The Most Unlikely Trinity
Three politicians, one from National, one from Act, one from NZ First, walk into a bar. Sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn’t it? The punchline, however, is that all three politicians walk out of that bar as the leaders of New Zealand’s next government.
Lobbyists helping and influencing the new National government
The last Labour government also welcomed corporate lobbyists into roles on the 9th floor of the Beehive.
Should government departments be giving contracts to lobbying firms?
There needs to be further investigation into government agencies contracting firms that are involved in lobbying.
The 2023 Election in retrospect
This is where another layer of the 2023 election results becomes understandable: the surge in the Maori Party’s and the Greens’ seats.
Should we have a referendum on the Treaty?
As negotiations to form the next Government get under way in earnest, let’s hope that a referendum to define our political rights beyond any shadow of doubt is firmly on the agenda.
New Zealand needs a more working-class Parliament
Looking at the left, it’s unlikely that the Green Party can foster any sort of working-class politics, as their voting constituency is very much the professional managerial class.
Media struggles for answers after election
Journalists resort to imaginative reasons for Labour’s loss.
Hallelujah: first steps of progress at last
We would be most unwise, however, to conclude that life is automatically going to improve now that this truly awful Labour government is about to disappear
Beware of the media in the home-stretch
Why is no journalist writing about this, preferring instead to erect straw men to knock down as they work up unlikely tales about Chris Luxon’s problems with David Seymour and Winston Peters?
Will co-governance drive a counter-revolution?
Seymour is not for turning on a Treaty referendum.