Last year, over 6000 of us took the time and effort to engage in debating the future of our MMP system. Would it be too much trouble for the Government to let us know whether there was any point to us doing so?
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Count be wrong, they’ll f__k you up
Involvement in the cannabis trade probably isn't the ideal way to learn how to grow things and sell them to other people. But there's a reason why those who do so need to master some important skills really, really well.
Read MoreI ain't no big city economist or nothing, but ...
The quantitative easing policies suggested by the Green Party may or may not be a good idea. But the arguments being put up against it don't carry much weight.
Read MoreRemarks on 40 years
I spoke last night to the Values - Green Party party, and book launch. This is, more or less, what I said.
Read MoreBoo for my side. Boo!
Robert Frost once said that "A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel." I guess that makes me a liberal.
Read MoreBeyond Today: a values story, and the Greens’ story
Beyond Today: a values story is the Green party’s story. On the Greens’ fortieth birthday, it says Values is a history of which the party should be very proud, and values are the new politics
Read MoreTowards a new theory of the Greens: transition times
The global green change needed is desperately urgent. Paradoxically, the fastest and best way to achieve it locally might be more tortoise than hare
Read MoreTowards a new theory of the Greens: neither left nor right
In which I try explaining why the Greens are neither left nor right, why they never have been, and why that is important to their future and ours
Read MoreTowards a new theory of the Greens: the election campaign
The Greens’ vibe has changed, but have they lost grip on values with a small and large V? For all the strengths and wins of the 2011 election campaign, it also failed
Read MoreIt's the little things that really don't matter
You can kiss an issues-based election campaign goodbye.
Read MoreThe Greens' double digit strategy
The Greens' success could be down to Labour's struggles or a sign of the times. But it could also be down to a carefully crafted game plan that seems to be pushing all the right buttons
Read MorePolitics on the radio without pictures
The opening addresses for three of the political parties were on TV tonight. So how did they sound on the radio?
Read MoreIgnorantia legis neminem excusat
For the Police to act inconsistently with their own governing legislation once is bad. For them to do it twice is even badder
Read MoreGreed is good, as long as it's green
Green 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 MoreGreens step to the right
The 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
Read MoreAn economical economy
Ideas on how to restructure an ‘economy’ that means what it says: an economical, ecological economy that manages resources sustainably, and allocates them fairly
Read MoreTurning the political landscape Green
The seismic shifts round Parliament this week present both risks and an opportunity for the Greens
Read MoreEugenie Sage, speaking truth to power
Sacked ECan regional councillor and life-long conservationist Eugenie Sage talks about ECan, doing conservation better, and her aspirations to and for Parliament, as the Green Party's Selwyn candidate
Read MoreThe perils of being Darren Hughes
The case of the latest MP in trouble shows once again how perilous it is to risk becoming an MP -- and how party selection processes militate for MPs who are 'safe', to the detriment of democracy
Read MoreImagining a green manifesto
The Greens’ policy platform needs as much rebuilding as any other party’s, to make it strong and sustainable
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