After the applause has died down, will the Paris Agreement do enough to keep global temperatures down, fund emission reductions in developing countries and hold nations to account?
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No Victoria, the machines aren’t taking our jobs
Making Quality Judgements
A book on the history of the Literary Fund raises broad questions of how our bureaucracy works.
Read MoreBrief notes on the first flag referendum
So the first round of the flag referendum is done (bar the formal tidying up). What, if anything, does it tell us?
Read More2015: My year that was
Here's a trawl through the year in politics and what stood out for me
Read MorePeter Dunne is right!
There is no reason to cancel the passport of any so-called "Jihadi brides". And Chris Lynch is a bit of a moron for suggesting that this should happen.
Read MoreOn Britain & New Zealand's role in the western alliance
Britain is divided, and the British Labour Party even more so, over its role in leading Western nations. So does it offer lessons for New Zealand?
Read MoreLetter from Paris: How ministers need to lift their game in week 2
In his second post from Paris, Barry Coates says the current deal before ministers is not good enough to keep temperature increases below 2 degrees and spells out what's missing
Read MoreSpinning the return of Judith Collins
Judith Collins is back in Cabinet. But let's not forget, her resignation was for an issue separate from those detailed in Dirty Politics, so she has never been "cleared" of the behaviour revealed in the book
Read MoreA Return To ‘Think Big’?
The strange economic assessment of the proposed extension to Wellington Airport’s runway reduces to a plea for subsidies from tax and ratepayers.
Read MoreLetter from Paris: Trust & ambition in week 1
Long-time climate campaigner and Green candidate Barry Coates writes from negotiations at Paris to explain NZ's role and what's really happening behind the scenes
Read MoreWhadarya?
The Ethnic Future for New Zealand Is Unknown. But It Will Be Diverse and Different
Read MoreMy 2 cents on the Jarrod Gilbert affair ...
A quick note to the NZ Police. You don't own all the information on your computers or in your files - and if academics want to see it, you have to let them do so without imposing conditions. Most of the time, anyway!
Read MoreIs Our Economics Good Enough?
A report on social services by the Productivity Commission raises serious problems about the quality of analysis in New Zealand.
Read MoreWe’ve always been at war with beneficiaries
The Government is seeking to retrospectively change the law to match the Ministry of Social Welfare's practice. Retrospective legislation is bad generally, and very bad in this case.
Read MoreSyrian refugees still coming to Canada
While American lawmakers try to stop any Syrian refugees from reaching their shores, Canada is pushing on with a pledge to bring in 25,000 by the end of the year….and that is in full knowledge of a passport complication connected with the Paris terrorist attacks.
Read MoreThe Future of Trade Agreements
Given a long history of numerous trade agreements, why has the public become especially concerned about the TPP?
Read MoreFour things we can do after Paris
The ISIS attacks on Friday the 13th in Paris, in Beirut, and when the Russia plane was attacked, were an attack on all modern civilisation and society from Lebanon to France. The target on Friday was the values first articulated on Paris streets in the 18th century that led to a modern liberal revolution and eventually liberty in speech and assembly, fraternity expressed in tolerance and plurality, and equality between genders.
Read MoreSo now, where does NZ go?
A hundred years on from Gallipoli, and a few days after the massacre in in Paris, where does New Zealand stand in the western alliance and what is out role in the world's troubles?
Read MoreWhy does the Waitangi Tribunal insist on following the law?
The Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson is wrong in his public criticisms of the Waitangi Tribunal. Perhaps the Attorney-General Chris Finlayson could have a quiet word in his ear about the importance of the separation of powers in our Constitution?
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