The new enrolment restrictions risk real damage to our social fabric. Column today: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

'Garrison World: Redcoat Soldiers in New Zealand and across the British Empire' by Charlotte Macdonald publishes in November. Preorder now from your local bookseller or through our website: www.bwb.co.nz/books/garrison... 📷 Neil Pardington

🆕 #NewZealand #PoliticalData ✂️ In 2024, PM #ChristopherLuxon & the new coalition government cut public spending, advanced reforms, faced Māori opposition + delivered tax relief while reversing Labour’s policies, report @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @willdreyer.bsky.social. 👉 buff.ly/bgF78Sb

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices! Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior

2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices

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Important contribution from my Te Herenga Waka-VUW and Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha-UC colleagues on the history, achievements, and limits of the 🇳🇿 Citizenship (Western Samoa) (Restoration) Amendment Act 2024. 👏

GLOBALCIT@globalcit.bsky.social · last yr.

Nikitha Aithal, Helena Cook, Marnie Lloydd and Julija Sardelić focus on 🇳🇿 2024 citizenship restoration for Sāmoans, arguing it treats the symptoms, not the systems of colonial injustice Justice means dismantling ongoing racism & exclusion, not just restoring legal status ⚖️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/56wjhr8w

I really wish someone in the opposition would move this motion in the House tomorrow (as per, eg, the C19 PHR Act). The motion would almost certainly fail but we need to build a stronger expectation that such scrutiny shouldn’t get dispensed with in the law-making process.

Dr Dean Knight@drdeanknight.bsky.social · last yr.

- immediately refer amended Act to select committee for post-enactment review.

PSA for Wellington folks: Political Science and IR Seminar @VUW today, Thursday 8 May, 3:00pm, 16 Kelburn Parade. Speaker: Prof Ruth Dassonneville (KU Leuven; Univ. de Montréal) Title: The Dimensionality of Party Competition As Seen By Citizens All welcome! Or DM me for Zoom link.

Selecting Diversity: @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @samcrawley.bsky.social examine ethnicity, party strategies & candidate selection in New Zealand Elections (1996–2020) - buff.ly/QWZ2bNU (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky

Wellington, we have an abundance of incredible treats at the Crofton Downs School Fair. Open until 2pm!!

Vision for Wellington's first event drew a large crowd, but their ideas for the future if the city mostly involved going back to the past. thespinoff.co.nz/society/21-0...

A vision of the 90s: James Cameron’s Vision for Wellington event, reviewed

The new political group's first event drew a large crowd whose ideas for the city's future mostly involved going back to the past.

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The same councillors who decry excessive spending on pet projects just voted to pump millions of dollars into a house for flowers. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...

Windbag: Begonia House and the hypocrisy of ‘nice-to-haves’

The same councillors who decry excessive spending on pet projects just voted to pump millions of dollars on a greenhouse for flowers.

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Had an OIA on the Marsden decisions land. This appears to be the ground zero and the level of thinking Collins put into gutting humanities funding. I have found no actual *advice* or analysis on the removal of humanities panels and literally zero engagement with Royal Society or Universities.

Hell. This is what I meant when I said implementation of these reforms matters more than the stated policy. It is also absolutely counter to the SSAG report that recommended disestablishing Callaghan Innovation; it was very clear that the scale on which these reforms need to be implemented is YEARS

Manu Caddie@manucaddie.bsky.social · 2y ago

200 scientists at Callaghan just got told their jobs are to be disestablished on 30 June, not being transferred to new Public Research Organisations. #braindrain #nzpol #shitgovt

New paper out in @polstudies.bsky.social with @samcrawley.bsky.social on diversity & candidate selection patterns in NZ elections, 1996-2020. We examine ethnicity, representation outcomes, and how parties navigate electoral system incentives. May be of interest to @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social folks!

Political Studies@polstudies.bsky.social · 2y ago

Selecting Diversity: @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @samcrawley.bsky.social examine ethnicity, party strategies & candidate selection in New Zealand Elections (1996–2020) - https://buff.ly/49CMB9J (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

Come join us at @vicuniwgtn for this important post-doc. ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Media Statement: Letter from the Board on funding cuts to New Zealand Marsden Fund

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Grateful to be spending time at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, where I'll be giving a research seminar on Mon, 9 December. If you're in Paris & interested in political parties, candidate selection & ethnic diversity, come along! Registration link: www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

[Séminaire d'axes] Selecting diversity: party strategies, electoral system incentives, and candidate selection in New Zealand

with Fiona Barker, Victoria University of Wellington

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You do not need an EasyVote Card to vote. You do not even need to be enrolled and you do not need to take identification with you when you go to vote. If you are a NZer over the age of 18, just show up to a polling booth and you will be able to vote. Pass it on.