MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Shaking up the machinery of government
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Shaking up the machinery of government Dr Bryce Edwards. The machinery of government generally works quietly behind the scenes of the more visible Beehive politics that we associate with how this country is run. We’re used to the PM and ministers making announcements or explaining what is happening in portfolios, but […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Problems in the public service
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Problems in the public service Dr Bryce Edwards. There is a lot of dissatisfaction at the moment with the “machinery of government” – the government departments, officials, and general bureaucracy that operates behind the scenes to make public services work and helps govern the country. And the criticism has been coming […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 14 2018 – Today’s content
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 14 2018 – Today’s content Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings. Prison, justice and policeBrad Flahive (Stuff): Government’s new double-bunked prison cells at Waikeria do not meet international standards Shane […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Questions over Grant Robertson’s “cash for access” fundraising
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Questions over Grant Robertson’s “cash for access” fundraising Dr Bryce Edwards. It was labelled “corrupt” and “cash-for-access” when the last government did it. But now that Labour Government ministers are fundraising by holding exclusive dinners for the wealthy, it’s suddenly OK. This is the story of how the Minister of Finance […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police apologise to Nicky Hager for “dirty politics”
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police apologise to Nicky Hager for “dirty politics” Dr Bryce Edwards. It’s been a long time coming, but Nicky Hager’s battle with the Police, who badly mistreated him when they investigated his Dirty Politics book in 2014, has finally come to an end. Victory for Hager comes in the form of […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lessons from a boring by-election
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lessons from a boring by-election Dr Bryce Edwards. Lesson #1: Boring by-elections produce disengaged citizens. By and large, voters stayed away from the polling booths in Northcote, leading Newshub political editor Tova O’Brien to pronounce that democracy was the biggest loser of this campaign – see: Clear loser in Northcote, and it […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The M. Bovis debacle deserves more debate
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The M. Bovis debacle deserves more debate Dr Bryce Edwards. What has emerged from the debate over the Mycoplasma Bovis saga is that New Zealand appears to have been let down by authorities – especially politicians and senior government bureaucrats who have mismanaged the country’s biosecurity, leaving farming in turmoil, and […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can the Human Rights Commission be fixed?
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can the Human Rights Commission be fixed? Dr Bryce Edwards. Concerns about bigotry and harassment in New Zealand are ongoing, or even rising. Yet the primary state agency that deals with these issues – the Human Rights Commission – has been discredited and is in turmoil. The latest ministerial report is […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s changing approach to Maori inequality
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s changing approach to Maori inequality Dr Bryce Edwards. That Maori face severe disadvantage in New Zealand is a given. The debate really lies in how to deal with this inequality and deprivation. Right now, a significant political shift seems to be occurring, in which the once-dominant ideas of targeted programmes […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Six months of new New Zealand government – the verdicts are in
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Six months of new New Zealand government – the verdicts are in Dr Bryce Edwards. Is the new government transformational? Or just fighting fires? Who are the strongest performers, and who are the weak links? What are they doing right and wrong? These are the questions at the core of reviews […]
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