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Power and food prices keep climbing. Helen Clark argues we should give the Commerce Commission real power over the monopolies negatively impacting New Zealanders. Preorder the Foundation's upcoming...

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Australia matters more to New Zealand than we do to them. Yet that, says Stephen Jacobi, is exactly why we have to keep working at it. Full clip from our ‘Australia, New Zealand and the World’ web...

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"It never looks beyond the next election" Sir Geoffrey Palmer on why New Zealand's reactive, short-term approach to policy making left us completely unprepared for the climate disasters we were war...

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Pacific neighbours are looking for genuine partners. Jeremy Dicker on how New Zealand and Australia should show up in the region. Full clip from our ‘Australia, New Zealand and the World’ webinar....

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The Rt Hon Helen Clark and economist Shamubeel Eaqub discuss the findings of the Helen Clark Foundation's second annual Social Cohesion in New Zealand report. The 2026 survey of nearly 3,000 New Ze...

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“Misinformation, echo chambers, and political polarization” Jonathan Boston on the negative societal impacts of AI Full clip from our ‘New Zealand’s key policy challenges’ webinar 🎬 https://youtu..

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Some children are on an up escalator from the moment they're born: warm homes, laptops, the right school zone. Others face barrier after barrier. Max Rashbrooke on why you can't separate economic i...

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Dr Ganesh Nana reframes the narrative on inequality. Full clip from our 'Exploring Inequality' webinar. 🎬 https://youtu.be/JHekGXZW6yY?si=UaIkQZsEJCqyecOu #nzpolitics #nzpol #helenclark #inequalit

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“We have champagne taste on a beer economy” Our patron Helen Clark describes the tax tradeoffs that must be made in order to fund the services Kiwis expect. Sign up for our upcoming webinar ‘Insu...

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Insurers usually pay roughly $250m per year for climate related events. In 2023, $3.8bn was paid out in one month. Hon. Kris Faafoi describes how climate change is impacting New Zealanders' insuran...

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“We’re building more things in riskier places” Richard Woods explains how our infrastructure developments are often under climate threat from the outset. Sign up for our upcoming webinar ‘Insurin...

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Risk-based insurance pricing leads to wider negative impacts for the New Zealand public beyond individual homeowners, Kali Mercier explains. Sign up for our upcoming webinar ‘Insuring the Future’ ...

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Did you know that 40% of your insurance premium are government levies? Hon. Kris Faafoi explains what actually makes up insurance premiums. Sign up for our upcoming webinar ‘Insuring the Future’ t...

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Silence, passivity, or freezing cannot be treated as consent. Dr. Rachael Burgin explains what affirmative consent law would actually change, and what trauma research already tells us. Full clip f...

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New Zealand case law from the 1980s described consent as "tearful, reluctant, or unwilling." Professor Anna High explains what our law currently says — and what needs to change. Full clip from our...

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Our Foundation’s Patron Helen Clark discusses the current state of housing (un)affordability in New Zealand. Full clip from our ‘Leadership in Challenging Times’ public event. 🎬 https://youtu.be/I..

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Rt Hon Helen Clark describes the conditions in which populism arises Full clip from our ‘Leadership in Challenging Times’ public event. 🎬 https://youtu.be/ISmA-Zcg9lM?si=M6KaM33NnTi1VMwQ #nzpol #..

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Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull discusses the importance of compulsory and preferential voting. Full clip from our ‘Leadership in Challenging Times’ public event. 🎬 https://youtu..

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Rt Hon Helen Clark explains how New Zealand and Australia cannot take the friendship of our Pacific neighbours for granted. Full clip from our ‘Leadership in Challenging Times’ public event. 🎬 htt..

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Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull explains the difference between promising actions and outcomes. Full clip from our ‘Leadership in Challenging Times’ public event. 🎬 https://youtu..

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