Trapped within their bubbles
Peter Dunne writes: “The great Scottish poet Robbie Burns’ famous quote, ‘O wad some Power the giftie gie us to see oursels as ithers see...
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Wellington’s mayoral prospects
There was an old saying doing the rounds in Rome when the Cardinals gathered to elect a successor to Pope Francis: “He who enters the...
Parliamentary game-playing
A tense and intriguing political chess game is currently being played in Parliament’s Privileges Committee, explains Peter Dunne. On the face of it, the issue...
The demise of meaningful political debate
MMP was expected to break the old Parliamentary duopoly of National and Labour and lead to far more inclusive and diverse political debate. By Peter...
A political perspective on 2024
As a turbulent political year drew to a close in 2024, some observations can be made about the state of the various parties and some...
Electoral Integrity Act is unfit for purpose
Image source: New Zealand Parliament Peter Dunne reflects on what he considers an anti-democratic Act that turns MPs into mere slaves to the dictates of...
Removing well-being responsibility from local government
By Peter Dunne. The water pipe, which burst beneath Wellington’s Cambridge Terrace on Wednesday morning [21 August], could not have chosen a better moment to...
A Perspective on the 2024 Budget
Notwithstanding all the usual pre-Budget media hype it is worth remembering that Budgets seldom defeat governments. By Peter Dunne. Game-changing Budgets, like Sir Roger Douglas’s...