Dr Liz Gordon: The best kind of problem to have
Can a party win too many seats? Is a majority in Parliament a blessing or a potential disaster?
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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Potential and promise
The election was not just a rush to Labour. It was a rush away from National.
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Labour/Green relations: don’t weaken the independent Green voice
There has been much discussion about how the Greens should position themselves now they are not needed by Labour to form a government.
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Time to act is now
Economists are warning that Inequality and housing affordability are only going to get worse as interest rates drop further. Let’s hope that this new government to not be like stunned possums standing in the glare of impending chaos.
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Governing for All of Us.
We must not be frightened of the Prime Minister’s pledge to govern for all New Zealanders. It is not a formula for centrist betrayal.
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The government’s handbrake
Like many people I have frequently wondered what it is that drives Jacinda Ardern. She entered parliament here through the Labour Party after working for the UK government led by notorious war criminal Tony Blair.
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Dr Liz Gordon: Women make the parliamentary grade at last
A milestone was passed on Saturday night as sixty women were elected to the Parliament of 120. That’s right, for…
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Of Negotiations, Opportunities and an Obligation to Voters to Govern
Analysis by Selwyn Manning. Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz. There’s a mood circulating among some circles that it would end…
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The new government has a blank page to write on
By running a campaign almost devoid of policy the government has given its supporters a blank page upon which we need to write our concerns and needs, and those of the planet we live on, into a policy for our mutual survival.
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Dr Liz Gordon: A new society
Well I am pretty happy today. This is indeed a historic election result. And I am feeling optimistic. It feels like it may have felt in 1935. Or 1938. At that time, a great Labour victory was tempered by the gathering storm clouds of war. This time it is the raging Covid, a pandemic that is unlikely to go away soon.