How are you feeling about NZ politics generally? It’s an interesting question because ‘politics’ is a reflection of ‘society’, and so it’s really a question about how I feel about New Zealand society generally. In any case, I think a couple of words come …
Continue Reading →Who would you vote for today and why? I would likely give my party vote to the Greens. Both as a tribal and personal habit, I’m a ‘Lefty’. Despite reservations, I still hold to what I see as the foundational values of the Left: a concern for social equit…
Continue Reading →How are you feeling about New Zealand politics generally? I recently moved overseas, and now I find I have a different perspective on New Zealand politics. Now that I’m no longer immersed in it—I really just see the front-page issues—it does seem like New…
Continue Reading →Who would you vote for today and why? I’m leaning towards The Opportunities Party (TOP), though I would need to look further into their current policies before I voted. What I’ve seen from TOP in the past is that they take a measured approach and they’re…
Continue Reading →The respondent wanted to clarify, in the context of his later reflections on feminism, that he identifies as a man. If you had to vote today, who would you vote for and why? I’m tossing up between the Green Party and Te Pāti Māori (the Māori party), thou…
Continue Reading →How are you feeling about New Zealand politics? I mostly feel like I’m waiting for more information. At this stage, a lot of the policy pages on political party websites haven’t been updated yet, so it’s an odd sort of limbo at the moment. I was quite di…
Continue Reading →How are you feeling about the New Zealand election now? I’m a little irritated at the Ministry of Education at the moment, in terms of how they are treating teachers, particularly in an election year. Likewise with the Ministry of Health—I know a few peop…
Continue Reading →How are you feeling about New Zealand politics generally? I’m not feeling super great about New Zealand politics. That’s because, even though politics shouldn’t be a personality sport, it is a little disappointing at the moment that we have two totally u…
Continue Reading →Who would you vote for today? I would probably vote for the National Party and that is because I see them as a moderately serviceable socially conservative party. I say ‘moderately’ because Christopher Luxon strikes me as a little bit of a squish on cert…
Continue Reading →Who would you vote for today and why? My values align most closely with the late Māori Party, but in their absence, I'd have to go with the New Conservative Party. These are values which I think promote human flourishing, though I don’t always like how t…
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