No Right Turn

Irredeemably Liberal

Thursday, March 26, 2026

The alternative to pay equity legislation

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Last year, the regime rammed through the Equal Pay Amendment Act under urgency, gutting pay equity laws, dumping all claims, and stealing $1...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Naked corruption

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Its election year, so the big parties are already collecting big donations from rich people wanting corrupt favours . But the disclosure thr...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Not a government in waiting

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The fundamental job of the opposition in a Westminster system is to show us the alternative, both in people and in policies. When the govern...
Monday, March 23, 2026

The right solution for the wrong problem

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The regime has been taking a bit of stick about its "policy" of 10,000 new EV chargers , which seemed to have no tracking and no ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Corrupt, criminal secrecy

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Fishing is a criminal industry . Fishers routinely lie about catch sizes, illegally dump bycatch, and cover up the murder of protected speci...

More tyranny

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The regime introduced a bunch of bills today: an Immigration (Enhanced Risk Management) Amendment Bill to introduce a "papers, please...
Monday, March 16, 2026

A government without a plan

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Today the regime held an emergency, covid-style one o'clock press conference to announce its response to the US-caused global fuel crisi...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Good Riddance

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Methanex is one of Aotearoa's largest polluters. It burns 45% of our total natural gas supply to produce low value methanol and millions...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

There is a name for this

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The Auditor-General has tabled their report on former MP Paul Eagle's spending while chief executive of the Chatham islands Council, and...

An ever-worsening fiasco

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Back in 2021, the then-Labour government signed contracts for two new Cook Strait ferries. Costing $551 million for the ferries, it would ha...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Payment for services rendered

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Back in 2021, in the wake of the Tamarind disaster , the then-Labour government passed the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

National's energy security plan looks even stupider

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A month ago, the regime announced its big plan for keeping New Zealand addicted to fossil fuels "energy security": a giant LNG t...
Friday, March 06, 2026

"Papers, please" for the internet

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Yesterday the Education and Workforce Committee released its report into online harm to young people, recommending (among other things) a b...
Wednesday, March 04, 2026

Pushing on an open door

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RNZ has polling today on taxing billionaires , and its not good for the plutocrats: The second poll commissioned in February 2026 revealed...
Tuesday, March 03, 2026

"Unnecessary and excessive" secrecy

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Back in December the regime introduced the Commerce (Promoting Competition and Other Matters) Amendment Bill . While doing various other thi...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Our outdated anti-corruption laws

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Last year a group of VTNZ staff were fired after being caught taking bribes to falsify driving test results . This isn't the first time ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Papers, please

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At the moment the Trump regime in America is running a pogrom against non-white Americans, with ICE invading cities, disappearing people off...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

A flagrant abuse of power

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When the regime rammed through its law gutting pay equity and stealing $13 billion from the women of Aotearoa , it didn't bother with a ...
Monday, February 23, 2026

An attack on democracy as well as the homeless?

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Over the weekend the regime announced its long-expected policy of "move on" orders for homeless people . Having massively increase...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Submit!

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The Environment Committee has called for submissions on the Environment (Disestablishment of Ministry for the Environment) Amendment Bill ....
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