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The Green Party has settled on its negotiation team, agreeing to who will represent the party’s members when considering the shape and outcome of talks with the incoming Labour-led Government.
The gift of being able to live in a Covid-free community cannot be underestimated. It is an exceptional blessing.
THE DAILY BLOG’S Editor, Martyn (Bomber) Bradbury, is characterising the decisive 2020 election result as the Twilight of Boomer Power.
The dust has cleared. New Zealand’s electoral map and parliamentary chamber have changed decisively. Labour Red prevails and is able to legislate without impediment. Is this a victory for the Left?
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.
THE TRUE MEASURE of Neoliberalism’s victory is the extent to which the Left now expects someone else to make the revolution.
Can a party win too many seats? Is a majority in Parliament a blessing or a potential disaster?
The election was not just a rush to Labour. It was a rush away from National.
There has been much discussion about how the Greens should position themselves now they are not needed by Labour to form a government.
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.