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More People on Benefits Than a Year Ago
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More People on Benefits Than a Year Ago

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under

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Three Waters Reforms: Government Threats and Compulsion
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Three Waters Reforms: Government Threats and Compulsion

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. An article by Thomas Coughlan focuses on the Government’s problem that many councils are unconvinced by the

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bubbles going upwards on a body of water
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The Democratic Deficits in the Three Waters Reforms

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Centralisation could lead to a loss of democratic input The current Labour Government clearly has a determination to

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The  Equity Deficits in the Three Waters Reforms
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The Equity Deficits in the Three Waters Reforms

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The Government has begun a $3.5m advertising campaign to convince New Zealanders of the need for radical

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Ardern’s Chance to Set the Stage for Busy Few Months of Diplomacy
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Ardern’s Chance to Set the Stage for Busy Few Months of Diplomacy

Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. What is New Zealand’s most important role in a quickly changing geopolitical world? It could be mediating between China and the West, according to international analyst Geoffrey Miller.

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Maori Seeking Advantage
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Maori Seeking Advantage

Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments If the current government wanted to stir up racial tension in New Zealand it has done a good job.

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Elizabeth Rata: The Road to He Puapua – Is There Really a Treaty Partnership?

Elizabeth Rata: The Road to He Puapua – Is There Really a Treaty Partnership?

Elizabeth Rata Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Professor Elizabeth Rata, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland The He Puapua Report proposes revolutionary change for New Zealand. The question of how we have arrived at a crossroads where New Zealanders will have to choose between an ethno-nationalist

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Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 Dr Siouxsie Wiles MNZM recently detailed the “Red Flags” identifying false and misleading information. You just know this has to be good. Her red flags: Are they downplaying the

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Creation Myths

Creation Myths

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 A few years ago, when I was visiting friends in Colorado, my host suggested going for a walk in the foothills of the Rockies. I readily agreed. We

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Political Roundup – Massive New Government Defence Spending Reconfirmed without NZ First

Political Roundup – Massive New Government Defence Spending Reconfirmed without NZ First

Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. This week New Zealand was officially pronounced the second most peaceful nation on earth – just behind Iceland – in

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Fees-Free GP Visits and Children Still Miss Out

Fees-Free GP Visits and Children Still Miss Out

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under

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