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OPINION: The Parliament protesters were making a stand about all sorts of things. But that doesn't amount to a strategy.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: The number of protest movements around the world has more than tripled in less than 15 years. Researchers looked at why.
Democracy Project
The heat is rising in New Zealand politics and society at the moment. Protests and frustration with the Covid policies suddenly appear to be dividing society. Other tensions relating to inequality, ethnicity, religion, and the environment also appear to be polarising many New Zealanders. However,
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Revolutionary Duty: Up until the death of Stalin in 1953, the primary focus of the People’s Commissariat of Public Health was on the educat...
The Spinoff
Covid-19 was a constant presence in the NZ election of 2020: it delayed polling day, curtailed the staging and dominated the debate. The new VUP collection Politics in a Pandemic, based on speeches delivered to the post-election conference in December 2020, collects impressions of the campaign, the
Newshub
But it remains to be seen if the momentum can be sustained.
The Spinoff
This week’s Apec CEO Summit will see New Zealand business and iwi leaders hui with their counterparts from around the world. The Spinoff spoke to some of the local participants about what they hope to see from the event. Under normal circumstances, this week would’ve seen downtown Auckland playin
No Punches Pulled
In my view the stand-out successor to P.G. Wodehouse in writing timeless comical stories is undoubtably Garrison Keillor. Timeless, because of their underlying basic innocence in which the worst villains are likely to be a fat school-boy or bossy aunt in Wodehouse’s case or with Keillor, trivial mis-deeds by his small town characters. Where the…
Stuff
The Government's productivity advisor has warned against too much migration without the infrastructure to support it.
Newshub
"Infrastructure and housing supply have not kept up with population growth."
Newsroom
Priority residency applications should be allocated within two weeks, but 300 high-earning migrants are facing four month delays.
Stuff
OPINION: Politicians chasing popular opinion have nothing to teach us about law and order, writes Glenda Hughes.
Stuff
A series of one-year fixes used to be recommended. Now, some say that could be changing.
The Conversation
As protests against COVID restrictions increase, authorities should focus on de-escalating tense and volatile situations, and bringing those who break laws to justice after the event, not during it.
The Spinoff
Within the next decade, climate change could make tens of thousands of New Zealand homes here uninsurable and unbankable – and therefore far less valuable. In this week's episode of When the Facts Change, Bernard Hickey looks at who is exposed, and how they might get taxpayers to bail them out.
Newsroom
An economic indicator that hasn't made a splash in the headlines for quite some time is back - inflation.
Stuff
Rapid house prices can't continue, says ANZ's New Zealand chairman, and the Reserve Bank governor has unprecedented tools to tackle the problem.
Māori Television
Kiwi kai is among the most expensive in the OECD thanks to a duopoly and now an investigation into how to get prices down has triggered the prospect of a...
Newsroom
Figures show that Kiwis like nothing more than starting their own charity, but competition for the dollars is dwindling amid tough times. Jo Cribb explains why that might not be a bad thing.
The Conversation
New Zealand plans to shift to a circular economy but planning is split between agencies, is inconsistent and and contradictory, and it perpetuates a business-as-usual approach.
Stuff
A public safety move has turned into a bitter stoush over assets and governance.
Newsroom
Commissioners are asking robust questions about whether Foodstuffs and Woolworths should be required to divest some of their businesses.
Newshub
Experts say the new rules won't halt the summer sales.
Stuff
NZ science isn’t living up to its potential and everyone knows it.
Democracy Project
The Prime Minister is increasingly looking like a political hostage as Nanaia Mahuta presses on with the Three Waters reforms. Graham Adams sees history rhyming as her powerful Maori caucus flexes its muscles. David Lange is one of the most tragic figures of our modern political history. Hig
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