The submission surge: How having a say on new laws went from nerdy to normalWith select committees increasingly swamped with submissions, it's clear this once niche act has gone mainstream. But does it make any difference?By Shanti Mathias | 16th January, 2025Staff writer
Stayin’ alive at the Beehive in 2025: Your handy guide to the year ahead in politicsA hospital in limbo, a local body election and a deputy prime minister in waiting: welcome to politics, 2025 edition.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 16th January, 2025
The fate of Māori seats on councils lies with those who voteLocal elections will decide the future of Māori seats on councils, with referendums testing New Zealand's commitment to equitable representation and Te Tiriti principles.By Liam Rātana | 15th January, 2025
What’s all the fuss about the bill to regulate regulations?It's been overshadowed by another piece of Act Party legislation, but the Regulatory Standards Bill has some critics equally concerned.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 15th January, 2025
‘She knew before she could read’: The reality of raising a trans childA parent shares their experience and fears as public submissions are sought on the use of puberty blockers for gender-affirming care.By Raul Seatown | 15th January, 2025
Live updates: 16/7/84, one of the wildest days in New Zealand politicsWith the considerable benefit of hindsight and creative licence, we present July 16, 1984, as it happened.By Toby Manhire | 14th January, 2025Editor-at-large
NZ politics in 2025: The big issues on which the year will hingeWhat will dominate the headlines this year? Our pundits take a punt.By Group Think | 14th January, 2025A bunch of people
The Moment of Truth: Revisiting a wild night in NZ politicsThe Kim Dotcom challenge to John Key culminated in an extravaganza joining dots from the US, the UK and Russia – even North Korea. It got messy.By Toby Manhire | 13th January, 2025Editor-at-large
Gone By Lunchtime Live: A trip to 1980s New Zealand with Kim HillA special live edition of The Spinoff's politics podcast, revisiting the turbulent Lange years with special guest Kim Hill.By The Spinoff | 11th January, 2025Staff writers
Submissions reopened for treaty principles bill after record response and ‘technical issues’Submissions to the Justice Committee on the controversial legislation are currently tracking at three times the previous record number.By Toby Manhire | 9th January, 2025Editor-at-large
Celebrating the lynchpin of our democracy, parliament’s online petitions pageForget that bullshit biscuit tin. The parliament petitions page is the real receptacle for the nation’s political identity.By Hayden Donnell | 9th January, 2025Contributing writer
‘Grossly misleading to me and to the country’: the Lange-Douglas letters, unearthedThe meltdown in the relationship between the key players can be charted in an extraordinary exchange of correspondence.By Toby Manhire | 4th January, 2025Editor-at-large
A politician for the people: Dame Tariana Turia, 1944-2025A tribute to the co-founder of Te Pāti Māori, who has died aged 80. By Miriama Aoake | 3rd January, 2025Contributing writer
Ten wild political predictions for 2025Coups, councils, canines and constitutional crises: our pundits roll out their most outlandish prophecies for another year. By Group Think | 1st January, 2025A bunch of people
Making a splash: Is this the most impressive select committee submission ever?You really won't guess how it ends.By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 24th December, 2024The Bulletin editor
What it’s like to be made redundant by the Ministry of EducationI was one of hundreds of people who lost my government job this week. Here's exactly how it played out.By Anonymous | 23rd December, 2024Guest writer
Juggernaut: The ghosts of 1984Why do those Lange-Douglas years cast such a long shadow 40 years on?By Toby Manhire | 23rd December, 2024Editor-at-large
OpinionAll I want for Christmas is modern day slavery legislationIt would be a more wonderful time of year if I knew there was no exploitation under the Christmas tree.By Shanti Mathias | 22nd December, 2024Staff writer
A world on fire: the World Bulletin year in reviewLooking back at the events that made headlines around the globe in 2024. By Catherine McGregor | 19th December, 2024Contributing writer
In six hours, everything changed: Watching Korea’s political turmoil from afarBy Rebekah Jaung | 18th December, 2024Guest writer
