Bryce Edwards is a lecturer in Politics at Victoria University
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The horrific damage caused by forestry slash and vested interests
Industries want govt help to be profitable by reducing industry regulation and taxation.
Political Roundup: Misuse of power to entrench Three Waters legislation
The Government is showing its desperation with the new Three Waters rule.
Opinion: Can Three Waters be saved, or will Mahuta have to go?
The Government is determined to push through a deeply unpopular set of reforms for water.
Political Roundup: What's behind the rural revolt?
OPINION: It's nearly a week since the 'Howl of a Protest' took place throughout NZ.
Political Roundup – The Govt's historic ban on live animal exports
ANALYSIS: Pressure on Labour to ban live exports has been building for years.
Political Roundup: The pros and cons of the Zero Carbon Act
There's been plenty of back-slapping and high fives but not everyone is happy.
Political Roundup: Climate change still contentious for farmers
Is there "historic consensus" for farmers and environmentalists on climate change?
Political Roundup: The problems with declaring climate change emergencies
COMMENT: Is a state of emergency declaration over climate change a good thing?
Political Roundup: Has the Govt lost the debate on CGT?
Recent poll on capital gains tax is far from indicative of whether the public oppose plan.
Political Roundup: Should rodeos be banned in New Zealand?
Bryce Edwards asks whether it's cruel and archaic or a sport under fire.
Political Roundup: MPs don't mince their words on Air NZ's Impossible Burger
COMMENT: Bryce Edwards on the recent media furore caused by synthetic meat.
Political Roundup: The M. Bovis debacle deserves more debate
What has emerged from debate over M. Bovis is that NZ has been let down by authorities.
Political Roundup: The emotional Maori Party demise
The shock departure of the Maori Party was the only real upset of the election.
Be prepared for a Labour-NZ First government
COMMENT: Winston Peters could go either way, here's why it will likely be Labour.
Get ready for Prime Minister Winston Peters
COMMENT: Peters made a few grandiose and rather ridiculous statements at the weekend.
Political Roundup: NZ's 'like me' social media election campaign
COMMENT: The internet and social media has so much potential when it comes to politics.
Political Roundup: Peters' angry route to power
The New Zealand First conference in the weekend showed that Winston Peters is becoming the hybrid "Trump and Sanders of New Zealand politics".
Bryce Edwards: The ideological basis of the 'Fonterror' scandal
"Was the Fonterra milk scandal caused by New Zealand being 'hostage to a blinkered devotion to laissez-faire market ideology'?" asks Bryce Edwards.