Articles from ‘elocal magazine’ in ‘Opinion’

Integrity Briefing: Can we trust the NZ Police not to cover up their own crimes?

elocal magazine • Opinion • 11 Nov 2025

by Dr Bryce Edwards

Yesterday’s bombshell report from the Independent Police Conduct Authority has exposed what Public Service Minister Judith Collins starkly described as corruption within New Zealand’s police force. On the question of whether the IPCA findings amounted to corruption, Collins was blunt: “If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck”. Her assessment of the scandal was equally damning: “a total lack of leadership and integrity at the highest…

The Govt's energy reforms are a cowardly capitulation to the gentailers

elocal magazine • Opinion • 1 Oct 2025

by Dr Bryce Edwards

After months of anticipation, the Government has unveiled its electricity market reforms. The verdict from across the political spectrum is damning: the package is a damp squib. · Despite soaring power prices and an energy crisis that saw factories shuttered and households shivering, the coalition’s package is startlingly modest. Newsroom journalist Marc Daalder was the first to label the plan a “damp squib” that ignores 8 of the 10 key…

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