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Democracy Briefing: Craig Stobo and the rot in NZ’s conflict-of-interest culture
Craig Stobo is gone as chair of the Financial Markets Authority.
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News Briefing: 5 May 2026
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
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Democracy Briefing: Luxon wanted in on Trump’s war
The most useful thing the release of the Luxon-Peters emails on Iran has done is end an argument.
May 4
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Democracy Briefing: Shock turns to anger at Mount Maunganui
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Democracy Briefing: Sleepwalking into the worst crisis since Covid
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Democracy Briefing: Replying to Richard Prebble’s critique of me
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Democracy Briefing: Will Labour fix broken New Zealand?
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Democracy Briefing: The $379m Parliament
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Democracy Briefing: The Appointment of Judith Collins to head the Law Commission
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News Briefing: 4 May 2026
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
May 3
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Democracy Briefing: National and NZ First are now feasting on each other
For two and a half years it has been just about possible to argue that the National–NZ First–Act coalition was outperforming the predictions of its…
May 3
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News Briefing: 3 May 2026
MEDIA Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): National turns up the heat - another ‘rare misstep’ for Simeon Brown?
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News Briefing: 2 May 2026
GOVERNMENT
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News Briefing: 1 May 2026
GOVERNMENT
Apr 30
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Democracy Briefing: Is New Zealand’s political media broken?
The latest Beehive-media scandal about journalists fighting amongst themselves is grubby, personal and, in parts, overblown.
Apr 30
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News Briefing: 30 April 2026
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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News Briefing: 29 April 2026
MEDIA AND POLITICIANS
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News Briefing: 28 April 2026
INDIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
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