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Aotearoa New Zealand has always valued the role of a police force, and understood the need for law enforcement. This assumed legitimacy has come under dispute. As we march steadily towards the half-life of the 21st Century, we need to define that role.
Well it’s been a week of the bad and the ugly and not much good at the Beehive.
There’s much to think about this election. What kind of New Zealand do we want and what kind of leadership do we want to help us attain it?
I’m going to vote for you
I realized this morning that it is 7 years since I made my documentary MIND THE GAP in which I unpacked the socially disastrous consequences of the neoliberal economic agenda, introduced by the 4th Labour government led by David Lange and Finance Minister Roger Douglas, 36 years ago.
British poet Edwin Brock, who died in 1997, is best known for his poem:
The selection of Judith Collins by her colleagues as the new leader of the National Party is a last minute throw of the political dice that might just save the Right from splintering at the upcoming election.
Aotearoa/New Zealand is facing one of the toughest moments in our history.
Is it just me or are Todd Muller’s attempts to politicise the government’s management of the Covid 19 pandemic looking increasingly desperate?
When should we loosen the Covid-19 restrictions at our border That’s a big question so let’s ask a couple of slightly smaller ones.