They walked for nine days, from the northern tip of Aotearoa, New Zealand to its political heart in Wellington. In November 2024, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (“March for the Treaty”) became the largest mobilization in support of Māori … Continue reading
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What happened to Te Tiriti o Waitangi?
The latter half of 2023 saw the end of a six-year-long liberal government in Aotearoa (New Zealand), whose last prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, recently resigned just 9 months before re-elections. Christopher Luxon, a former businessman and current leader of the … Continue reading
The Triumph of Jacinda Ardern
Whether it is a pandemic or terrorist attack, Ardern has distinguished herself both by her decisiveness when it comes to policy as well as through the warmth of her messaging. While her policy accomplishments in the past term can be described as modest, where Arden has been transformative is in her individual, often intuitive, conduct, and her COVID-19 crisis management suggests that she has all the tools to change the politics of the global north.