Politics Archive
12 wild predictions for the political year 2021 AD
Last year, there was a lot of swearing deployed to sum up the year. And then came 2020.
‘The fuck-ups were all my own’: Simon Bridges on being opposition leader
Just over two months ago, Simon Bridges was rolled as the leader of the opposition. This week he opened up about his tenure, the state of politics in New Zealand and, of course, the baby yaks.
Gone By Lunchtime: The National Party after Todd Muller
Summer reissue: Relive the 53-day reign of Todd Muller as National Party leader.
Judith Collins walks into a nightmare on Ponsonby Road
The day the wheels fell off the Judith Collins BMW
Our Covid-19 response proves politicians can take radical action when they want to
If there's one lesson to take from our widely praised Covid-19 response, it's that real societal change is possible – as long as the political will is there.
Our experts pick 12 things to go in the Spinoff Aotearoa 2020 time capsule
Our experts nominate entries for our mechanism to literally encapsulate (and bury) the year 2020.
Jacinda Ardern on 2020, what pundits get wrong, and the great Fruju debate
Coffee habits. Waiheke ferries. Hair straighteners. The scoops were served up faster than a midsummer beachside dairy.
How wrong we were: Rating The Spinoff’s 2020 political predictions a year on
Nobody comes out of this looking good.
Politics in 2020: How to describe the year in one sentence?
Last year, there was a lot of swearing deployed to sum up the year. And then came 2020.
The story behind the fight to save Ihumātao
The woman who started it all on how they defied the odds and the doubters.
Best of 2020: Youth Wings meets the chairman of Young NZ First
All this week we're looking back on some of the best videos published on The Spinoff in 2020. Today, Youth Wings introduces Jay McLaren-Harris, chairman of Young NZ First.
NZ politics in 2020: we pick the champs and the flops
A pantheon of politics watchers appraise the 12 months past and cast a gaze ahead at the year to come.
Gone By Lunchtime: The Golden Handbrake Awards 2020
Fresh from the Press Gallery Christmas Party, Annabelle Lee-Mather, Toby Manhire and Ben Thomas convene to recap the year in NZ politics.
Five years after Paris, young people are putting the world’s adults to shame
Many young people feel increasingly anxious about the future yet the world expects them to do the work of pressuring governments to act. That isn’t sustainable or fair.
Agent of chaos: The inside story of the Labour/NZ First coalition government
The NZ Herald's Claire Trevett talks to politicians and staff about the clashes and controversies that characterised the coalition government.
Why is the ‘urgent’ Covid-19 border testing review still under wraps?
In August it came to light that most border workers weren't being tested, and an urgent review was ordered. So where is it?
‘We must recognise an Australian terrorist committed these atrocities – radicalised on our soil’
The shadow minister for multicultural affairs has made a statement to the Australian parliament calling for reflection and action.
Farewell to Astoria, caffeinated Shangri-la of Wellington’s political establishment
After 24 years in business the storied, parliament-adjacent Astoria cafe is to close. Danyl Mclauchlan pays tribute to a hotbed of political intrigue that was ultimately too beautiful for this world.
‘On behalf of the government, I apologise’: Jacinda Ardern on Royal Commission report into terror attacks
'But an apology would be hollow without action.'
There is already a tax that targets people seeking capital gain on land. Why not apply it?
And it's not the only existing provision the Inland Revenue could look at enforcing in the face of runaway house prices and wealth inequality.
The cannabis vote was a disgrace. And the court case to overturn it is doomed
Sorry, but you can’t go in front of a court after an election (or referendum) and simply say, 'I don’t like how things were done – so let’s have another go'.
A visual history of the New Zealand parliament – 2020 edition
Three years after its debut, Chris McDowall releases an updated version of his epic graph view of our national political history.
Mass vaccination is beginning around the world, but NZ will wait for a Covid jab
The Queen is expected to receive her Covid jab in the coming weeks, but New Zealand is giving medical regulators time to study the vaccines
A stake in the ground
The declaration of a climate emergency tells the people of New Zealand, and the international community, that this is who we are and this is where we are going.
