It’s easy to enjoy David Seymour’s quick wit and winning one-liners, as he takes ACT to a new level in the polls. But behind the smile is a small government policy agenda that deserves much more attention
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With popular support, a willing partner and many New Zealanders facing unemployment, now is the time for Labour to overhaul welfare. Instead, it has divided beneficiaries into the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’
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The donations from racing industry members to the New Zealand First foundation mean the Racing Industry Bill must come under more scrutiny from its coalition partners
Read MoreThe biggest sustainability question to be answered by Sustainable New Zealand may be about the survival of the party itself. Can it strike a chord when the Greens have already moved to the right? Or could there be a deal beckoning in North Shore?
Read MoreThe Greens’ stubborn incrementalism and James Shaw’s ruthlessness with dissent is diluting support inside the party is hastening the day when it faces its own revolution or replacement on the left
Read MoreThe Green's water bottling decision exposes potentially fatal flaws and complacency at the heart of Green Parliamentary operations
Read MoreWill the Welfare Expert Advisory Group be simply an excuse for inaction, or an exercise in transformation? Sadly, we will have to wait a while to see
Read MoreWill the Budget truly stand behind the new kindness initiative? Here's a wish list to set the agenda
Read MoreProtest outside Nats' summer party a necessary act of defiance in face of welfare and housing reforms
Read MoreFood in schools – Russell Wills now Key’s puppet – targeting, corporatisation and the charity model rule
Read MoreArmy to gain new powers over protesters; GCSB spies on New Zealanders; new single government data hub planned... Is Aotearoa en route to Orwell's 1984?
Read MoreAuckland's first-ever beneficiary 'impact' demonstrates poverty of policies as well as of people
Read MoreLatest incident of young girl left kneeling in corner during Bible class reinforces need for urgent law change
Read MoreNational announces cuts to minimum youth wage levels - a disastrous policy that will destroy jobs, not create them
Read MoreArrested for the first time in over a decade in protest against welfare reforms - a response to the critics - and I also stage a return to Pundit
Read MorePaula Bennett releases Green Paper for Vulnerable Children – a great campaign photo op – but how about some real commitment to help the most vulnerable children right now – those growing up in deepening poverty?
Read MoreGreen capitalism on a roll - Pure Advantage campaign and Green Growth paper launched last week - Green Party right in on the action, and making hay while the sun shines
Read MoreEmperor Penguin and Rugby World Cup provide convenient political distractions -- but 30th anniversary of 1981 Springbok Tour a timely reminder of the potential of people power
Read MoreNational is quietly dripfeeding dangerous new housing policies to an unsuspecting public and hopes no-one will notice
Read MoreThe Green Party political positioning statement this weekend is a significant move to the right despite attempts to paint it otherwise, and a culmination of long internal party debate. The risk is that they may just be outwitting themselves
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