11 June 2026

Forever grateful to Jasprit Bumrah for this moment Before the T20 World Cup, after a poor outing in the NZ series, Sanju Samson was dropped as wicketkeeper and asked to play only as a fielder while Ishan Kishan took over the gloves. He looked completely heartbroken. Show more Load image 6 KB Load image 8 KB

— Mahi Patel (@Mahi_Patel_07) June 10, 2026

This is just awful optics for Chris Hipkins and Labour. Excluding the COVID years, this appears to be the first time in at least a decade that the Labour Party has not had a stall at Fieldays. This will come back to haunt them on the campaign trail. National Fieldays is more Show more 0:26 1 MB Load video

— Suit and tie (@Suitandtie9999) June 11, 2026

“If anything happens to me, don’t spend money on bringing me back to New Zealand. Bury me in Ukraine.” — Kiwi, an international volunteer for Suspilne. Kiwi is 21. His favourite poem is “Zapovit”. “It's about the desire to be with Ukraine, even after death”, he says. 1/ 1:24 3 MB Load video

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) June 10, 2026

RNZ is struggling to explain why Pauline Hanson is now polling ahead of the traditional parties. Their solution is to call her far right and lump NZ First in with her. Classic. rnz.co.nz Pauline Hanson's rise from political outcast to power player

— Cam Slater (@kaiviti_cam) June 10, 2026

Laws talks about the upcoming Curia Poll with Jordan Williams. Williams says that the Nats are more interested in finding out what TOPs number is moreso than their own. The reason is, if TOP can get over 5% they are Labour’s ticket back into power, Hipkins can rule out TPM Show more 5:04 4 MB Load video Quote Suit and tie @Suitandtie9999 · Jun 10 1:32 Train wreck interview for Qiulae Wong and the Opportunities Party as they declare war on pensioners — punishing lifetime savers and those who are “asset-rich, cash-poor”. Wong effectively tells them: Downsize the family home you’ve scrimped and sacrificed for your whole life

— Holyhekatuiteka (@2ETEKA) June 10, 2026

Let's be real: Chris Hipkins should not be able to use taxpayer-funded schemes to pay off his holiday home, while proposing a tax on your holiday home. Sounds less like Hipkins, more like "hypocrite". Load image 123 KB

— New Zealand Taxpayers' Union (@TaxpayersUnion) June 10, 2026

At this point the BEST thing for New Zealand's future is for Hipkins to remain leader of Labour.

— NickMowbray (@NMowbray23) June 10, 2026