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The hierarchies in NZ’s domestic violence problem

7 December 2020

Opinion: Debbie Hager examines the role of power and male hierarchies within New Zealand's domestic violence problem which is the worst of countries in the OECD.
Privacy Act 2020: A welcome step in a digital world

1 December 2020

Opinion: NZ's new Privacy Act may not be groundbreaking like the 1993 Act it is replacing, but is a welcome step in the right direction, writes Gehan Gunasekara.
School attacks and white nationalists

1 December 2020

Opinion: A scare about a potential school shooting in Wellington highlights the risks of online radicalisation of young people, writes Lauren Currid and Chris Wilson.
US Election 2020: Is American democracy too polarised to survive?

26 November 2020

Opinion: Donald Trump's power won’t prove authoritarian enough to compel the other branches and levels of government to undermine the election, writes Associate Professor Tim Kuhner.
The cruel violence of ‘kindness’ and ‘unity’

19 November 2020

Opinion: Dylan Asafo argues it’s impossible to govern for "all New Zealanders” in an exceptionally unequal society like ours and that there is no honest middle ground.
Energy democracy: power to the people

16 November 2020

Opinion: The ‘build back better’ concept should incorporate a close look at community energy initiatives owned and controlled by the people, writes Julie MacArthur.
Kamala Harris for VP: power for the future

12 November 2020

Opinion: The election of Kamala Harris as VP is an opportunity to make true progress in addressing the wide gender gap in US politics, writes Katherine Smits.
Study to recognise and protect independent public service, awarded Marsden

11 November 2020

Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund, has awarded $660,000 to Professor Janet McLean QC for her research project Reconstitutionalising the Public Service in Westminster systems.
Moving beyond an amoral world of winners and losers

10 November 2020

Opinion: Dame Anne Salmond argues the election results here and in the US offer a world beyond rampant individualism and contrived divisions.
Where to now for cannabis law reform?

7 November 2020

Opinion: The status quo on cannabis is neither optimal nor desirable. NZ should think long and hard on how it intends to move forward, writes Benedikt Fischer.
The most consequential (and bizarre) election of our lifetime

6 November 2020

Opinion: A Biden presidency offers hope of moderation and a return to rational and consensual policy-making in the public interest, writes Stephen Hoadley.
The bureaucratic blocks to welfare reform

5 November 2020

Opinion: Susan St John points to the behaviour of MSD bureaucrats in the spousal deduction saga to illustrate how major handbrakes work to block welfare reform.

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