Disinterpreted | Melanie Nelson

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Stewardship Land on the West Coast: What Was Lost - Eugenie Sage
Eugenie Sage on reclassification decisions, missed National Park protections, and why much of the conservation estate remains at risk
 • Melanie Nelson
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Will the Regulatory Standards Act be a one year wonder?
The Regulatory Standards Act passed with less than 1% public support — and now two of the parties that passed it are floating a repeal. What…
 • Melanie Nelson
Is NZ First Digging Its Own Grave by Backing the Regulatory Standards Bill?
NZ First once promised to defend New Zealand from neoliberal experiments. Now, by backing the Regulatory Standards Bill, they may be helping to embed…
 • Melanie Nelson
New Zealand’s Epstein Files
New Zealand’s Regulatory Standards Bill looks like tidy lawmaking. But OIA documents reveal decades of foreign influence — embedding Richard Epstein’s…
 • Melanie Nelson and Ryan Ward
Around the Treaty in 100 Pages: Ross Calman Makes History Accessible
Watch now | 🎧 #13: Weaving our Worlds podcast with Melanie Nelson: Ross Calman’s new book Te Tiriti o Waitangi distils centuries of history, debate…
 • Melanie Nelson
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Modernising Conservation or Selling it Off? – Eugenie Sage on the Biggest Shake-Up in a Generation
Former Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage joins me to unpack the Government’s sweeping “modernisation” of conservation land management — a plan she…
 • Melanie Nelson
1:10:16
Two-Thirds of NZ’s Conservation Estate at Risk of Sale
Government proposal could open 5 million hectares of public land—about one-third of the South Island’s land area—to sale or exchange
 • Melanie Nelson
Disinterpreted | Melanie Nelson
Disinterpreted | Melanie Nelson
Melanie Nelson shares thought-provoking analysis traversing Aotearoa New Zealand politics, te Tiriti, te reo Māori and the environment.
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