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The Greens: how will they get through their present discontents?
List MP Darleen Tana is absent from the Green Party website. Julie Anne Genter faces a Privileges Committee hearing.
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How democratic backsliding begins
And how easy it would be to pull back from it
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Enrolling on Election Day: should it continue?
Will the government get into a fight over last-minute enrolment of voters or will they increase funding to make it work better next time?
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Te Pāti Māori exercise their freedom of speech
But what about the children?
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Trump 2.0: what might it mean?
And how to be a good conspiracy theorist in the post-neoliberal age
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Integrity: why NZ needs to lift its game
Getting back to basics and avoiding conflicts of interests in everyday public administration
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What if the wheels really did fall off the Luxon government?
Horror story or comedy?
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27
Prime ministers in their prime: how do they perform? How does Mr Luxon match up?
And the "free-speech at uni" debate rolls on.
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Should Winston and Shane be worried?
And do they (and other MPs) deserve a pay-rise?
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April 2024

Could Luxon be a one-term wonder?
And is anyone really shocked, or even surprised, by the 1News/Verian poll?
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University challenged – and found wanting
Are our universities failing to perform their duties as institutions of higher learning and dialogue?
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This is how heads roll: did Luxon take a leaf out of Machiavelli's The Prince?
And another university chokes on its "critic and conscience" obligations.
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