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Winston Peters delivered his State of the Nation speech in Tauranga yesterday, and it told us something important about where NZ First thinks the 2026 election will be won. Not in the culture wars or in Covid grievances, but in the electricity bill sitting on your kitchen table. Peters ranged across Fonterra’s sell-off, Te Pāti Māori, the India deal. Slipped up calling his party “socialist” — meant “socially conservative” — then declared NZ…

The Press newspaper in Christchurch has just published its “Power List” — a ranking of the fifty most influential people in the South Island. It’s a series of articles that updates the list they published two years. The 2026 edition, compiled primarily by senior journalist Philip Matthews, is worth reading closely. Not just for the names, but for what the list reveals about where power actually sits in Te Waipounamu, and how much of it has…

New Zealand’s fuel crisis has revealed something far more serious than a temporary supply risk. · It has exposed a strategic delusion at the heart of government policy. · Because while ministers talk about shipping lanes, stock levels, and “seven weeks of supply,” they are carefully avoiding the one issue that underpins everything: · New Zealand cannot function without carbon fuels! The Reality We Refuse to Admit · This country consumes…

Luxon’s fuel crisis spin cannot hide a government that failed to prepare · Today’s press conference on New Zealand’s looming fuel crisis was supposed to reassure the country. · Instead, it exposed something far more serious: · This Government is not thinking ahead. It is thinking late. · For all the calm words, all the tidy talking points, and all the managerial language about planning, scenarios, and monitoring, the reality is plain. New…

The UK has accused Tehran of firing ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia island · FILE PHOTO: Naval air facility on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. ©  Historical / Getty Images · Iran has denied targeting a joint US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean, Al Jazeera reported, citing a senior Iranian official. · Located on the remote island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago, the military site was reportedly targeted…

EU leaders have suddenly grown enough of a spine to refuse to take a part in the Iran war. But what are they doing to stop it? By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/rachel-marsden/rachelmarsden.com · ©  Alireza Sotakbar / ISNA via AP · [RT] NATO is supposed to be a defensive alliance. That means members…

The US has threatened to “obliterate” the country’s power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened within 48 hours · US President Donald Trump speaks at the US Capitol on March 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. ©  Alex Wong / Getty Images · [RT] US President Donald Trump has threatened to strike Iran’s power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened to shipping within 48 hours. · Iran has kept the vital waterway…

The world richest man could end up paying up to $2.6 billion in damages, the plaintiffs’ attorneys have said · FILE PHOTO: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arriving at federal court in San Francisco. © Getty Images / Josh Edelson · [RT] Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been found guilty in California of misleading investors during his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in 2022. · The class-action lawsuit, which had been…

The automaker’s operating profits plunged nearly 93% after scrapping an all-electric vehicle program · © Getty Images / Sjoerd van der Wal / Contributor · [RT] German luxury carmaker Porsche AG has reported a sharp drop in operating profits following a costly pivot away from its long-term EV strategy amid mounting challenges facing the EU’s auto sector. · The automaker booked extraordinary expenses totaling about €3.9…

Donald Trump demands Iran open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours or face a sustained blitz against its power plants. As the three-week mark is passed in the war - scores of people in Southern Israel are wounded by retaliatory Iranian missiles on Saturday. In a potentially catastrophic attack - Iran's major port of Bushehr - home to a nuclear plant - is targeted. No damage is reported to the reactor itself - but civilian and oil…