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Richard Shaw, Massey University It’s easy to look back at the bad haircuts, beige clothes and brown Beehive carpets and chuckle. But whatever one’s views on its aesthetics, the Fourth Labour Government – elected 40 years ago on July 14 – was no laughing matter. After nine years of economic
Toby Rogers Toby Rogers has a PhD in political economy from the University of Sydney in Australia and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California, Berkeley. I would like to start a conversation on the relationship between science and power. By “science” I mean the field
The latest Taxpayers Union Curia Poll makes for good reading if you come from the centre-right. National and New Zealand First made gains (two per cent and 1.7 per cent) while ACT stayed pretty much unchanged. The party to suffer most on the left was Labour (down 3.5
Lisa Asher, University of Sydney and Catherine Sutton-Brady, University of Sydney The proposed merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island raises the prospect of even less choice for New Zealanders in what is an already heavily concentrated market. But will regulators prevent it from happening? New Zealand currently
The Waikato Settlement Centre is a building in central Hamilton to support immigrants and refugees from around the world. The recently revamped and extended building, partly funded by Hamilton City Council, was due to open last Thursday but that got cancelled when there was news of a planned Palestinian protest
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006. Four months ago, I described a speech by Chris Bishop in his capacity as Minister of Housing as perhaps the most important speech given by any Government minister since the
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT Andrea Vance (Post): Law-breaking, tantrums and misconduct. Just an average week in Parliament (paywalled) Tracy Watkins (Post): The long and ignoble list of MPs who resigned badly (paywalled) Kelly Dennett (Post): The one about Winston Peters and the media conspiracy (paywalled) Max Rashbrooke
The latest Taxpayers’ Union/Curia poll shows a slump in support for Labour Party and a rise in support for the Coalition Government. It also appears that Christopher Luxon has substantially improved his preferred PM poll ratings. National is up 2.2 points on last month to 37.6% while
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. Political commentator Matt McCarten returns to discuss what is happening in the geopolitical sphere, as well as what goes down in the backrooms of politics. Hugh Devereux-Mack, spokesperson for Council of Licenced Firearms Owners and marketer for NZ Deerstalkers Association,
John & Nisha Whitehead Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. “The biggest mistake I see is people waiting for A Big Sign that’ll tell them that things have gone too far. One Big Thing that police or lawmakers or the
Joanne Nova A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. The need for energy in India is so dire the Modi government just leaned on the power companies to get their act together. Instead of adding the
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington. Last Thursday, Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced radical new plans to deregulate property development in New Zealand. He’s won praise for his efforts from across the political spectrum, including those on
Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD at the University
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS Gordon Campbell: On Luxon in the NATO pressure cooker Davina Zimmer (RNZ): America's space wars are our space wars Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon weighs in on President Joe Biden’s mental state Logan Church (1News): 'On top
Top public health officials have been caught red-handed undermining or attempting to undermine the new Government to get its own way. It’s like they never got the memo that the Government had changed or they wilfully ignored it. The Government’s top health officials were so concerned by its
