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Letter from Wellington
Correspondents
Seven weeks is a long time in NZ politics
Colin James
18 September 2017
New Zealanders vote this weekend in the country’s most remarkable election in decades. How has the campaign unfolded, and what’s likely to happen afterwards?
Correspondents
A storm in a teacup
Norm Kelly
30 November 2011
Norm Kelly
in Wellington analyses the National Party’s election win
Correspondents
Caught in the middle
Norm Kelly
3 March 2011
Disunited, the Maori Party risks losing identity and support, writes
Norm Kelly
in Wellington
Correspondents
New Zealand pushes ahead with ETS-lite
Norm Kelly
7 July 2010
New Zealand’s new emissions trading scheme is far from ideal, but at least it’s a first step, writes
Norm Kelly
International
Passport to prison
Norm Kelly
29 October 2009
Taito Phillip Field’s jailing on corruption charges highlights the need for a more transparent process of ministerial discretion, writes
Norm Kelly
International
Defining rorts in Wellington
Norm Kelly
7 September 2009
When is a rort a rort? The debate has spread to New Zealand, reports
Norm Kelly
International
The smack
Norm Kelly
28 July 2009
A vote on whether parents can smack children has exposed the contradictions in New Zealand’s system of citizens-initiated referendums, writes
Norm Kelly
International
Personal reasons
Norm Kelly
30 June 2009
New Zealand’s National Party government has lost its first minister, while Labour easily retained Helen Clark’s old seat, writes
Norm Kelly
International
New Zealand Labour’s next test
Norm Kelly
12 May 2009
As the government’s honeymoon continues, Labour must contest the seat vacated by Helen Clark, reports
Norm Kelly