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 Government was elected with 50 per cent of the vote three years ago, but current opinion polls show
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The same day that New Zealanders vote in the General Election to choose a new government, Australians vote in the Voice referendum to see whether constitutional recognition will be given to Aboriginal people. This is a landmark decision for Australia. If the Voice succeeds, the
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Thinking about the Roman Empire Like many women, my wife Amie likes to watch Instagram reels. These are little clips, mostly from the lives of women, where the algorithm figures out
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There has been a huge fuss in the media, especially from Newshub who have led the news two days in a row with the manufactured issue of The Press Debate. Labour stupidly called Christopher Luxon a ‘chicken’, despite the fact that it was Hipkins who bailed on the debate. Worse
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Stuff reporting on National’s Budget. Grant Robertson says there is a $537m hole in National’s fiscal plan. He says their tax plan doesn’t add up, and the only conclusion he could take from tit is there will be more cuts to the public services that New Zealanders
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
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Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato theconversation.com Tax cuts, crime, the cost of living, potholes and co-governance … these and various other issues are now familiar to most voters. But there has been one major election area missing the serious debate it needs: foreign policy. Whichever parties form the next
