Former National minister says Treaty Principles Bill 'irretrievably flawed'
Hekia Parata told a select committee hearing the Treaty Principles bill was "unnecessary" and wasting the nation's resources ...
Dunne's Weekly: Next Election Still National's To Lose
The first is that unlike any other lead party of government under MMP, National has no electoral fat to draw upon when times get tough. Its 38% party vote share at the last election – far lower than ...
Splits, fusions and evolutions: how Australia’s political parties took hold
In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...
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New Zealand has just been through the annual bout of anguished breast-beating that marks the anniversary of the 1840 Treaty ...