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As he prepares to blow out 80 candles this Friday, New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters continues to defy political gravity.
History suggests the new NZ government’s pledge to cut budgets and jobs in the public sector will cost more in the long run – and damage morale in the process.
The local and international track record of social investment funds and social impact bonds is far from convincing. A better-resourced public sector would be a simpler solution.
New Zealand is falling well behind Australia in its economic relationship with India. Catching up will require significant political engagement.
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.
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.
Half of Jacinda Ardern’s ten most senior ministers are now women, lifting NZ’s global gender ranking from 50th to 26th.
For Judith Collins, centrism is an excuse to do nothing and stand for nothing. This election is the greatest challenge yet for her brand of politics.
Climbing in the polls and less inclined to be National’s political lapdog, is the ACT Party more or less than the sum of its parts?
Having won three straight elections, John Key is a hard act for anyone to follow as leader. That is now Bill English’s task.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is leaving as a leader, and not in defeat.
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Public Administration, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Human Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor in Public Management and Policy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Graduate M.A., Nationalism, Western University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Public Administration, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington