Splitting up NZ’s big gentailers promises more competition and lower power bills. But the economics of separating generation and retail are more complicated.
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First-term MPs must learn a complex job under intense scrutiny. Our research suggests giving them more room to find their feet could benefit us all.
Labour MP Deborah Russell’s knitting caused a stir in parliament. But the humble craft has a long history as a tool for protest, solidarity and political change.
A new book examines the outsized influence of one man on the pivotal 1984 election which ushered in a new New Zealand.
Political parties might choose their election ads but increasingly it’s tech companies’ algorithms that decide who sees them.
Election campaigns focus on today’s pressures. But NZ’s biggest challenges span decades and may require new institutions.
TOP’s positive polling is fuelling media speculation about its electoral prospects. Can it finally get over the line? And what might happen if it does?
The UK leader’s resignation speaks to the challenges facing centre-left parties as they struggle to hold together increasingly diverse voters.
Labour’s proposed capital gains tax has revived a debate long deemed politically toxic. But growing pressure on NZ’s tax system is making it harder to avoid.
Unlike their commercial rivals, public broadcasters have to serve a broad audience. In today’s fragmented mediascape, RNZ may be doing better than its critics claim.
The Cook Strait ferry fiasco is just another symptom of a wider malaise: an inability to deliver, on time and at cost, the infrastructure that keeps the economy moving.
Spikes in inflation are often blamed on government borrowing to deliver cash handouts. But it’s more complicated than that. The real issue lies in borrowing without a plan to balance the books.
While Māori have seen a steady increase in representation in parliament since the beginning of MMP, other ethnic minorities have experienced uneven growth. The new parliament will see a step back.
Liberal democracies need to work with the countries in the Middle East to build a long-term solution to the ongoing Israel-Gaza crisis.
People on benefits are borrowing from the government to pay for essentials like power bills and car repairs. But repayments leave them with even less than before.
A new law intended to strengthen oversight of Oranga Tamariki and other agencies tasked to protect children has the potential to do the opposite.
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.
Farmers from the Groundswell movement want more concessions from the government but the environmental and economic cost might be more than New Zealand can afford.
The pandemic delivered a political year like no other. The risk now is that the country returns to a ‘normal’ that wasn’t working to start with.
From policy to performance, a panel of five political experts analyses the first televised leaders’ debate of the 2020 New Zealand election campaign.
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Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Director, Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies, Georgetown University
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Waikato
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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 Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Professor of International Relations, University of Otago
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Chief Policy Fellow, University of Leeds