Touching the third rail of superannuation is a brave act by any government, but what about those other curly questions?
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Read MoreCommunities of Learning | Kāhui Ako - System-wide change in Education
A response from the Minister of Education to the recent contribution by Steve Maharey (Can we finally agree on how to run schools).
Read MoreIt may walk like social investment & quack like social investment, but it's not social investment
The current approach to social investment suggests we can use big data and new technology to better understand who will access public services and fix them. But this is not social investment
Read MoreHow the West was won
“I understand what the people’s priorities are,” the new ALP premier of West Australia, Mark McGowan, told reporters after winning government on Saturday with a 15 per cent swing, the largest swing to Labor in state election history
Read MoreLittle's dubious numbers, writ large: why no-one's sustainable on super
Welcome to the topsy-turvy world where no-one cares what Treasury says and only the only party that seems to give a toss about sustainability is... ACT
Read MoreDestabilising New Zealand Superannuation
Regrettably, the government’s recent announcements on the public provision for retirement have added to the uncertainty the young face.
Read MoreIs this a super solution from the old days?
What do you make of this way of doing it?
Read MoreThe true cost of National's not so super duper super policy
Bill English has made a brave call on super, but is it mere penance for years of bad calls, will New Zealanders face the facts and has he just started a new inter-generational war?
Read MoreMasterstroke, manoeuvre or muddle: Bill English's super punt
Why grasp one of the third rails of politics just six months from an election? Well, three possible reasons come to mind...
Read MoreBrexit: How New Zealand Might Cope
This is a follow up ‘Brentry: How New Zealand Coped’, setting out some of the challenges which face New Zealand today.
Read MoreThings don’t Ad up on Planet Key
The Court of Appeal ruling and his critics suddenly championing free speech has left the creator of the famous Planet Key video baffled and asking, who's being satirical now?
Read MoreDeputy Ardern: What it really means for Labour
Jacinda Ardern looks set to become the new deputy leader of the Labour Party as Annette King steps down. But while it looks like a no-brainer and only helps Labour this election year, it comes with its own set of risks
Read MoreCan we finally agree on how to run schools?
New Zealanders have been arguing about education since the Royal Commission on Social Policy in the 1980s told them the needs of all students were not being met. After thirty years of debate confusion reigns. But there is a way forward
Read MoreCleaning house, English-style: Water was just the start
Last week National made some promises about water, and copped plenty of flak on the way. That move signalled the soft launch of National's election campaign, as it starts to tidy up the policies that put victory in September at risk
Read MoreMy little gonzo academic electoral law experiment
Is it now legal to use TV and radio to run mean-spirited, hatchet-job attack ads on your political enemies? I decided to find out ... so here's a reprise of what happened, having previously been recounted over at The Spinoff.
Read MoreBrentry: How New Zealand Coped
This is based on a note that I prepared for a journalist. It is a lead into the next column which is on ‘Brexit: How New Zealand Might Cope’.
Read MoreWhy you can't call Donald Trump a liar (yet)
There's a growing number of media calling out President Donald Trump for saying things that aren't true. But does that make him a liar?
Read MoreNational v Labour: Someone unelectable is going to beat the odds
As the polls start to swing back into action, a look across the electoral battlefield sees two major party leaders both struggling to get firm footing and take the high ground
Read MoreLet me count the ways; three potential governments in 2017
Come September 24, there are really only three likely scenarios as to who could form a government, and odds-on Winston Peters will face two difficult choices
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