Oct 20, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Richard Shaw, Bronwyn Hayward, Jack Vowles, Jennifer Curtin & Lindsey Te Atu o Tu MacDonald The pre-election polls suggested it might happen. But the fact that Labour and Jacinda Ardern have provisionally won an outright majority and the mandate to govern New...
Oct 15, 2020 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Caroline Miller Part two of this two-part series looks at some of the areas where there are concerns about the impact of the proposed new RMA plans. This part will specifically address some of the areas where there are concerns about the impact of the proposed new...
Oct 14, 2020 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Caroline Miller This two-part series will look first at the demise of the RMA and its review before turning to what issues might arise in its replacement. When the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) came into operation it was hailed as ground breaking legislation...
Sep 30, 2020 | Politics & Society
In this special Big Q podcast, Sam Smith is joined by Lara Greaves, Mark Boyd, and Victoria Woodman to look at the 2020 New Zealand general election. They discuss how the two main parties are tracking, the state of the minor parties, and assess the overall election...
Sep 21, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Ogonna Nweke In the 1970s African American activism was echoed in New Zealand influencing the creation and activism of both Ngā Tamatoa and the Polynesian Panthers. 50 years later these trends continue with protests across New Zealand sparked by the deaths of...
Sep 2, 2020 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
By Andrew Balemi From now until October 17, Election Day in New Zealand, voters will be getting election poll information from multiple directions. So which ones can be trusted? The easy answer is: none of them. However, some polls are worth more than others. Assess...
Sep 2, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Mark Boyd Mark Boyd has studied New Zealand elections for three decades and wonders if media coverage of the 2020 election campaign will be a replay of 2014’s ‘dirty politics’. Mainstream media is still the main source of election news for most voters in New...
Sep 1, 2020 | Politics & Society
At this year’s general election, New Zealand voters will have the opportunity to directly influence the future of cannabis policy in Aotearoa via a referendum. The Cannabis Legislation and Control Bill aims to provides a regulatory framework for the legal production,...
Aug 27, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By M Dentith Polls indicate that the public broadly supports the coalition government’s COVID-19 pandemic response, and public condemnation of conspiracy theories about COVID-19 is easy to find. When the Prime Minister, Jacinda Arden, and the Director-General of...
Aug 26, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Sam Meyerhoff “Were punishment made a right, there are two possible ways to formulate it: either as a right to be punished for the choices we make, or a right to punish those who wrong us.” Earlier this year, the Equal Justice Project had the honour of...