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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards According to an OECD report released today, New Zealand needs to tame its corporate lobbying industry. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has ranked New Zealand as the fourth-worst country among its 38 members when it comes to regulating vested interests that
David Thunder David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer of political philosophy at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. We are living at a time when a large segment of the world – particularly societies in Europe, North America and Asia – no longer views having children as something desirable or
Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. It has been a fascinating few days of international politics. We have just seen the United Kingdom and France conclude
Christine McCarthy Victoria University of Wellington There is a lot of good in Housing Minister Chris Bishop’s new housing policy – especially in relation to mixed-use developments and intensification along transit corridors. But he has also proposed the abolition of minimum floor area and balcony requirements. Will removing minimum dwelling
Bryce Edwards The Democracy Project Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Yesterday [Monday], the Green Party did its best to paint a picture in which it is the victim of Darleen Tana. Naturally, there will be sympathy for the plight
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): New Zealand forges deeper ties with NATO Luke Malpass (Post): What is NZ doing at Nato anyway? (paywalled) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Nato-NZ ties grow ever closer as Luxon visits DC Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon in
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Christopher Luxon is concerned at access to Corrections systems by an alleged Chinese spy with connections to National’s former Chinese spy MP. He should be concerned. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he expects intelligence agencies to fully investigate concerns around a probation officer sacked for snooping through the files
Republished with Permission Author: Geoffrey Miller Christopher Luxon is finding his foreign policy feet. Now eight months into the job, New Zealand’s Prime Minister is in Washington DC this week to attend the NATO summit. It is the third year in a row that Wellington has been invited to
Chris Hipkins is chasing passing cars again: New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is being challenged to prove his party’s claims surrounding the grounding of an Interislander ferry amid refusals to front to some media. Labour leader Chris Hipkins says NZ First’s claim the Aratere’s grounding last
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards 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 the political left and millennials who think Bishop is bravely fighting for
Barry Brownstein AIER Barry Brownstein is professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore. Let us be wary of the soothing narrative that downplays the seriousness of growing antisemitism. The belief that Jew hate will diminish once the Israel-Hamas war concludes may be misguided. As I go
It’s okay. It’s nothing to be too concerned about, that is, for those of us with the inside knowledge that 1News weekend international politics stories are written by their cadet internship of 12-year-olds from local intermediate schools while the grown-up reporters take a break to relax and interview
DTNZ MP Darleen Tana has firmly rejected a report on allegations of her involvement in her husband’s business, claiming it significantly misrepresents her role. In a statement Tana expressed dissatisfaction with the investigation process led by lawyer Rachel Burt, stating that natural justice was not followed and that preconceived
