Utu is commonly misunderstood to mean violent revenge, but it really describes reciprocity, harmony and balance – ideas central to New Zealand’s international relations.
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Pacific nations are increasingly setting their own agendas, meaning Australia and New Zealand are having to learn to listen.
Indigenous people have 80,000 years of diplomatic practice on this continent. Yet, our views on foreign policy are routinely overlooked.
The struggle to establish Māori wards centres on the rights and privileges of citizenship promised in the Treaty of Waitangi.
Incoming US president Joe Biden can’t mend a broken US democracy alone. Other liberal democracies, including NZ, need to get involved.
Half of Jacinda Ardern’s ten most senior ministers are now women, lifting NZ’s global gender ranking from 50th to 26th.
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Honorary Associate Professor of Economics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Research Fellow (Indigenous Diplomacy), Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of International Relations, University of Otago
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Waikato