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Suze Wilson Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Massey University Christopher Luxon’s sacking of two struggling cabinet ministers last week was praised by pundits as a sign of decisive – even “brutal” and “ruthless” – leadership. But this week’s 1News-Verian poll suggests the public is far less convinced of his leadership
As I write this, facebook.com is alive to the sounds of National Party MPs crowing that the ban on cellular telephones has come into force in schools; something fully supported by your favourite capitalist. In recent days they’ve been crowing about a 2030 target to get 80% of
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Three opinion polls have been released in the last two days, all showing that the new government is failing to hold their popular support. The usual
No, they’re not; Katie. People are not “a little bit sitting on the fence there” in your 1News poll of support, or opposition to, public service job cuts and, no, it’s not a “slim majority” supporting reducing the number of public servants, it’s a very clear majority.
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. onpointnz.substack.com It is difficult to describe the experience of knowing you have been targeted by hackers from a
Former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr was recently in New Zealand at the behest of the Labour Party and spoke at a meeting organised by them. In his speech he lambasted the Government and Winston Peters for entertaining becoming part of AUKUS. Which was rather strange, since it was Labour
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Hoo, boy — for a party which makes such a big song and dance about its purity, the Greens sure do seem to attract the worst people. Not just frock-stealers and (alleged) modern-day slavers, but, here in Australia, alleged rapists, sexual harassers, self-confessed shoplifters and drug users, and defenders of bestiality
Vasileios Karagiannopoulos Associate Professor in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity and Co-Director of the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime, University of Portsmouth Iain Reid Course Leader, MSc Cybercrime, University of Portsmouth A feature of the simmering tensions between the US, Israel and Iran has been not just the tit-for-tat missile and
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The list of former National Party Ministers being given plum and important roles got longer this week with the appointment of former Deputy Prime Minister Paula
It is my understanding that at 6 o’clock each night Television One presents an hour of news. Anyone tuning in at 6pm on Monday to watch would have needed to check their timepieces. The lead story on their poll was more akin to a documentary than a news item.
Thomas Cranmer Prime Minister Luxon ended his post Cabinet press conference by addressing the question about whether the government will continue to support Jacinda Ardern as the special envoy for the Christchurch Call. “We will have more to say about that very very shortly, obviously there’s been a good
While Maiki Sherman was getting sticky knickers over the 1News/Verian Poll on Monday night, Roy Morgan released their poll the very next day, and it tells a different story from the gushing fantasy of 1News. Roy Morgan’s New Zealand Poll for April 2024 shows the new National-led Government
Marco de Jong Lecturer, Law School, Auckland University of Technology Emma Shortis Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Details released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet under the Official Information Act reveal New Zealand officials have been considering involvement in AUKUS
The first step to addressing a problem is telling the truth about it. As alcoholics will tell you, admitting the problem is the first step. Nothing meaningful can be done unless you proceed from a basis of truth. That includes correctly and unflinchingly addressing the truth of the root problem.
