VOTE LABOUR FOR A LABOUR-NATIONAL ALLIANCE!

This week Labour leader Chris Hipkins signalled that Labour's priority is not to challenge National but to work with it.    NEW ZEALAND ...

NEWSTALK ZB TRIES TO DO A HIT JOB ON CHRIS HIPKINS - AND FAILS

Chris Hipkins with Newstalk ZB's John MacDonald.  Last week the New Zealand Herald and its NZME stablemate, Newstalk ZB, tried to do a...

CHRIS HIPKINS AND LABOUR: SLOUCHING TOWARD MORE OF THE SAME

Chris Hipkins State of the Nation speech could have outlined an alternative vision for New Zealand, instead it confirmed that Labour has not...

GREEN PARTY: CAPITULATION DRESSED UP AS UNITY

The year is barely a month old, but the Green Party have already signalled that they remain tethered to a Labour Party whose primary motivat...

THE LABOUR PARTY IN 2026: GENUINE RENEWAL OR CLEVER REBRANDING?

This week Chris Hipkins gave us the clearest picture yet of how Labour plans to fight the 2026 election. His speech at the party’s caucus re...

LABOUR'S CENTRIST WEEKEND CONFERENCE

  "If Labour wins next year, and it may well win, don’t expect much to change. The party has made that abundantly clear during the week...

LABOUR'S CENTRISM IS OUT OF STEP WITH THE MOOD FOR REAL CHANGE

The Labour Party conference confirmed that the Labour leadership have no intention of abandoning the failed neoliberal orthodoxy. It has cho...

CHRIS HIPKINS: FAUX SOCIALIST

In an interview with RNZ's Guyon Espiner, Labour leader Chris Hipkins said that he's 'comfortable' with being labelled a soc...

LABOUR'S CAPITAL GAINS TAX POLICY: A MEANINGLESS GESTURE THAT CHANGES NOTHING

Labour’s capital gains tax announcement is not a bold step toward economic justice, but a timid, business-friendly gesture that leaves the e...

LABOUR'S FUTURE FUND: VISIONARY INVESTMENT OR CORPORATE WELFARE?

  New Zealanders should be wary of politicians bearing Future Funds, writes Bryce Edwards.        LABOUR'S NEWLY unveiled “Future Fund” ...