New Zealand has a system of migrant labour exploitation by design
For decades New Zealand relied on migrant workers to prop up the economy, while trapping many in a temporary visa system with little long-term security.
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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BEN MORGAN – A tactical revolution in Ukraine, but what next?
The future of war may already be here. Ukraine’s drone battlefield is changing military tactics faster than governments, generals or ethicists can keep up.
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Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!
Anzac Day should not glorify empire — it should remind us of the devastating human cost of war and those who resisted it.
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Erica’s SMART Assessment System Isn’t Smart After All
Erica Stanford’s SMART assessment system promises clarity—but teachers say it means more paperwork and less education.
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“Why the Holocaust Centre is wrong to promote “exclusive” Holocaust education”?
Holocaust education should teach universal lessons about racism and genocide, not become a narrow political narrative.
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More Smoke and Mirrors from Erica Stanford
Erica Stanford says Year 8 maths is improving. The Ministry’s own numbers suggest the truth is more complicated.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Knowledge Based Curriculum
There’s so much to write about all the issues (putting it politely) with Erica Stanford’s education agenda. Maybe there’s something…
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BEN MORGAN: Pacific Brief – Lots of activity in the South China Sea
Exercise Balikatan is a large US-led exercise is scheduled to run in the South China Sea from 20 April to…
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We are adrift without a vision except one of fiscal rectitude
When every problem gets answered with “cut spending”, it’s not policy — it’s ideology.
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PSNA says High Court Superfund decision a victory for Palestinian rights
The High Court says NZ Superfund’s human rights policy is unlawful. Now the real question: why were those protections stripped out?
