Lara Greaves and Ella Morgan

Guest writer

Dr Lara Greaves (Ngāpuhi, Pākehā, Tararā) is a lecturer in New Zealand politics and associate director of the Public Policy Institute at the University of Auckland. Ella Morgan (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) is an MA student at the University of Auckland, studying politics and international relations.

Māori Party co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi (Photo: Hagen Hopkins/ Getty Images; additional design by Tina Tiller)

How the Māori Party defied expectations at the 2020 election

Is this the springboard for a bigger resurgence in 2023?

By Lara Greaves and Ella Morgan | 14th November, 2021

National Party leader Judith Collins (Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

National won’t find its brighter future through divisive Ōrewa-style rhetoric

Judith Collins' use of words such as 'separatism' and 'segregation' risks polarising her party supporters.

By Lara Greaves and Ella Morgan | 3rd May, 2021