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Māori Wards Are Not Democratic

Māori Wards Are Not Democratic

Race-based electoral structures have no place in a liberal democracy. The continued existence and expansion of Māori wards risks entrenching division, undermining the principle of equal representation, and eroding public trust.

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This BSA Power Grab

This BSA Power Grab

ACT and NZ First have laid out their positions. Is it too much to hope the National Party will end its dismal 80-year record and do the right thing? Or will it be more muddle through?

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We Voters Are Not For Turning

We Voters Are Not For Turning

We, the voters, strongly disagree with your strategy. In the words of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher we say, ‘No, No, No.’ You might want to turn, but we are not for turning. Neither, it would seem, are your coalition partners.

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Don’t You Believe It!

Don’t You Believe It!

Hipkins’ desire to hold the levers of power in his hot little hands is so great he would crawl over upturned beer bottle tops and even ‘dance with the devil’ to achieve that goal! That desire is probably due to the need to prove himself to all his many detractors and maybe even his mother.

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