Al Johnson nzcovidresponse.substack.com The $7 million MIQ system that’s quietly gone un-noticed A week ago Hipkins ruefully looked back after losing the election and observed “…it’s clear from the end of 2021, we saw our support numbers drop quite significantly…” MIQ was a shocking imposition
Annie Te One Victoria University of Wellington The 2023 election saw a changing of the guard in Maori political representation. Several parliamentary stalwarts lost their seats to members of the “kohanga reo generation” – Maori under the age of 45 whose school years coincided with the revitalisation of the te reo
New Zealand will never have a grown up discussion about the Treaty of Waitangi; even more so with threats of violence and intimidation over a democratic referendum about the Treaty. When Maori say democracy doesn’t work for them we should believe them, that they are against democracy. When Maori
Join us in standing with Israel at this critical time. An Israel support rally will be held at Aotea Square, Auckland, 3:30 pm, on Sunday 29 October 2023. Juliet Moses has written a powerful piece for The Post, setting the 7 October pogrom in its essential historical context. Dozens
Join us in standing with Israel at this critical time. An Israel support rally will be held at Aotea Square, Auckland, 3:30 pm, on Sunday 29 October 2023. Juliet Moses has written a powerful piece for The Post, setting the 7 October pogrom in its essential historical context. Dozens
Philip Crump Founding editor of Newstalk ZB Plus and former lawyer, Philip Crump explores political, legal and cultural issues facing New Zealand. Sometimes known as Thomas Cranmer. substack.com/@cranmer With special votes still being counted, the interregnum provides time for the country’s political parties to reflect on their
JD Labour’s gone, so the leftie press is now excited about the performance of the Greens and Te Pati Maori. But how does this compare to previous elections? How much support comes from voters embracing their socialist ideologies, and how much from people voting for other reasons? Looking first
Danyl McLauchlan democracyproject.nz Danyl McLauchlan writes about politics, economics, science and philosophy – mostly for the Listener. He is also the author of two novels and a recent essay collection, Tranquillity and Ruin. Two of the most significant policy disputes in the run-up to New Zealand’s 2023 election
Chris Trotter Chris Trotter is New Zealand’s leading leftwing political commentator, with 30 years of experience writing professionally about New Zealand politics. He now writes regularly for the Democracy Project, producing his column “From the Left”. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz DISINFORMATION has been part and parcel of
Jim Cable To most Kiwis, “fairness” is a concept deeply rooted in our psyches. But as an ideal it’s been long abused by exploitative individuals who’ve relentlessly perverted it. Consider how often we, as a nation, have uniformly upheld or endorsed all manner of palpable nonsense from the
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change Albert Einstein Change is what the country wanted, and change it did, leaving a shell-shocked Labour Party wondering just what had happened. A bolt from the blue – literally. But they knew it was coming, they just couldn’t bring themselves
Before the election, you will recall that I told you, repeatedly, that National was not an agent of change. That they were the party of the status quo, preferring to manage what Labour has done, but more efficiently. They were asking you to vote for change but it is now
Gary Moller Gary Moller is a health practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com As the new administration takes office, we
