Tag: democracy
NZ election 2023: How a better funding model can help media strengthen social cohesion
This speech was this year’s David Beatson Memorial Address delivered at a Better Public Media meeting and debate in Grey Lynn last night on...
NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards – ‘a momentous day’
By Alisha Evans
After a 12-year fight, mana whenua will get a seat at the table after the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has...
Fijians are ‘fed up’ – no more coups in modern politics, says Ratuva
By Shayal Devi in Suva
“Our people are fed up with coups” — this is the message from renowned Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva as...
Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’
RNZ Pacific
The editor of the Marshall Islands Journal, Giff Johnson, is urging Pacific journalists not to be swayed by geopolitical narratives and to stay...
Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy
ANALYSIS: By Melissa Conley Tyler and Andrea Fahey
Today is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters are deciding on 65 members of Parliament to represent...
Why Australia and NZ could become republics – and stay in the Commonwealth
ANALYSIS: By James Mehigan
The coronation of King Charles III is an ideal time for Australia and New Zealand to take stock of the British...