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Trust young people to think. If we are to renew the purpose of democracy after this current bunch of old people have had a crack at shrinking it, we need to turn this into something prospective voters ...
A few hours ago, it was shared with me1 that Paul Goldsmith’s voting electoral reform affects ~560,000 voters2. Here are the details3: Election day registration: 110,000; Voting ...
Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Housing and MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, is calling on the Associate Minister for ‘Homelessness’ Tama Potaka to urgently answer to all whānau and ...
You know a government is in trouble when it has to resort to gerrymander to boost its prospects. The coalition government’s ...
I also said that if you want to maximise the number of people voting then same day enrolments are a no brainer. But if you want to skewer things away from the poor and the young then you will remove ...
In politics, regulatory capture is a form of corruption of authority that occurs when a political entity, policymaker, or regulator is co-opted to serve the commercial, ideological, or political ...
Yesterday's electoral law changes smack of US Republican style voter suppression1 tactics.Paul Goldsmith claimed it was a ...
Note: Within a day of publishing this article, Nicola Willis was on 1News pushing for Labour policies when asked about higher inflation, and Christopher Luxon also asked where Lab ...
Clearly elements within Federated Farmers think that the farming sector should be immune from any measures addressing climate change. Their logic is pretty wonky. I cannot think of a sector that ...
David Seymour’s is putting through changes to our Overseas Investment Act to make it easier for foreigners and the uber wealthy to buy NZ’s sensitive land and assets.
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Jones, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney AsiaVision/Getty Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices ...
Tame was his usual focused, politely relentless interviewer, and Swarbrick looked increasingly uncomfortable as Tame simply bypassed her charm and shone a pretty blunt light on her lack of detail.