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Melanie Nelson shares thought-provoking analysis traversing Aotearoa New Zealand politics, te Tiriti, te reo Māori and the environment.
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Tina Porou on RMA reforms: power, participation, and the future of environmental law
Tina Porou on RMA reforms: power, participation, and the future of environmental law
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Tina Porou on RMA reforms: power, participation, and the future of environmental law
Question gathering for Coherent interviews on RMA reforms
Question gathering for Coherent interviews on RMA reforms
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Question gathering for Coherent interviews on RMA reforms
Controversial Regulatory Standards Board vacancies closing soon
Controversial Regulatory Standards Board vacancies closing soon
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Controversial Regulatory Standards Board vacancies closing soon
Stewardship Land on the West Coast: What Was Lost - Eugenie Sage • Eugenie Sage on reclassification decisions, missed National Park protections, and why much of the conservation estate remains at risk
Stewardship Land on the West Coast: What Was Lost - Eugenie Sage
Eugenie Sage on reclassification decisions, missed National Park protections, and why much of the conservation estate remains at risk
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Stewardship Land on the West Coast: What Was Lost - Eugenie Sage • Eugenie Sage on reclassification decisions, missed National Park protections, and why much of the conservation estate remains at risk
Will the Regulatory Standards Act be a one year wonder? • All parties but ACT are considering campaigning to repeal it at the next election
Will the Regulatory Standards Act be a one year wonder?
All parties but ACT are considering campaigning to repeal it at the next election
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Will the Regulatory Standards Act be a one year wonder? • All parties but ACT are considering campaigning to repeal it at the next election
Is NZ First Digging Its Own Grave by Backing the Regulatory Standards Bill?
Is NZ First Digging Its Own Grave by Backing the Regulatory Standards Bill?
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Is NZ First Digging Its Own Grave by Backing the Regulatory Standards Bill?
New Zealand’s Epstein Files • The Foreign Influence Behind New Zealand’s Regulatory Standards Bill
New Zealand’s Epstein Files
The Foreign Influence Behind New Zealand’s Regulatory Standards Bill
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
New Zealand’s Epstein Files • The Foreign Influence Behind New Zealand’s Regulatory Standards Bill
Around the Treaty in 100 Pages: Ross Calman Makes History Accessible • 🎧 #13: Weaving our Worlds podcast with Melanie Nelson
Around the Treaty in 100 Pages: Ross Calman Makes History Accessible
🎧 #13: Weaving our Worlds podcast with Melanie Nelson
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Around the Treaty in 100 Pages: Ross Calman Makes History Accessible • 🎧 #13: Weaving our Worlds podcast with Melanie Nelson
Modernising Conservation or Selling it Off? – Eugenie Sage on the Biggest Shake-Up in a Generation • Unpacking the Government’s sweeping conservation land reforms — what they mean for biodiversity, Treaty obligations, and the future of New Zealand’s public estate.
Modernising Conservation or Selling it Off? – Eugenie Sage on the Biggest Shake-Up in a Generation
Unpacking the Government’s sweeping conservation land reforms — what they mean for biodiversity, Treaty obligations, and the future of New Zealand’s public estate.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Modernising Conservation or Selling it Off? – Eugenie Sage on the Biggest Shake-Up in a Generation • Unpacking the Government’s sweeping conservation land reforms — what they mean for biodiversity, Treaty obligations, and the future of New Zealand’s public estate.
Two-Thirds of NZ’s Conservation Estate at Risk of Sale • Government proposal could open 5 million hectares of public land—about one-third of the South Island’s land area—to sale or exchange
Two-Thirds of NZ’s Conservation Estate at Risk of Sale
Government proposal could open 5 million hectares of public land—about one-third of the South Island’s land area—to sale or exchange
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Two-Thirds of NZ’s Conservation Estate at Risk of Sale • Government proposal could open 5 million hectares of public land—about one-third of the South Island’s land area—to sale or exchange
#12: Avril Bell - Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Relationships, Responsibility, and Reflections • 🎧 Weaving our Worlds podcast with Melanie Nelson
#12: Avril Bell - Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Relationships, Responsibility, and Reflections
🎧 Weaving our Worlds podcast with Melanie Nelson
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
#12: Avril Bell - Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Relationships, Responsibility, and Reflections • 🎧 Weaving our Worlds podcast with Melanie Nelson
NZ for Sale: What the Overseas Investment Act Changes Really Mean • Mike Smith exposes how the Government’s quiet rewrite of the rules puts Māori land, te taiao, and sovereignty at risk — and why we need to act by 23 July.
NZ for Sale: What the Overseas Investment Act Changes Really Mean
Mike Smith exposes how the Government’s quiet rewrite of the rules puts Māori land, te taiao, and sovereignty at risk — and why we need to act by 23 July.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
NZ for Sale: What the Overseas Investment Act Changes Really Mean • Mike Smith exposes how the Government’s quiet rewrite of the rules puts Māori land, te taiao, and sovereignty at risk — and why we need to act by 23 July.
