Opinion

August 15, 2022 | Opinion: Martyn Bradbury

OPINION: Why National’s attack on young people on welfare is such a strategic blunder

There are moments when politicians misread a room.

Waatea Team Posted On August 15, 2022

August 5, 2022 | Opinion: Martyn Bradbury

OPINION: Professor Jane Kelsey’s valedictory lecture

Last week, one of New Zealand's most important public intellectuals, Professor Jane Kelsey gave her valedictory lecture at Auckland University.

Waatea Team Posted On August 5, 2022

August 1, 2022 | Opinion: John Tamihere

OPINION: Covid hangover

Without a doubt, you and I are over COVID. We are sick of talking about it, hearing “experts" give their opinion on it and having it cop the blame for everything that’s wrong.

Waatea Team Posted On August 1, 2022

July 24, 2022 | Opinion: Martyn Bradbury

OPINION: The Māori Party is where 2023 election will be won or lost

The latest Curia Political Poll has the Māori Party on an incredibly high 3.7%. Their ability to attract a stronger and stronger Māori vote has been driven by a social media campaign that

Waatea Team Posted On July 24, 2022

July 16, 2022 | News

OPINION: What is now happening at Oranga Tamariki is utterly unacceptable and dangerous

It is very, very, very difficult to understand the Government's thinking in replacing Oranga Tamariki oversight from the Children's Commissioner to a faceless 6 panel bureaucracy hidden away inside the Education Review Office.

Martyn Bradbury Posted On July 16, 2022

July 8, 2022 | Opinion: Martyn Bradbury

Supermarket Duopoly whitewash a missed opportunity for Co-governance

The announcement on how the Labour Government intend to deal with the Supermarket Duopoly is a terrible missed opportunity for kiwis desperately trying to make ends meet.

Martyn Bradbury Posted On July 8, 2022