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News Briefing: 20 January 2026
GOVERNMENT
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Bryce Edwards
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Democracy Briefing: Luxon’s very low key start to the year
Christopher Luxon is back from holiday.
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News Briefing: 19 January 2026
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Jan 18
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Bryce Edwards
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Democracy Briefing: Replying to Richard Prebble’s critique of me
Nov 27, 2025
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Democracy Briefing: Will Labour fix broken New Zealand?
Nov 12, 2025
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Democracy Briefing: The $379m Parliament
Nov 24, 2025
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Democracy Briefing: Why Te Pāti Māori doesn’t want to fix Broken NZ
Nov 20, 2025
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Democracy Briefing: The Monopoly behind MisManageMyHealth
Jan 10
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Democracy Briefing: Bishop's bridge and the brazen return of pork-barrel politics
Nov 18, 2025
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Democracy Briefing: The Green Party’s culture war quagmire
In my last column, I laid out the sorry state of the Green Party as 2026 kicks off.
Jan 18
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News Briefing: Weekend Edition 18 January 2026
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Jan 17
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Bryce Edwards
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Democracy Briefing: Have the Greens lost their mojo?
The Green Party should be flying high right now.
Jan 16
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News Briefing: 16 January 2026
HOUSING
Jan 15
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Bryce Edwards
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Democracy Briefing: The Reforms NZ needs after MisManageMyHealth
After six columns dissecting the MisManageMyHealth debacle, the diagnosis is clear.
Jan 14
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Bryce Edwards
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News Briefing: 15 January 2026
RESERVE BANK
Jan 14
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Bryce Edwards
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News Briefing: 14 January 2026
MANAGE MY HEALTH SCANDAL, CANOPY HEALTHCARE HACK, DATA, DIGITAL SERVICES
Jan 13
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Bryce Edwards
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Democracy Briefing: How Tech lobbying enabled MisManageMyHealth
Fifteen years of warnings from three Privacy Commissioners.
Jan 12
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News Briefing: 13 January 2026
MANAGE MY HEALTH SCANDAL, CANOPY HEALTHCARE HACK
Jan 12
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Bryce Edwards
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