Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz SNAIL MAIL The New Zealand Electoral Commission declared that from now on, the “Special Votes” will be officially known as “Annoyingly Slow Votes.” This announcement comes after years of complaints and confusion surrounding the time it takes to tally the “special votes” cast during the NZ
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One of the forgotten wars in history is the Spanish Civil War. It occurred in the mid to late 1930s, and was to some extent the Vietnam of its day; then immediately got overshadowed by World War II and more or less forgotten, as nobody could quite recall what it
Peter Martin Crawford School of Public Policy Australian National University theconversation.com Want to keep working after you’ve reached pension age? The Australian government has just made it a little bit easier, increasing the amount you can earn per year from work before losing some of your pension by
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 on
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
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If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Albo Has United Australians at Last Just not in the way he’d hoped… In the end the polls were wrong: the “Voice” referendum was not narrowly defeated – it was wiped
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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
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