll
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March 6, 2026 12:17pm
- Northshoredoc
  
  How much more woeful do the polls need to get before Luxon is rolled?
  
  And who to replace him with that will be an attractive choice for voters?
  
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  March 6, 2026 1:08pm
  - RoboRob
    
    The experts are saying its too late to roll him. national should have done that last January if they were going to.
    
    The really scary thing is that the Left block can now govern, for the first time. We really need to hope NZF and Act can capture enough votes to keep the right in power.
    
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    March 6, 2026 1:43pm
    - Philview
      
      The Greens and TPM have proposed policies such as giving Maori first right of refusal on all private land sales, abolishing all prisons etc. It is going to be an interesting future!
      
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      March 6, 2026 1:59pm
  - Paulus
    
    More rubbish !
    
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    March 6, 2026 3:28pm
- Rumblestrip
  
  Bloody hell.
  
  If we get a Labour / Green / TPM government this year, can the last person to leave NZ please turn off the lights?
  
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  March 6, 2026 4:14pm
  - Hugh Jarse
    
    Forget new 787’s, Aotearoa Airways will need to hire cruise ships to cope with the demand for one way travel to Australia. That will suit Idi Rawiri though.
    
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    March 6, 2026 5:17pm
Handyman

The Middle East is a very dusty place. So explosions always look more spectacular due to the dust and sand thrown into the air. It shows the power of fighter-delivered ordinance.
I am waiting to see the explosions caused by B1 and B52 heavy gravity bombs. It should be quite a show.
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March 6, 2026 1:02pm
- MCōs
  
  Iran is governed by the hardliners so It’s become necessary to destroy the country to save it
  
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  March 6, 2026 1:50pm
NeverMindTheBollocks

The country and the capital are going to hell in a handcart, apparently. Cue predictable wailing from the Lefties.

Back in the real world, Split Enz are scheduling a second concert at the TSB Area because of heavy demand for tickets.

Go figure.

Source: The Post
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March 6, 2026 1:06pm
- greybeard
  
  The Warriors’ game will no doubt be sold out as well.
  Tough times.
  
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  March 6, 2026 2:47pm
  - Northshoredoc
    
    No doubt this is their year?
    
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    March 6, 2026 2:53pm
  - MCōs
    
    Ticket prices for a Warriors game are about $25 and the audience comes from South Auckland in general — not the most affluent part of the country.
    On the other hand I expect Split Enz attracts a more affluent crowd who can afford to fork out ten times as much.
    Either way it’s only a 0.01% of the population of Auckland over a couple of weeks.
    
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    March 6, 2026 4:18pm
Yvette

Here may be an amazing case of irony: that in fixing the mess Labour made when last in office, now involves basic work that is of no popular interest to voters, and without the Government properly informing the public what is being done, they do not “take the voters with them” and so rate low enough in the polls, that Labour is voted in again, with Willie Jackson, and John Tamihere doing what covid didn’t quite do.
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March 6, 2026 1:34pm
Ghost

Not sure who would be a decent replacement, but i guess we will find out soon

Political insiders have indicated to Stuff that the prime minister is shaken by today’s horror poll result, and he is taking some time to consider his options.

article
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March 6, 2026 3:28pm
- MCōs
  
  Whoever it is the usual sharks will be circling
  Winston & Seymour
  
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  March 6, 2026 3:53pm
- KKNZ2025
  
  Perhaps Luxon will now finally realise that he has nothing to lose in this last 6 months by delivering the changes he was elected to do…
  
  …& it might even change the writing on the wall
  
  Sitting on the fence means they run the barbed wire through you
  
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  March 6, 2026 4:20pm
Swifty

The great tragedy in National’s inaction over getting rid of the Labour Party astroturf outfit known as TVNZ is that Labour, when next in, will come riding to the rescue with tens if not hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars annually to keep the whole boondoggle going.

https://x.com/charteddaily/status/2029696523056074896?s=46

And this could be as soon as November.

What a tragedy. What a wasted opportunity.

What gift to Labour.
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March 6, 2026 3:42pm
- MCōs
  
  TV1 News, which is pretty much the only major local evening evening programme, has daily audience of between 600-650k. The majority over the age of 60, which is about 32% of voters at the last election.
  Who makes the biggest impression?
  The persuasive politicians (or not as the case may be) or the allegedly biased presenters?
  
  One thing is for sure — TV takes no prisoners.
  
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  March 6, 2026 5:41pm
  - graham
    
    TVNZ CEO Jodi O’Donnell was on with Heather Du Plessis Allen just after 6. Heather raised the question of bias, and Jodi strongly denied they were biased.
    
    Two points.
    
    First, TVNZ (and other media) sometimes run stories about ‘unconscious bias’ – for example, claiming that police suffer from ‘unconscious bias’ with how they treat Maori. I wonder, Ms O’Donnell, whether you might consider the possibility of such unconscious bias within your team?
    
    Second, the stories and news that are presented are one thing. What is just as important, if not more so, is what ISN’T presented or reported on (and Heather made this point herself). If a story isn’t reported by the media – if it is ‘conveniently’ ignored – does it make a sound in the forest?
    
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    March 6, 2026 7:14pm
    - MCōs
      
      I noticed the Curia poll didn’t get a mention this evening
      
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      March 6, 2026 7:45pm
    - Jack5
      
      Graham’s .. Jodi strongly denied they [TVNZ] were biased.
      
      Of course the boss isn’t ever going to agree that State-owned TVNZ is biased.
      
      Jeez, Graham.
      
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      March 6, 2026 11:48pm
Swifty

Does this mean, after 150 years of living here, my family can start calling ourselves Maori?

https://x.com/landeur/status/2029678683875647836?s=46
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