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Return of the oil shock: lessons from a crisis New Zealand has seen before

The world’s energy situation is growing more volatile by the day.

The Conversation

Voices: I moved abroad after a US election. It didn’t go exactly as planned

While many social media users and a handful of celebrities have suggested they’re looking into moving abroad rather than live under a second Trump presidency, I took the plunge following the election of George W Bush. I soon realized that I may have been a little naive

The Independent UK

Forty years on from NZ's most consequential election

Four decades after New Zealand's era-defining 1984 election, a new podcast, Juggernaut, looks at the subsequent Labour government which changed the country.

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A nation reinvented: 40 years on from its 1984 victory, the Fourth Labour Government still defines NZ

It’s easy to look back at the bad haircuts, beige clothes and brown Beehive carpets and chuckle. But whatever one’s views on its aesthetics, the Fourth Labour Government – elected 40 years ago on July 14 – was no laughing matter.

The Conversation

Resource management is always political – the Fast-track Approvals Bill is just honest about it

The government’s Fast-track Approvals Bill has been widely criticised for potentially handing too much power to three cabinet ministers, and raising the risk of conflicts of interest and political interference in environmental management.

The Conversation

Fast-track laws, parliamentary urgency, Treaty tension, media retreat: warning signs for NZ’s ‘brittle’ democracy

There have been so many submissions on the government’s proposed Fast-track Approvals Bill – 27,000 written, with 2,900 wanting to appear before the select committee in person – that a ballot system has been introduced to manage the process.

The Conversation

National's big guns come out in Tāmaki

National has wheeled out its stars into the blue, blue seat of Tāmaki which is under attack from friendly fire from Act deputy leader Brooke van Velden.

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Peters, 78 not out, reaches towards history

Winston Peters is on the brink of parliamentary history if re-elected, becoming one of the oldest leaders ever and primed to surpass great names of NZ politics. Tim Murphy reports

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Book of the Week: Labour's lost blue-collar dogs

Max Rashbrooke reviews the memoirs of former Labour MP Graham Kelly, one of the last of the party's working-class representatives.

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New Zealand foreign policy turns a corner in Beijing

Nicholas Khoo examines three ways our relationship with China is creating new and formidable waves to navigate.

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Strikes, protests and collective action: how fighting a cost-of-living crisis wasn’t always about tightening your own belt

Most people today are coping with the rising cost of living individually: cost cutting, looking for a better paid job, taking on “side hustles”, and so on. But not so long ago, many workers globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand approached the same problem in far more collective ways.

The Conversation

Lego Jurassic Park 30th anniversary 2023 sets revealed

Five new Lego Jurassic Park sets for different ages are being launched to celebrate the toy brand’s 30th anniversary.

Evening Standard

Reserve Bank just landed final blow to Labour's election hopes

Labour is not responsible for the global economic crisis, the Ukraine war or the Reserve Bank’s record rate rise but is set to suffer electorally the way it did after the oil shock in 1974.

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The differences between NZ and Australia are becoming too great

A joint approach by NZ and Australia to Pacific issues is needed more than ever. A reinvigorated Canberra Pact would be a chance to recharge their historical relationship, says Peter Dunne

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There's more ministerial brain fade but at least they are accountable

Whether one likes Government policy decisions or not, it is far more accountable to Parliament than its predecessors - even when there are gaffes such as Chris Hipkins', writes Peter Dunne

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