BETWEEN A PAK’N’SAVE & A HARD PRICE
The Greens have unveiled a new policy, proposing the creation of a government-owned-and-run supermarket that they’re calling KiwiMart. The Greens have proposed KiwiMart as an alternative to the Foodstuffs/Woolworths supermarket duopoly also positioning it as competition that’d incentivize chains like Woolies and New World to lower prices. The policy has drawn criticism, with some claiming […]
Latest poll sees parties seeking Opportunity for redemption
The media over the past few months has reported that Opportunity may be the kingmaker in this upcoming election, but the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll suggests otherwise. Previous polls put Opportunity at 8%, over the 5% of votes needed to get them into parliament. Both Labour and National would need to form coalition deals with […]
The Pacific is heating up. ACT wants to turn the thermostat off.
For Pacific nations, climate change is now far from a political debate, we are already experiencing changing coastlines, oceans, weather patterns, food systems and the future of communities across the region. And as the Pacific heads into another potentially extreme El Niño, the warning signs are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. The World Meteorological Organisation […]
THE STATE OF MĀORI POLITICS
Māori politics is at a particularly significant point right now. With the general election less than two months away, the usual question of who will form the next government is being joined by a much bigger one: what should the relationship between Māori and the Crown actually look like? That question has sat underneath much […]
HE AHA TE “LATERAL RACISM”?
Lateral racism is a term you might hear thrown around, but what does it actually mean? Put simply, lateral racism is racism that happens between people from marginalised communities, rather than from the dominant group towards them. For Māori, that can mean racism coming from other Māori. That might sound strange at first. Surely if […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID PATTEMORE
Nexus Writer Cerys Gibby got Labour Candidate for Taranaki-King Country, Dr David Pattemore, to take a pause from campaigning for a second to catch up about the issues facing his electorate and why residents ought to back him up come November. Tell me a bit about yourself! What are your passions, your interests? I love […]
NATIONAL ARE POCKET-WATCHING YOUR PARENTS – THE WAR ON NEETs
The NACTFirst coalition’s favourite move – the infatigable passing under urgency – was flourished again on Friday, the 28th of August. Jobseeker beneficiaries aged 18-19, whose parents make $67,225 or more, will lose access to their benefits. This policy has been critiqued since it was launched. The Green party argued very simply that taking jobseeker […]
GETTING (STUDENTS) BACK ON TRACK (TO VOTE FOR NATIONAL)
National MP Nicola Willis unveiled a new policy which the party promises to implement if reelected in November. They announced they would reduce the student loan repayment rate to 10% from 12% after having been the ones that increased it to 12% back in 2012 to begin with. Far be it from a full-bow sorry […]
OBITUARIES
Towards the end of August, we were rocked by a string of high-profile deaths. On the 25th of the month, the Queen of Country, American Singer-Songwriter, actress and philanthropist Dolly Parton passed away in Nashville Tennessee following a battle with Cancer. Parton is of course remembered for her music career with songs like 9 to […]
Apprently Kids Need to Touch More Grass
The Government has introduced legislation that would prevent children under 16 from holding accounts on major social media platforms, putting New Zealand alongside a growing number of countries attempting to restrict young people’s access to social media. The Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill, introduced to Parliament on 24 August, would […]