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Opinion: The Wellington briefing paper tells the minister the threshold for intervention is high and is therefore considered a last resort. But this looks like 'punching down', in the mayor's words, writes Lianne Dalziel
New Zealand is not the only country in the world grappling with the impacts of colonialism, writes Dominic O'Sullivan.
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Opinion: Government does not develop trust and confidence by just stopping things to save short-term costs without alternatives, writes Rob Campbell
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Too Big To Fail: Forty-three years after the 1981 Springbok Tour protests, Maori defenders of te Tiriti, by their own efforts, and using the...
NZ Herald
THREE KEY FACTS Jason Walls is Newstalk ZB’s political editor and has years of experience in radio and print, including in the Parliamentary Press Gallery...
E-Tangata
“The Treaty Principles Bill may be a lame duck without National and New Zealand First’s continued support, but te iwi Māori have already stirred in a way not seen in at least 20 years.” — Jamie Tahana.
The Conversation
Proposed changes to gun laws aimed at reducing compliance costs for clubs and shooting ranges won’t necessarily drive up memberships – which is key to improving public safety.
NZ Herald
THREE KEY FACTS Kingi Snelgar is a barrister, Harvard law graduate, Fulbright scholar and advocate for indigenous rights. He has whakapapa to Ngāpuhi, Te...
Analysis: A year of protests against Government policy is ending with the kind of demonstration a former PM warned of a decade ago, writes 1News reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanginui.
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Listen: David Seymour floats a new law labelled among the single greatest breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. Plus political editor Laura Walters from the US.
The Conversation
Using ethnicity as a proxy for need is supported by local and international research. The government’s decision to get rid of it will mean worse outcomes for Māori and Pacific New Zealanders.
NZ Herald
THREE KEY FACTS: Rob Campbell is a professional director and investor. He is chancellor at AUT, chair of Ara Ake, chair of NZ Rural Land and former chair of...
The building consent process currently fills most people with dread. But a better way is within the country’s reach, writes architectural technology expert Sarosh Mulla.
The Standard
National is scrambling to justify designated funding to the I am Hope charity after Mike King claimed alcohol was good for mental health and preventing suicide.
The Conversation
New Zealand’s track record in domestic marine protection is woeful and its proposal to resume oil and gas licensing offshore has been criticised by Pacific island states.
NZ Herald
The Māori economy: Nanaia Mahuta was a Labour MP and Government minister for 27 years. She retired from politics after losing her seat at last year’s...
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Unsympathetic Characters: Christopher Luxon should be grateful that his principal opponent, Chris Hipkins, is as out of sympathy with the te...
The Conversation
The National-led coalition has a challenging mandate to govern, given voter expectations and surprisingly high levels of satisfaction with the outgoing Labour Party.
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Comment: Some of the most forceful critics of Te Tiriti and tikanga are invincibly ignorant of these matters, writes Dame Anne Salmond. What's needed is a debate with gravitas and mana.
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The Government’s gazumping action over Otago’s water shows just how far it’ll go to pursue a pro-agricultural agenda, writes David Williams
E-Tangata
“Private development encroachment into the conservation estate comes on top of a historical legacy of locking Māori out of these highly valued ancestral territories.” — Professor Elizabeth Macpherson on the fast-track bill.
Analysis: This week’s 1News Verian poll shed light on the year’s political successes and struggles, with one coalition partner teetering close to the danger zone and a few surprises for the opposition.
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This week on the Raw Politics podcast: There were two scandals over abuse of kids in state care – one was run by the establishment.
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Chris Bishop and Simeon Brown's ministerial approvals tended to follow initial assessments, while Jones bucks the trend
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When Helen Clark came into power in 1999, her government continued to minimise the Crown’s liability for the state’s torture and abuse of children. Aaron Smale continues a series on the Crown’s cover-up of its abuse of children.
The PM has never supported Seymour's bill in principle, or beyond first reading in practice, but his language has certainly changed.
RNZ
One vestige of the pre-MMP era is the term 'leader of the opposition' - but why does the term still exist, and what does the leader do?
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