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The inclusion of cyberstalking in the proposed anti-stalking law brings New Zealand in line with other countries. But future technologies may make harm even harder to combat.
The proposed Future Fund is right on the money given New Zealand’s needs. But the three-year electoral cycle and lack of cross-party agreement could see it become just another political football.
Jacinda Ardern, like Kamala Harris, unexpectedly became the leader of her political party close to the election. The similarities don’t stop there.
Lobbyists have long had unfettered access to NZ’s politicians. But recent scandals have highlighted the need for transparency to ensure corporations don’t wild too much influence over our leaders.
Female leaders tend to open people’s perceptions of what is possible for other women in politics – but the job is also still fraught with double standards and unique risks.
A number of court cases on political donations raises the question as to why wealthy New Zealanders donate thousands to political parties – and why some people try to hide their contribution.
Ties do many things. Though they express identity, they can just as readily act as a ‘uniform’ for their wearers. And they give power to some, while taking it from others.
Fears of looming totalitarianism are unfounded, despite some valid concerns about new COVID-19 laws.
The coronavirus crisis has given experts and specialists worldwide a lot of power. As countries like New Zealand begin to recover, we need to question that power more than ever.
The 2020 “Rebuilding Together” budget rightly targets a looming unemployment crisis, but just how bad that will be remains uncertain.
NZ$4.3 billion will go some way to patch up long-standing cracks in New Zealand’s health system. But COVID-19 has shown NZ’s regional approach to health isn’t good enough against a nationwide threat.
Jacinda Ardern has won global admiration for her personal style. But how will Kiwis judge her government at the ballot-box in September this year – just as unemployment is expected to peak?
New Zealanders and struggling media companies are paying the price for an unwillingness to tax the tech giants’ local profits.
New Zealand’s 2020 “pandemic budget” should shift spending priorities towards a flexible and targeted approach to economic recovery.
Legal challenges to New Zealand’s strict early lockdown rules will test how far a government can go in a public health emergency.
Previous shocks show that smart spending and building public confidence are crucial to the speed and shape of economic recovery.
New Zealand’s COVID-19 elimination strategy has been a collective success, involving ‘ordinary’ Kiwis and unity across political divides. Ending lockdown and a looming election will test that unity.
New Zealand will spend NZ$12.1 billion – or 4% of its GDP – to support businesses, increase benefits for seniors and low-income families, pay people in self-isolation, and boost health care capacity.
Yes, Jacinda Ardern is an intelligent, compassionate prime minister, but governing is difficult – and problems have inevitably arisen, or never gone away.
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Government, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Lecturer in Politics and Citizenship, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Policy and Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Political Science; Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Senior Researcher in Maori Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Dean Academic and Professor, Griffith University
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Professor of Politics, Adelaide University
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Business, Eastern Institute of Technology