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Christopher Luxon ruins bipartisan accord on housing
A few years ago Labour and National worked out a truce on planning laws that radically deregulated the building of townhouses. Now Christopher Luxon…
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Here's your Budget receipt
A caveat-filled attempt to give you an idea of where your tax dollars go.
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Mailbag - Why NZ isn't Sweden + a reading list
Answering questions from readers on New Zealand's lack of Ikeas and a good reading list for getting into NZ politics.
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Who are Labour's lost voters?
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How to be a politics tragic - The week
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Nine thoughts on Prime Minister Chippy
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Here's your Budget receipt
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23 predictions for 2023
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Chris Hipkins is defending something
Why Chris Hipkins is not quite Keir Starmer.
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The case for an inquiry into lobbying
I don't think New Zealand is particularly corrupt. But it might be a good idea to demonstrate that.
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Why a teal deal wouldn't work
The idea of the Greens flirting with National pops up at almost every election. It's dumb.
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The Overseas Experience™ gets better
Some thoughts on why you might want to live in the UK and why you might not.
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All public servants are political
What the Rob Campbell saga can tell us about the mushy rules that set out how we want public servants to behave.
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Nine thoughts on Prime Minister Chippy
Is this a new era for the Sixth Labour Government, or just its final gasps of life?
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Who are Labour's lost voters?
An investigation into the so-called "swing voter" and what they actually believe - with a lot of charts.
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