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This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Remembering Nikki Kaye, assessing the Labour Party one year on, and Christopher and Winston's nostalgia trip on foreign affairs.
He's brave, principled and loyal to his staff. But how well will Richard Chambers navigate the complex landscape that's New Zealand now?
Analysis: New findings confirm depressing suspicions, writes Gianmarco Daniele.
NZ Herald
There is a spectre lurking in the corridors of the public service. It is a threat to all those still there after austerity has culled some, and intolerance...
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Opinion: Asked if he would have negotiated anything differently, the PM says he's compromised; he's been pragmatic; he always knew things would be difficult. By Lianne Dalziel
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Atereano Mateariki Posted On November 27, 2024
The Conversation
The brains of young people are developing until about age 25, limiting their ability to make rational decisions and control impulses. Youth justice policies that ignore this risk failure.
Analysis: The recently ratified NZ-EU free trade agreement takes a big step towards integrating trade and health as a common goal; ‘clean, green’ NZ can’t afford to drag its heels says Kelly Garton.
The Conversation
The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant poses a dilemma for many states: do they support the court’s mandate, or Israel’s right to defend itself?
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Foreign Minister Winston Peters is headed to Paris, where he will deliver the last of seven major speeches of the past year.
E-Tangata
“It is important that there is strong and visible opposition to the bill so that it is clear to politicians that there is no political advantage in progressing it.” — Carwyn Jones.
E-Tangata
“This wasn’t a protest. It was an affirmation of Te Tiriti.” — Meriana Johnsen on the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti.
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Property rights – which enable decisions over tangible and intangible assets – are critical to an economy as Why Nations Fail pointed out.
Can a united front hold through to election time?
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NZ is lifting what was supposed to be a permanent ban on live animal exports. But it’s not the lucrative industry it once was.
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Opinion: The Prime Minister cannot afford to be seen getting bogged down and taken over by Act on the Treaty Principles Bill, writes Peter Dunne
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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.
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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