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Ardern’s Nightmarish Weekend

Ardern’s Nightmarish Weekend

Graham Adams Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom It should have been a weekend of media adulation to

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COVID Reporting — Bought and Paid for

COVID Reporting — Bought and Paid for

Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 Professor Michael Baker’s recent Stuff comments appeared desperate and certainly revealing. First, the desperate. He labelled the UK’s possible move from Covid-19 restrictions to freedom

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Benefit Numbers Fall: Really?
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Benefit Numbers Fall: Really?

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Yesterday, the Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni waxed enthusiastic about the June quarter Benefit Statistics, which showed what she called a “continuing fall in the number of

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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

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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

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