Gordon Campbell: On National Being Shafted By Its Own Creation
As it licks its wounds, let’s hope the National Party can still find time to look back with some pride at what it has achieved in Epsom. The Act Party’s nationwide success on Saturday night has been a tribute to National’s foresight, and to its ability to pick winners. Others would have looked at the dying remnants of the old Act Party and written it off. Yet National needed an MMP partner and it saw the potential where no-one else did. And so it re-grew the Act Party in a petri dish in Epsom, and carefully nurtured it back to life... More>>
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Jess Berentson-Shaw: What Would A Green New Deal Look Like In Aotearoa?Top-down solution building is the work of yesterday, not the work for today, or the future. A people-centred Green New Deal could catalyse a system-level transition to a sustainable and universally thriving future for Aotearoa.More>>
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Guided Autocracy: Proposed Health System Reforms In NZ - Ian Powell Ian Powell analyses the Simpson report on NZ’s health system and provides an alternative view on the reforms really needed to achieve a people-centered health system for New Zealand. More>>
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Transitional Energy: A Better Future For Energy In Aotearoa, NZA series exploring the Energy Transition facing New Zealand society in the coming years. More>>
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Green Party: 'Fruitful Discussions ... Further Discussions To Have'
The Green Party says there is a negotiation going on with the Labour Party, but there are more discussions to be had. More>>
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The cases were detected after routine day three testing but the immigration minister and air commodore agree there's no need to change border exemptions. More>>
PSA: Labour-Led Government Has Mandate For Transformation, Equality And Transparency
The Public Service Association welcomes the progressive electoral landslide New Zealand voters delivered on Saturday, and the union says its members look forward to implementing policies that reduce poverty and inequality, support affordable housing ... More>>
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Poll: Labour On 46%, National 31%, While Greens And ACT Both On 8%
Tonight's political poll puts Labour on 46 percent and National on 31 percent with just one day remaining until election day. More>>
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Judith Collins: Obese People Must Take Responsibility For 'personal Choices'
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Māori Party: Poll Reveals Tamihere On Cusp Of Historic Māori Movement Election Victory
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Gordon Campbell: On Four-Year Terms Of Parliament, And On How The US Courts Are Dismantling DemocracyLast week, the issue of four-year parliamentary terms surfaced again. Infuriatingly, it is being discussed purely in terms of its convenience for political parties. They’d get so much more time to enact their policies, free of scrutiny or sanction by voters ... More>>
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