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Feature: the union movement and the Te Tiriti
The Treaty of Waitangi means whatever you want it to mean, as long as you’re against it. Columnists condemn it, courts misconstrue it, and some…
Mar 10, 2020
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Morgan Godfery
Jonesy targets the Indian community - that's not good
Isn’t it astonishing that, not even two weeks out from the Christchurch shooting’s first anniversary, the senior cabinet minister Shane Jones – an MP…
Mar 5, 2020
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Morgan Godfery
February 2020
The four issues that'll shape the (Māori) election
Over the next month I’ll publish a series examining the issues this election might turn on in the Māori electorates. Today, the issue under the…
Feb 20, 2020
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Morgan Godfery
Here are the seven winners in the Māori seats
Te Tai Tokerau Winner: Kelvin Davis (Labour) holds The rumours were doing the rounds last year and the year before that Hone Harawira might stand again…
Feb 6, 2020
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Morgan Godfery
January 2020
Can Marama Davidson really win Tāmaki Makaurau?
I suspect there are only three people who can break Labour’s hold on Tāmaki Makaurau, the Māori electorate taking in most of the Auckland Isthmus: it’s…
Jan 29, 2020
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Morgan Godfery
December 2019
When I was growing up volcanic activity on Whakaari was continuous – yesterday was different
At 2.11pm yesterday, as the Whakaari eruption was happening, I was out mowing my lawns. From my home at Te Kaha, a tiny settlement on the North Island’s…
Dec 10, 2019
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Morgan Godfery
Could Tāmaki Makaurau decide the next election?
This piece originally appeared in the November-December 2019 issue of Metro magazine, with the headline 'In the hot seat'. You have 12 months left to…
Dec 3, 2019
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Morgan Godfery
November 2019
I live in a gang town and Simon Bridges' zero-tolerance approach won’t help one bit
It took me almost 10 years to notice that the green ink snaking across my old man’s forehead said “Mongrel Mob”. I never thought the bulldogs wrapping…
Nov 28, 2019
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Morgan Godfery
Only one parliamentary party lacks a Māori leader. Here’s how they fix it
“Parliamentary party leader” is probably the only decent demographic where Māori make up a majority. I mean, Ngāti Maniapoto’s Simon Bridges leads…
Nov 24, 2019
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Morgan Godfery
Against the "Treaty principles"
This essay was originally published at The Spinoff Atea. I suspect New Zealand is the only country where governments adhere to our founding document’s…
Nov 3, 2019
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Morgan Godfery
October 2019
They travel with shadows: what I learned interviewing former Māori politicians
After almost 10 years in and around media and politics, I’m not sure that I could ever encourage anyone to become an MP. Yeah, the status is no doubt…
Oct 25, 2019
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Morgan Godfery
Ihumātao: the government problem that won't go away
Kaitiaki at Ihumātao have been shut out of resolution talks with the government, RNZ reports, with a spokesperson telling the Te Manu Korihi team SOUL…
Oct 17, 2019
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Morgan Godfery
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