The AEWV: New Zealand’s Gateway to Indentured Labour

How a visa scheme designed to fill labour shortages led to exploitation - and a pathway to permanent migration.

National's Bad (Really Bad) Day

The PM survives another bungled coup.

The Opportunity Party - A Radical Left Policy Manifesto

Karl Marx would find much to admire in aspects of TOP’s policy manifesto.

Labour Capital Gains Tax Is Actually a Tax On Inflation

Labour governments tend to boost inflation. Chris Hipkins now wants to tax inflation as well.

Opportunity…

But for what? Analysis of an ascendant political party.

The Constitutional Revolution New Zealand Pretends Is Not Happening

Performative Parsimony

Pretending to care when squandering others’ money.

Hipkins’ Policy Silence Doesn’t Matter

Why the Labour Leader’s failure to disclose policy is irrelevant.

Lord Cooke’s Indictment

The continuation of a series examining the Supreme Court’s departure from the constitutional limits of judicial power.

Sherman Tanks...

But still snares lamestream media’s Political Journalist of the Year award.