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A very personal message
Hi all,
This isn’t the sort of post I ever imagined writing.
In fact, I feel a bit embarrassed to write it at all. But after weeks of talking myself out of it, I’ve convinced myself that this is just too important to chicken out of. So he...
A week is a long time: 4 July 2026
A week is a long time in politics. Welcome to my weekly wrap up of the week that was in New Zealand politics with a sprinkling of international news.
Did you know…
That Labour was at 25.5% in Roy Morgan’s New Zealand Poll for...
Politicising a Tragedy: PSA takes the gloves off
The death of a man in the waiting room toilets at Waikato Hospital’s emergency department is a tragedy. He went to hospital needing help and died before he could be treated. His family, and the community, deserve to know what happened, whet...
How National lost the Conservation Bill argument
Disclosure: Prior to working in Parliament I worked at the Department of Conservation for about two years in the digital team.
The Conservation Amendment Bill has become one of the Coalition Government’s biggest political headaches of the...
A week is a long time: 27 June 2026
A week is a long time in politics. Welcome to my weekly wrap up of the week that was in New Zealand politics with a sprinkling of international news.
Greens co-leader attempted actual economic treachery
A story that should hav...
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