At NZ First’s campaign launch, breaking up the supermarket duopoly got polite claps. Getting fluoride…
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‘He asked me. And I said, yeah, why not?’ Bill Birch on a life in politics
The former National minister of everything, who has died at 92, spoke to the Spinoff…
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New Zealand’s media has been gripped by Paul Henry mania
The Herald carried an op-ed from Paul Henry on why he was running for parliament…
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NZ’s floated social media ban for under‑16s could unite two groups that rarely agree
Normally, libertarians and social justice campaigners occupy different political worlds. Yet on social media bans…
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Is the Reserve Bank’s blunt tool fit for purpose?
Time for a rethink on the mandate for taming inflation, argues Bernard Hickey. The last…
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Real-life stories of homelessness shared at move-on orders select committee hearings
Opposition to the government’s controversial move-on orders bill was strong on the first day of…
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A view from the junction of media and politics
Mike Munro’s parliamentary career spans gallery journalist in the time of Muldoon and Lange, spin…
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One MP, One Pint: National MP Greg Fleming’s hopes for a bilingual parliament
The National MP remains optimistic that tikanga could one day be embedded in the debating…
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Idea: We should let people vote
Winston Peters called voting a “privilege” that should be reserved for citizens. Counterpoint: it’s actually…
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‘Getting closer and closer’: on Beijing’s ballistic missile in the Pacific
The military message may be meant for chiefly for others, but the reverberations for New…