Accountability

"Back to Basics, Back to Brutality: How a "Hodgepodge" of Bills Became the Most Coordinated Assault on Māori Rights, Workers, and Democracy in a Generation" - 13 February 2026

"Back to Basics, Back to Brutality: How a "Hodgepodge" of Bills Became the Most Coordinated Assault on Māori Rights, Workers, and Democracy in a Generation" - 13 February 2026

The coalition calls it "back to basics." Strip the euphemism and what remains is a legislative assembly line: each bill feeds the next, each deletion enables the next erasure, and by the time the House rises, the public service will serve the minister—not the people, not the Treaty, not the future.
Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern
"THE ARSONIST'S AUDIT: How They Burned $55 Billion, Transferred a Trillion to the Landed Gentry, Devastated Māori Homeownership — and Now Want a 'Review' Weeks Before the Election" - 12 February 2026

"THE ARSONIST'S AUDIT: How They Burned $55 Billion, Transferred a Trillion to the Landed Gentry, Devastated Māori Homeownership — and Now Want a 'Review' Weeks Before the Election" - 12 February 2026

They handed the landlords a flamethrower. They poured accelerant on the housing market. They watched whānau burn. And now — nine months before polling day — Nicola Willis has the audacity to show up with a clipboard and ask: "Did anyone smell smoke?"
Ivor Jones The Māori Green Lantern