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Thames Water’s £3 Billion Rescue
The debt restructuring of the UK water supplier provides a cautionary tale to New Zealand
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Germany Votes: Early Results, Early Calls
Turnout is reported to be 84% - the highest since 1990 and the result roughly where opinion polls predicted.
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Chinese Warships in the Tasman Sea: An Unprecedented Pacific Signal
The case for New Zealand to join Pillar Two of AUKUS now appears to be compelling.
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Vance Blasts European Leaders Over Free Speech Stance
Forget Russia and China, US Vice President JD Vance warns that Europe's greatest threat comes from within.
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Trump's Balance Sheet Diplomacy Set to Reshape World Order
Within 3 weeks of assuming office for the second time, Trump's muscular foreign policy agenda promises to reshape the global world order.
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October 2024

September 2024

Enhancing democracy: The case for a second chamber in New Zealand’s Parliament
New Zealand did once have an upper house known as the Legislative Council. Is there are argument that it should be re-introduced?
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Bearing Witness to October 7
It is close to a year since the terror attacks of October 7 occurred and not a day has passed since then when its effects have not been felt around the…
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The War on Words: a threat to democracy
In her speech at the UN two years ago, Jacinda Ardern argued that words had become the new weapon of war, it was a comment that Lord Jonathan Sumption…
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November 2023

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