Bryce Edwards The Democracy Project Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Yesterday [Monday], the Green Party did its best to paint a picture in which it is the victim of Darleen Tana. Naturally, there will be sympathy for the plight
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): New Zealand forges deeper ties with NATO Luke Malpass (Post): What is NZ doing at Nato anyway? (paywalled) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Nato-NZ ties grow ever closer as Luxon visits DC Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon
Progress on the new site [The Good Oil] is nearing completion on our new platform. There are, however, some things that need to be attended to by YOU. I can’t do them because they relate to your own information. It is planned at this stage to start the new
Christopher Luxon is concerned at access to Corrections systems by an alleged Chinese spy with connections to National’s former Chinese spy MP. He should be concerned. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he expects intelligence agencies to fully investigate concerns around a probation officer sacked for snooping through the files
Republished with Permission Author: Geoffrey Miller Christopher Luxon is finding his foreign policy feet. Now eight months into the job, New Zealand’s Prime Minister is in Washington DC this week to attend the NATO summit. It is the third year in a row that Wellington has been invited to
Chris Hipkins is chasing passing cars again: New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is being challenged to prove his party’s claims surrounding the grounding of an Interislander ferry amid refusals to front to some media. Labour leader Chris Hipkins says NZ First’s claim the Aratere’s grounding last
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards Last Thursday, Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced radical new plans to deregulate property development in New Zealand. He’s won praise for his efforts from across the political spectrum, including those on the political left and millennials who think Bishop is bravely fighting for
Australia doesn’t have a waka-jumping law, but it often feels like we need one. Time and again, political nobodies scrape together a few hundred votes courtesy of being included at the bottom rung of a party ticket. Having exploited the party name, they proceed to use it as
DTNZ MP Darleen Tana has firmly rejected a report on allegations of her involvement in her husband’s business, claiming it significantly misrepresents her role. In a statement Tana expressed dissatisfaction with the investigation process led by lawyer Rachel Burt, stating that natural justice was not followed and that preconceived
Tani Newton A near-continuous chorus of toots, cheers and waves greeted a gathering in central Gisborne last Wednesday. About 70 people met in Grey Street, holding signs, shouting messages and chalking on footpaths, to protest the controversial ‘upgrade’ of two blocks in the busy CBD. The project is being
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GREENS Anneke Smith (RNZ): Tana 'likely' knew about allegations of worker exploitation - investigation Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Greens are responsible for tidying up their Darleen Tana mess Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Why the Greens hate party waka-jumping law and will be
Bryce Edwards has written a very good piece at The Democracy Project outlining the issues The Greens face in the Darleen Tana saga and it is his view that they are all of the Greens’ own making. Yesterday, the Green Party did its best to paint a picture in which
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards Yesterday, the Green Party did its best to paint a picture in which it is the victims of Darleen Tana. Naturally, there will be sympathy for the plight of a party embarrassed by an aberrant MP who appears to have misbehaved and looks to
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GREENS RNZ: Greens will have 'sensitive' talks on invoking waka-jumping rule Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): So what’s the point of the party-hopping law, again? Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Darleen Tana and Greens destined for waka-jumping showdown after party ejection, leaving
The Greens are looking quite pathetic as they are now literally begging Darleen Tana to resign from parliament, mainly because she’s embarrassed them but also because they want her to resign so the next Green womble can come in on the list. The Green Party has asked MP Darleen
The Green Party has been left pleading with its now-ex member, Darleen Tana, to resign from Parliament after an elongated investigation into the MP’s links with migrant exploitation claims. A Stuff investigation, published in March, revealed links between Tana and migrant exploitation allegations at her husband’s bike
