Yes or No, the roadmap for cannabis reform
New Zealand has voted on the world’s first national cannabis referendum. NORML’s Chris Fowlie explains how cannabis law reform will happen whatever the result.
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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It’s Time For Some “Earnest Struggle”
THE TRUE MEASURE of Neoliberalism’s victory is the extent to which the Left now expects someone else to make the revolution.
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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?
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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…