System Change Statement on the Treaty Principles Bill

Submissions have reopened on the Treaty Principles Bill after a record-breaking number of submissions crashed the Parliament website. If you have not done so already, you now have until 1pm on Tuesday 14th January to submit. System Change Aotearoa made a submission to the Select Committee, which you can read

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The 2024 US Election: A No-Win Scenario

By Elliot Crossan Next Tuesday is election day in the United States of America, the land of democracy — where billionaires buy elections, where the President is not elected by popular vote, and where the nominee of the Republican Party attempted to overturn the results after he was voted out

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Will This Be a One-Term Government?

The Right Is United By Power — Don’t Underestimate Them By Elliot Crossan A year on from the 2023 general election, David Seymour responded to the latest One News-Verian poll, showing a 5% lead for the government, by gloating. “The coalition is working so much better than our enemies hoped!”

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One Year On, Do Not Stop Fighting for Palestine

By Elliot Crossan One year of genocide. One year of Palestinian men, women and children being systematically slaughtered in Gaza. One year of journalists and aid workers being murdered; one year of international institutions failing to stop the bloodshed. There are no words for this horror we have been witnessing

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Living and Dying with Dignity

By M. Peterson The ACT Party is proposing changes to the End of Life Choice Act (EOLC) which may pose a danger for some disabled people. Voluntary euthanasia has been legal in Aotearoa since 2021, following a binding referendum during the 2020 election in which the EOLC was approved by

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Roger Douglas Has a Lesson for the Left

Transformative Change Must Come in Quantum Leaps By Elliot Crossan “According to the Douglas doctrine, you move in quantum leaps. By the time your opponents catch up with what you’re doing, you’re on to the next thing.” That’s how Toby Manhire summarised Roger Douglas’ approach to economic reform in The

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