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This white supremacist neoliberal government cannot feed the children, house the kuia, or honour the Tiriti — but it will move mountains of borrowed money to satisfy a war criminal in Singapore.

Pete Hegseth’s ‘freeloading’ snipe: Should NZ be worried?Analysis- “Freeloading” was the term Pete Hegseth applied to a country that had just put another couple of billion dollars from Budget 2026 towards the goal of doubling spending on defence.RNZPhil PenningtonRNZNon-negotiable: Christopher Luxon says nuclear-free stance not changingThe prime minister insists New Zealand will not be dropping its nuclear-free stance - and doing so would be detrimental to relations with other countries, according to a former defence minister.RNZMorningreport1News