Potential economic gains are partly driving interest in joining pillar two of AUKUS. The risks and rewards need to be more widely debated before any decision is made.
Signing up to ‘pillar two’ of the AUKUS alliance sits uneasily with New Zealand’s distinctive worldview – and could aggravate its wider foreign policy challenges.
Grant Duncan, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
As she prepares to deliver of her valedictory statement to parliament, Jacinda Ardern will be remembered as an outstanding prime minister – though perhaps not for reasons of her own choosing.
Richard Shaw, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Once a broad political church, the National Party has become a house divided against itself. New leader Christopher Luxon faces huge challenges uniting both the party and its wider congregation.
Suze Wilson, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
New Zealand’s National MPs are set to elect their fifth leader in just four years to take on Jacinda Ardern’s government. What “habits of the unsuccessful” should they avoid in their next leader?
Richard Shaw, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Representative democracies require functional governments but they also need strong oppositions. At the moment, New Zealand has one of these things but not the other.
Josh Van Veen, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Jack Vowles, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Jennifer Curtin, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Lara Greaves, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, dan Sam Crawley, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
One year on, the NZ Election Survey crunches the numbers on what drove Jacinda Ardern’s unprecedented 2020 victory.
Eddie Clark, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Critics say only links to real or threatened violence should justify the proposed criminalisation of hate speech. But New Zealand law already regulates all kinds of non-violent speech.
Contrary to some claims, He Puapua is not a ‘plan’ and it doesn’t advocate for ‘separatism’. Rather, it invites us to imagine more inclusive political and constitutional arrangements.
Richard Shaw, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury; Grant Duncan, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Jennifer Curtin, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, dan Rawiri Taonui, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
It was a campaign like no other, and while there were missed opportunities and lapses of judgement, the fact New Zealanders are voting in a safe and fair election is reason enough to celebrate.
Suze Wilson, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
As they prepare for the final TV leaders’ debate, Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins share the same challenge: overcoming voter perceptions based on masculine definitions of leadership.
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University