PoliticsLeft Or Right? The Big Gamble In Voting For TOPTop wants your vote but won't say who they'll back. That's a problem.
PoliticsDuncan Garner "The Greens’ Tax Fantasy Punishes Success"Their numbers are shaky, their targets are political, and New Zealand cannot afford another economic experiment dressed up as fairness.
OpinionDuncan Garner "The Big Parties Have Lost Their Grip"National and Labour are bleeding support because neither has the courage, clarity or record to justify another automatic turn in power.
PoliticsDuncan Garner: Your Job Should Not Require Political ObedienceProfessional regulators exist to protect the public, not to force New Zealanders into ideological submission.
PoliticsDuncan Garner: They Spend Because Nobody Stops ThemWhile New Zealanders cut back, Parliament keeps treating taxpayer money like a bottomless travel card.
OpinionDuncan Garner - Labour’s $18b problem just got realNicola Willis has found Labour’s weak spot, and Duncan says the missing numbers are starting to do real damage.
NewsDuncan Garner - Labour is ahead in the polls, but it is losing the argumentLabour may be the biggest party, but Duncan says voters still do not trust it to govern again.
NewsDuncan Garner: Parents don’t want announcements. They want classroomsErica Stanford says classrooms are funded. Now schools need them built fast.
Opinion`Duncan Garner - Coward Punch Reform Is Gutless Political TokenismNational promised tougher consequences for one-punch killers, but its own MPs have delivered a new label without the punishment to match.
OpinionLabour’s List Is No Big ResetLabour needed a political shock, not a tidy rearrangement of familiar faces.
PoliticsDuncan Garner: The Far North Council Needs SunlightIf elected councils can shift power without ratepayers properly knowing, then democracy is being treated like an inconvenience.
OpinionDuncan Garner: This Budget Exposes A Government That Waited Too LongNational promised discipline, but this Budget shows the hard work should have started two years ago.
OpinionDuncan Garner: Upston’s Allowance Fails The Sniff TestWhen ministers cut housing support for poorer families while pocketing taxpayer-funded perks, trust does not bend, it snaps.
OpinionDuncan Garner: Labour Wants A Blank Cheque For PowerNew Zealanders deserve the detail before an election, not after Labour has already asked them to hand over the keys.