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For years, Jacinda Ardern was sold to the world as the face of “kindness.” A crisis leader. A moral compass in turbulent times. · But back home, the gloss has long since worn off. · Strip away the international applause and carefully curated documentaries, and what remains is a country carrying record debt, a fractured social fabric, and a lingering distrust of institutions that may take a generation to repair. · That is the legacy New Zealand…

Something has to give with New Zealand’s electricity market. And this week, the numbers arrived to prove it. The Big Four gentailers (Contact, Genesis, Meridian and Mercury) have just reported combined operating earnings of $1.86 billion for the six months to December 2025. That’s a jump of roughly 45% on the same period last year. Their combined dividend payouts rose 10% to $551 million. Meanwhile, the amount they actually invested in new…

Are voters actually up for a political circuit-breaker this year, or are we stuck with the same stale options again? If a disruptive force is desired, 2026 might finally be the year for the Opportunity Party to break through. Rebranded from “TOP” to simply “Opportunity,” the centrist party is now led by Qiulae Wong, a 37-year-old sustainability consultant who appears to have a better shot at getting into Parliament than any previous iteration…

Frank Bergman · Jeffrey Epstein’s secret stash of evidence, which he hid from investigators after being tipped off about incoming raids on his properties, has just been uncovered. · As Slay News previously reported, newly revealed records show that Epstein secretly moved and concealed a cache of evidence shortly before law enforcement raided his Palm Beach mansion in 2005. · The findings are raising fresh questions about what…

An independent journalist has obtained and published what appears to be the 2023 attendance list for ultra-secretive Bohemian Grove, the annual summer encampment of the all-male Bohemian Club in Sonoma County, California, providing a rare look at the roster of American elites who gathered at the shadowy retreat. · The list, first shared by Substack journalist Daniel Boguslaw and authenticated by at least one club member, lists more than 2,200…

Jeffrey Epstein paid private detectives to remove items from his Palm Beach property and store them in a secret storage locker shortly before he was raided by police in 2005. The storage unit contained three computers, 29 address books, a three-page list of Florida masseuses. · The stash also included nude photographs believed to be of Epstein's victims, VHS tapes, DVDs 'eroticising teenagers' and porno mags, The Telegraph reports. · An 8mm…

by Tyler Durden · Hillary Clinton told members of Congress on Feb. 26 that she does not have knowledge about crimes carried out by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. · “I had no idea about their criminal activities. I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes, or offices,” the former first lady and secretary of state said in her opening statement to the…

MXM Exclusive · Hillary Clinton’s long-awaited deposition before the House Oversight Committee hit an unexpected snag Thursday after a photograph from inside the room leaked onto social media — abruptly pausing proceedings and igniting a fresh partisan clash in the middle of the Jeffrey Epstein probe. · The image, posted to X by conservative commentator Benny Johnson, showed a tight-lipped Clinton seated at the witness table. “The…

Megan Dobrodt · The deafening silence of the non-response from Western governments to [Tuesday’s revelations](https://eir.news/2026/02/news/russian-intelligence-services-warn-of-eu-plans-to-transfer-nukes-to-ukraine/ · ) from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) that it believes the U.K. and France are seeking to provide Ukraine with a nuclear weapon says a lot about the level of insanity in the current strategic situation—which…

by Tyler Durden · A week after Bill Gates abruptly pulled out as a keynote speaker at a high-profile global AI summit in India, the left-wing billionaire finally mustered enough nerve to "take responsibility for his actions" over his ties to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a town hall meeting with Gates Foundation employees. · The Wall Street Journal reports that Gates told employees at a town hall event for the…