Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. This week global anti-corruption agency Transparency International released a report on lobbying, which described New Zealand’s
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Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Have you noticed that when Jacinda’s government is forced to make concessions under public pressure they never
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Dr Shane Reti is a patient man, and yesterday he landed a good sledge on Andrew Little after patiently waiting for Little’s propensity for anger to manifest itself in just six minutes. Dr Shane Reti: Why is it, on his watch, that not only are increasing numbers of people
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Our biggest road works contractor Fulton Hogan are reportedly complaining about their inability to secure staff. Here’s how to solve their problem. Lift the percentage of current staff actually working from the present 5% to 10% and thereby double production. The remaining 90% of
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A brave mother and daughter were bruised after a gutsy attempt to stop hammer-wielding offenders as they fled the scene after robbing the Ellerslie Jewellers & Engravers jewellery store in Auckland. “Like hell” they were getting away with it, Lesley said. The two women ran after the group of
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Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused
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