Breadcrumbs List.
Politics and law
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Health system changes no small task
19 June 2020
Opinion: Implementing recommendations from a major review of the health and disability system will require the Government “A” team, writes Dr Tim Tenbensel.
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New Zealand: A nation grappling with its racist past
15 June 2020
Opinion: A country can best heal when it acknowledges past injustices, and New Zealand is no exception, writes Robert Bartholomew.
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Confronting Tyranny in Sāmoa
12 June 2020
Opinion: Dylan Asafo on the proposed constitutional amendments to make fundamental changes to the Land and Titles Court in Samoa.
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Powerful wāhine voice in child protection review
11 June 2020
Opinion: Pleas by wāhine in a report on treatment of Māori mothers and babies reflect need for respect, honesty and for whānau to be worked with, writes Ian Hyslop.
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Time for urgency on Auckland's water supply
10 June 2020
Opinion: In the face of water restrictions, Aucklanders might justifiably argue that Watercare and the council should have done more to avert what is a foreseeable water crisis, says David Grinlinton.
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To control the past is to control the future
10 June 2020
Opinion: UK protesters who tore down a slave trader statue want a future free from racism - but for that you have to fully reveal the past, writes Neal Curtis.
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New exhibition maps racialised over-policing and law changes in New Zealand
10 June 2020
An exhibition capturing instances of racialised human rights violations in New Zealand though interactive mapping, initiated by Pacific architectural researcher Dr Karamia Müller, School of Architecture and Planning, has opened at the Adam Art Gallery/ Te Pātaka Toi.
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Māori and Pacific dread armed police patrols
9 June 2020
Opinion: Fear and anger from Māori and Pasifika to armed policing in Aotearoa are not emotional reactions: they are valid scientific conclusions, writes Emilie Rākete.
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Strong social justice background informs new role
9 June 2020
Professor Tracey McIntosh (Ngāi Tūhoe) from the University of Auckland has been announced as a commissioner on the Government’s recently established Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).
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Armed police not what NZ needs
8 June 2020
Opinion: Further arming the NZ Police will likely escalate gun violence in a way that will disproportionately affect Māori and Pasifika, writes Collin Tukuitonga.
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Burning with rage - America’s been here before
5 June 2020
Opinion: Systemic white violence against black Americans is alive and well, and it's white violence that sustains white supremacy, writes Jennifer Frost.
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Time to dismantle our rotting house
5 June 2020
Opinion: The US isn't the only country with a justice system that destroys black and brown lives. NZ could lead in dismantling systems of white supremacy, writes Dylan Asafo.