The decision of Chris Hipkins to rule out both a wealth tax and a capital gains tax maintains the position of his predecessor. So why the outrage from the Labour left? Perhaps it's a way of… Read More

2023 should of been The Year of the Greens, but it's not. With its MP's fighting among themselves and having allowed identity politics to take precedence, the Green Party runs the risk of el… Read More

Martyn Bradbury, the editor of The Daily Blog, is accused of political hypocrisy...THE WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE (WSWS) has called Martyn Bradbury out for his selective support for the princip… Read More

In its uncritical adoption of identity or woke politics the mainstream media has encouraged the growth of a media that isn't woke. But is it progressive? PUBLIC TRUST in the mainstream… Read More

The Daily Blog editor Martyn Bradbury is still claiming The Working Group is the most popular political podcast in New Zealand - even though it isn't. The Daily Blog is still claiming t… Read More

Has Labour under Chris Hipkins really rediscovered the working class? Is it efforts to distance itself from Jacinda Ardern's middle class liberalism or woke politics genuine or just one last… Read More

In 2016 another Prime Minister was described as 'dreadful and deformed'...IN FEBRUARY 2016 the right wing commentator Cameron 'Whaleoil' Slater called out RNZ for comments posted on John Cam… Read More

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has launched a class war. But a militant defence is less than likely...THE MAINSTREAM media this week has plunged into its Bumper Book of Cliches and cast th… Read More

Despite the fact that the Maori caucus in Labour is the biggest ever, the Labour Government has failed to deliver for working class Maori. While they are concerned about issues such as housi… Read More

THERE ARE, as they say, lies, damned lies, and statistics. Then there are podcast charts..ANYONE WHO HAS visted The Daily Blog website in recent times would probably have noticed editor… Read More

National Party leader Christopher Luxon has been accused of a lack of concern for struggling New Zealanders...THERE ARE, of course, plenty of big issues for the New Zealand media to be grapp… Read More

While the mainstream media has approvingly reported that Jacinda Ardern is the first New Zealand leader invited to speak at the NATO Leaders Summit, it highlights the willingness of the Labo… Read More

The Green Party's woke politics has seen the party largely reduced to silence on big issues such as the cost of living crisis and housing unaffordability. Even on climate change, the Green's… Read More

The Wellington occupation continues with little support from the so-called 'liberal left'. It has either chosen to attack the occupation or remain silent. ANTICIPATING THAT the police w… Read More

The Labour Government, supported by the Green Party, have overseen the biggest transfer of wealth to the rich elite in New Zealand's history. And while people like Ricky Houghton of the He K… Read More

In football, scoring a goal is one of the most euphoric things a player can experience, especially when the skill, context and surroundings are taken into consideration. On the flip side, p… Read More

The mainstream media has just woken up to the fact that many beneficiaries are not receiving the full $20 benefit increase promised in the May Budget. Pity it didn't bother to listen to grou… Read More

If Martyn Bradbury continues to write sensible posts, it may be time to offer him a guest slot on Whaleoil. For a writer who earned Cam’s moniker of Wrongly Wrongson when it came to po… Read More

 A number of New Zealand writers have been contributing articles to Jacobin. The US based  magazine and website has been instrumental in mapping out a 21st century socialism while… Read More

'Regardless, if Ardern continues with the incrementalist approach, her administration, which leverages international recognition for domestic legitimacy, may come to represent yet another f… Read More

The coronavirus pandemic has underlined that we must must combat and defeat the current economic model that is based on the pathological pursuit of profit. The pandemic makes what we’v… Read More

Business commentator Bernard Hickey  has a far more accurate assessment of the Labour-led government than most of the New Zealand left. He describes it as a government presiding over 't… Read More