While Māori have seen a steady increase in representation in parliament since the beginning of MMP, other ethnic minorities have experienced uneven growth. The new parliament will see a step back.
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Liberal democracies need to work with the countries in the Middle East to build a long-term solution to the ongoing Israel-Gaza crisis.
People on benefits are borrowing from the government to pay for essentials like power bills and car repairs. But repayments leave them with even less than before.
A new law intended to strengthen oversight of Oranga Tamariki and other agencies tasked to protect children has the potential to do the opposite.
A number of court cases on political donations raises the question as to why wealthy New Zealanders donate thousands to political parties – and why some people try to hide their contribution.
Farmers from the Groundswell movement want more concessions from the government but the environmental and economic cost might be more than New Zealand can afford.
The pandemic delivered a political year like no other. The risk now is that the country returns to a ‘normal’ that wasn’t working to start with.
From policy to performance, a panel of five political experts analyses the first televised leaders’ debate of the 2020 New Zealand election campaign.
Changing the voting age from 18 would allow more young citizens to make voting a habit before they lose interest in politics.
Politicians argue conventional campaigning is still important ahead of NZ’s rescheduled 17 October election. But voter behaviour has moved on since the days of door-knocking and kissing babies.
This morning the National Party’s new leader of just 53 days, Todd Muller, shocked everyone by resigning his position – ten weeks before facing off against Jacinda Ardern in the NZ election.
Jacinda Ardern is at stratospheric support levels due to her government’s management of the COVID-19 crisis. That lead will inevitably narrow by the election – but by how much?
If perception is everything in politics, what does it say when a leader poses with a Trump MAGA hat?
New Zealand’s 2020 budget must not only provide economic hope, it must balance the very different ideologies and aspirations of two earlier historic budgets.
Previous shocks show that smart spending and building public confidence are crucial to the speed and shape of economic recovery.
To understand how Australia’s political uncertainty is being seen elsewhere, we reconvened our panel of experts from the UK, US, Indonesia and NZ to respond to the election results.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Politics, Massey University
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Visiting Scholar in Politics, City, University of London
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Assistant Professor in International Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Waikato
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of History, Massey University
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Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Morgan Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Politics, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
