Independent Analysis and Reportage
Keith Rankin writes; I have just described an excellent MMMP system, which tweaks MMP to remove the FPP wrinkles we saw this year, and works exactly the same from a voter perspective. One vote for one party, and one vote for one candidate.
This new production is a bold, vibrant and vivacious take on an old opera favourite.
Developing pubic hair is tied to sexual maturity – and so are some of the theories about why we’ve retained it.
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog Worst threesome ever. Let’s be honest. The last three years has been a shit show for New Zealand. While borrowing more than Labour did, this coalition government have instituted an austerity by stealth programme.
Globally significant collections of fossils, plants and rocks are held at separate institutions. Combined, they could support a dedicated natural history museum.
One of sport’s greatest cheating scandals has erupted again. It may have far-reaching ramifications for Cricket Australia and several players.
By Mark Rabago of RNZ Pacific Proposed changes to the United States Census could worsen longstanding data inequalities in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and American Samoa, raising concerns about access to federal resources, disaster recovery funding, and political representation. The non-profit organisation Right to Democracy has urged the US Census
Labor in Victoria continues to slide with less than three weeks until the state election.
By Jale Moala Qiulae Wong may have failed to win her electorate seat in New Zealand’s general election on Saturday. Still, the Fiji-born political newcomer has achieved something that three previous leaders of her party could not — and she’s getting into Parliament anyway. She has taken the Opportunity Party across the five percent threshold
Like Guns, Germs and Steel, this book is ambitious, provocative and imperfect. It’s also difficult to put down.
It can be easy to be pessimistic. But after three decades of climate talks we’ve seen real progress.
Australia cannot feasibly claim climate credentials while driving global warming through its fossil fuel exports.