MUST READ: Crossing the Line: What Lies Behind the Surge To Te Pāti Māori?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN people who don’t usually participate in elections decide to vote? Things turn weird – that’s what happens….
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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Medal Charts at the “Colonial Games”
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Australia 42 32 32 106 2 England 31 34 21 86 3 New…
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SkyCity sharebuyback in 2019 enriched shareholders and weakened company before Covid hit
A share buyback scheme at SkyCity casino was reported on Newsroom on February 13, 2019. Share buybacks have been used…
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A Grand Coalition For Peace, Unity and Democracy.
THOSE RESPONSIBLE for New Zealand’s national security face problems considerably greater than anti-vaxxers issuing bomb-threats. (Although with an anti-vaxxer currently…
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TDB Late Stage Capitalism Report: The US recession has started – a cascading third world debt crises will follow
Bloomberg reports that the US recession has started. Dubbed a “technical frecession|” because it meets the usual definition of economic…
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Democracy And Daily Life
IS DEMOCRACY still the guiding force of New Zealand society? In how many institutions do democratic principles still inform decision-making?…
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Tu Ingrate Vireta! Stabbing The Green Caesar
WHAT ARE THE GREENS telling us when they allow 29 people to overrule the wishes of 71 people? In essence,…
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Class and Race: we are still getting things the wrong way round
It’s impossible to read any media outlet today without an academic report being discussed which points out the disparities in…
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Who’s paying big money for big political favours?
The incompetence of the Serious Fraud Office is breath-taking. Faced with a simple case of electoral donation abuses by the…
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A warning from Bloomberg to Aotearoa: ” Hottest Property Market Cools – NZ Canary in Coal Mine”
The world’s frothiest housing market is getting a reality check — and it may be a harbinger for the rest…