According to the Productivity Commission the current tertiary education system is blocking innovation. But in its recent report that promised to put forward New Models of Tertiary Education it delivered none. Its failure should not end the debate. There is an urgent need to bring about change
Read MoreYour Punt
Being “criminally inadmissible” to Canada unless “rehabilitated”
My anti-apartheid protest convictions nearly kept me out of Canada. Luckily, I had friends in high places. What though of those many people in our world, especially those seeking refuge from war and oppression, who do not?
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 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 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 MoreQualified addiction counsellors not wanted in NZ prisons
Up to 90% of prison inmates have problems with substance abuse and addiction. But Corrections does not require the counsellors who provide rehabilitation programmes for them to have a graduate degree in the assessment and treatment of addictive disorders. In fact, they don't even need a degree - just a qualification.
Read MoreDonald Trump – scaring the spies out into the cold
President Donald is going to be a headache for the intelligence community. He can't keep his own secrets safe, so how can they trust him?
Read MoreEdward Snowden spy inquiries: Watching the watchers
The inquiry reports into Kiwi issues raised by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden are nearly complete. Gwyn's reports are likely to shed great light on how our intelligence agencies operate.
Read MoreWhy Bill English booted Collins off Corrections
In many respects, Judith Collins has been the worst Minister of Justice and Corrections New Zealand has ever had. She had to go – even if that changes absolutely nothing about how the country deals with the drivers of crime or the growing prison population. And it won't.
Read MoreSub Lege
It is important that judges face criticism―but not attacks like those on the judges who decided the Brexit case
Read MoreBill English admits his Government is a 'moral and fiscal failure'
New Zealand has fallen prey to penal populism: our prison population is at an all time high – driven by victims rights groups and the public's moral panic over violent crime
Read MoreWhy do the write thing?
The reasons Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Andrew Butler give for their constitution-writing project are not convincing.
Read MoreOne Percent Please
The Government announcement of a Predator Free goal for New Zealand by 2050 sounds good. But the budget for this is woefully inadequate, and comes on top of years of cost cutting - some say the deliberate, reckless weakening - of the Department of Conservation. We need to do more.
Read MoreAnother View on Prison Volunteers – Taking Civil Society into the Prison
Prison volunteers as the bridge between prison and civil society
Read MoreCorrections should get rid of all 2,500 volunteers
If the Government was serious about reducing re-offending, the Corrections Department would pay for professional reintegration services instead of relying on well meaning volunteers like Ngapari Nui
Read MoreNo to myopic loyalty to Kiwis
Let's not just blindly cheer for Kiwis such as Helen Clark and Steven Adams, let's judge them on merit
Read MoreCivil Justice for Blessie?
The family of Blessie Gotingco, who was murdered by an offender just out of prison, are crowdfunding with a view to a possible civil claim. The litigation following an earlier similar incident suggests that there are some pretty big legal obstacles in the way of a successful claim.
Read MoreWhy Corrections prevented Tony Robertson from getting treatment in prison
Tony Robertson has a lot in common with Graeme Burton, William Bell & the Beast of Blenheim. They were all serious high risk offenders – but none of them got to attend a rehabilitation programme in prison
Read MoreDoing the maths on historical monuments
Colonial monuments have rightly come under scrutiny. We should not the remove controversial reminders, but we do need to tell a wider range of stories about history in our public places
Read MoreRedrawing borders, supporting democratic forces & thinking on our sins
Three strategies to combat the Islamic State insurgency
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