Opinion | Funding Scrapped for Section 27 Cultural Reports: An Ineffective Solution?
By Laura Oh
Analysis | Colonisation in the Pacific
By Thomas Li
Opinion | The Government Should Not Ban Cell Phones in Schools
By Maggie Long
Opinion | What’s the Rush? The Use of Urgency in Parliament
By Riley Parnwell
Opinion | The Green Party’s Rent Control Policy
By Aamy Roshan One of the greatest issues facing tertiary students is the ever increasing cost of living. Stats New Zealand found that a quarter of renters spent 40 percent of disposable income on housing. In 2022, Auckland rent prices increased by 3 percent annually. To address this issue, the Green Party has introduced a […]
Retrospective: 40 Years Since Airline Deregulation | by Eden Li
Privatisation of the domestic airline scene has undoubtedly been financially lucrative for New Zealand’s two biggest players. In late August 2023, Air New Zealand announced a net profit of $213M (RNZ, 2023). Although finances are yet to be released for Jetstar’s domestic New Zealand operations, indications suggest that 2023 has also been a lucrative year […]
PPC Auckland Central Electorate Debate 2023
Transcribed and edited by Nancy Guo Opening Damien Venuto: “My name’s Damien Venuto and I’m the host of New Zealand Herald’s Front Page podcast. When I first moved to New Zealand about a decade ago, I distinctly remember an ad campaign that spoke about making this country the most liveable place in the world. At […]
Opinion | Law and Order – Policy vs Reality
By Yvette Brennan ‘Tough on crime’ rhetoric is common among journalists, politicians and Facebook posts. With the increasing media coverage on “ram-raids” and guns, law and order has resurfaced as the controversial dinner table topic, but what does being tough-on-crime actually mean? The phrase itself can be translated quite simply; longer sentences and harsher punishments […]
Co-governance: Friend or Foe?
By Eden Li Co-governance: Friend or Foe? The recent focus on strengthening co-governance within Crown policy has been received with both confusion, and even outrage in some quarters. But what does co-governance actually entail? Will this contentious form of policy work in practice? One of the biggest questions in public policy has become whether government […]
Understanding ACT’s Proposed Gun Policy
ACT has recently made headlines after releasing its proposal for a new gun policy if they come into government and what consequences this will have.