Articles from ‘elocal magazine’ in ‘In Depth’

Artificial intelligence, digital identity, biometric recognition and automated surveillance are transforming societies around the world. As governments adopt increasingly sophisticated technologies in the name of public safety and efficiency, a larger constitutional question is emerging: are the laws designed to protect individual liberty evolving just as quickly? eLocal Investigates: This report examines the growing debate surrounding…

The India FTA entrenches policies that would not survive the floor of Parliament on their own - uncappable immigration, CBDC, UNDRIP, transfer of our cultivars to a competitor, a US$20B obligation enforceable by India. FTAs used to be about trade. By Joshua Riley · The India Free Trade Agreement has been presented to New Zealanders as a breakthrough deal - one that opens a vast market of 1.4 billion people and promises new opportunities for…

A new episode of the Duncan Garner Podcast has reignited debate over parliamentary spending, with broadcaster Duncan Garner and Taxpayers' Union spokeswoman Ella Dixon questioning whether politicians are showing the same financial restraint being demanded of ordinary New Zealanders. By eLocal Report · The discussion centred on recently released parliamentary expense figures which show Parliament spent more than $200 million during 2025, before…

A recent Redeacted News investigation hosted by Natalie Morris is drawing renewed attention to the origins of modern Christian Zionism and the controversial history behind one of the most influential study Bibles ever published. · The report centres on the Scofield Reference Bible, a heavily annotated Bible first published in the early 1900s that helped popularise the belief that the modern state of Israel plays a central role in biblical…

How the modern credit system shapes who owns New Zealand — and who pays for it · There is a growing gap in New Zealand. · Not just between rich and poor. · But between how the system is explained — and how it is experienced. · In policy papers, it is described as: · stable regulated essential · At the kitchen table (reality as a citizen wage earner), it looks very different. · It looks like two incomes barely keeping up. It looks like 40,…