Updates on the RSB: Interviews, Analysis, and What Comes Next • Who should’ve had more time at the RSB select committee — and still deserves to be heard?
Updates on the RSB: Interviews, Analysis, and What Comes Next
Who should’ve had more time at the RSB select committee — and still deserves to be heard?
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Updates on the RSB: Interviews, Analysis, and What Comes Next • Who should’ve had more time at the RSB select committee — and still deserves to be heard?
A Framework for Control: The RSB’s Blueprint for Influence • Subtle, enduring, and hard to undo — the RSB reframes what governments see as politically possible.
A Framework for Control: The RSB’s Blueprint for Influence
Subtle, enduring, and hard to undo — the RSB reframes what governments see as politically possible.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
A Framework for Control: The RSB’s Blueprint for Influence • Subtle, enduring, and hard to undo — the RSB reframes what governments see as politically possible.
Sir Geoffrey Palmer on the RSB: Unworkable, Unconstitutional, Unacceptable • Why the Regulatory Standards Bill would paralyse Parliament, empower unelected overseers, and unravel democratic lawmaking in New Zealand
Sir Geoffrey Palmer on the RSB: Unworkable, Unconstitutional, Unacceptable
Why the Regulatory Standards Bill would paralyse Parliament, empower unelected overseers, and unravel democratic lawmaking in New Zealand
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Sir Geoffrey Palmer on the RSB: Unworkable, Unconstitutional, Unacceptable • Why the Regulatory Standards Bill would paralyse Parliament, empower unelected overseers, and unravel democratic lawmaking in New Zealand
Dame Anne Salmond: Democracy at Risk — The RSB and the Fight for Our Future • Why the Regulatory Standards Bill is a direct threat to democratic values, public wellbeing, and te Tiriti
Dame Anne Salmond: Democracy at Risk — The RSB and the Fight for Our Future
Why the Regulatory Standards Bill is a direct threat to democratic values, public wellbeing, and te Tiriti
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Dame Anne Salmond: Democracy at Risk — The RSB and the Fight for Our Future • Why the Regulatory Standards Bill is a direct threat to democratic values, public wellbeing, and te Tiriti
Dr Rebekah Graham: The RSB, Disability, and the Politics of Exclusion • How the RSB risks entrenching colonial ableism, undermining disability rights, and blocking inclusion at every level of public life.
Dr Rebekah Graham: The RSB, Disability, and the Politics of Exclusion
How the RSB risks entrenching colonial ableism, undermining disability rights, and blocking inclusion at every level of public life.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Dr Rebekah Graham: The RSB, Disability, and the Politics of Exclusion • How the RSB risks entrenching colonial ableism, undermining disability rights, and blocking inclusion at every level of public life.
Economist Bill Rosenberg Submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025 • Former Productivity Commissioner exposes how the Regulatory Standards Bill threatens democracy, entrenches inequality, and empowers unchecked ministerial control.
Economist Bill Rosenberg Submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025
Former Productivity Commissioner exposes how the Regulatory Standards Bill threatens democracy, entrenches inequality, and empowers unchecked ministerial control.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Economist Bill Rosenberg Submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025 • Former Productivity Commissioner exposes how the Regulatory Standards Bill threatens democracy, entrenches inequality, and empowers unchecked ministerial control.
Economist Paul Dalziel: RSB Flawed Principles, No Standards • Why a wellbeing economy lens exposes the flaws in New Zealand’s proposed regulatory overhaul
Economist Paul Dalziel: RSB Flawed Principles, No Standards
Why a wellbeing economy lens exposes the flaws in New Zealand’s proposed regulatory overhaul
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Economist Paul Dalziel: RSB Flawed Principles, No Standards • Why a wellbeing economy lens exposes the flaws in New Zealand’s proposed regulatory overhaul
Dr Carwyn Jones on the RSB: Constitutional Reversal and the Rise of Anti-Treaty Lawmaking • A deep dive into how the RSB elevates libertarian values over te Tiriti, the environment, and the public good
Dr Carwyn Jones on the RSB: Constitutional Reversal and the Rise of Anti-Treaty Lawmaking
A deep dive into how the RSB elevates libertarian values over te Tiriti, the environment, and the public good
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Dr Carwyn Jones on the RSB: Constitutional Reversal and the Rise of Anti-Treaty Lawmaking • A deep dive into how the RSB elevates libertarian values over te Tiriti, the environment, and the public good
Jonathan Boston submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025 • A guest post sharing Jonathan Boston's submission on the RSB
Jonathan Boston submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025
A guest post sharing Jonathan Boston's submission on the RSB
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Jonathan Boston submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025 • A guest post sharing Jonathan Boston's submission on the RSB
Max Harris submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025 • A guest post sharing Max Harris' submission on the RSB
Max Harris submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025
A guest post sharing Max Harris' submission on the RSB
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February 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Max Harris submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025 • A guest post sharing Max Harris' submission on the RSB