Let's fix NZ's Citizen Initiated Referenda along the lines of the last two government referenda. Make it a vote to pass a bill that's already been drafted. How would this work in practice? Once the organisers of a CIR get the required number of signatures,...
Chess Player even if they hamstrung themselves with the insistence that they would only join with Labour Where does this myth come from? The Greens have always said they'll work with other parties on areas of policy agreement, and they do. When it comes to...
Look, I'm the first to criticise the hamfisted and counterproductive ways some Green MPs and activists have responded to fear-driven rhetoric on "identity" issues. But the sex/gender thing really isn't that complicated. Sex is an objective biological fact;...
Since the new law was passed the Chinese government have already tried to extradite a US citizen (originally from HK) for normal political lobbying that isn't illegal in the US. Cancelling an extradition treaty with an arm-twisting bully like that is just ...
> I dont believe there are any examples of an NZ minister of foreign affairs directly criticizing US policy let alone abandoning extradition treaties. How about a Prime Minister, David Lange, tearing up ANZUS in protest at US nuclear proliferation? NZ ...
*Sigh*. There's an old saying that 'the right looks for converts, the left for traitors'. Jacinda has only been leader for a couple of days, and already some on the left are dashing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, casting Jacinda as an agent of ...
"Long term, I don’t see this leadership change as a great move for the NZ left – more akin to Blair’s rise in the UK – blocking a real left wing government, and holding the middle ground til the Nats get back in power and shift things even further to the ...
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