Tani Newton Welcome to sunny Gisborne, where we spend our time shovelling mud, digging drainage ditches, putting our houses up on stilts and shopping for longer gumboots. What gives with the weather? Recently, it’s all changed again: now the sky has turned a peculiar colour, a sort of bright
It was Paul Keating who said, “When you change the government, you change the country”. For once, he was right. And uncharacteristically honest, for a politician, in contrast to the obvious lies of the likes of Kevin Rudd and Anthony Albanese, who promised “safe, minimal change” — and immediately proceeded to
Tani Newton ’Tis the season for overspending and overeating, to be followed by a long summer of hardship, hunger and domestic violence. The Salvation Army have their busiest month in January. ’Tis the season to dredge up old grievances and be nasty, catty and backbiting. It’s interesting how people
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The Labour Party’s decline continues, according to the latest opinion poll released by Roy Morgan, which shows its support
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Well, that’s the year pretty much done, and I’m pretty much done with it too. It’s been pretty tough and also pretty exhilarating. On the political front the year began with the tyrant discovering enough self-awareness to realise she was no longer the country’s saviour, rather
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Kris Gledhill Auckland University of Technology The new coalition government has made its campaign promise to crack down on gangs a priority in its 100-day action plan. But whether the new “get tough” policy genuinely plugs gaps in existing legislation is very much open to question. The policy was laid
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