Coherent

By Melanie Nelson

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Episodes: 26

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 Melanie Nelson hosts in-depth interviews unpacking the political issues shaping Aotearoa New Zealand today. Join us as we explore the sweeping reforms transforming our society, affecting areas like the environment, Indigenous rights, and social cohesion. Our conversations provide clarity, context and hope in uncertain times. 


Episode Date
#24: The Regulatory Takings Experiment Comes to the RMA - Greg Severinsen EDS
Aug 10, 2026
#23: From kauri forests to Fiordland: Mapping the risk to conservation land
Jul 10, 2026
#22 Forest & Bird: 100% of public conservation land still at risk of commercial exploitation
Jun 28, 2026
#21 Allan Brent FMC: What the Conservation Amendment Bill could mean for recreation
Jun 25, 2026
#21: Poverty by design: Rebecca Macfie on justice, systems, and what needs to change
Mar 26, 2026
#19: Eugenie Sage: Stewardship Land on West Coast - What Was Lost
Jan 30, 2026
#20: Tina Porou: RMA reforms - power, participation and the future of environmental law
Jan 30, 2026
#18: Eugenie Sage: Modernising Conservation or Selling it Off?
Aug 15, 2025
#17: Sir Geoffrey Palmer on the RSB: Unworkable, Unconstitutional, Unacceptable
Jun 22, 2025
#16: Dame Anne Salmond: Democracy at Risk — The RSB and the Fight for Our Future
Jun 21, 2025
#14: Economist Paul Dalziel: RSB Flawed Principles, No Standards
Jun 20, 2025
#15: Dr Rebekah Graham: The RSB, Disability, and the Politics of Exclusion
Jun 20, 2025
#13: Dr Carwyn Jones on the RSB: Constitutional Reversal and the Rise of Anti-Treaty Lawmaking
Jun 20, 2025
#12: Bill Rosenberg: How the RSB Privileges Power and Undermines the Public Good
Jun 19, 2025
#11: Democracy or Oligarchy? Chloe Swarbrick on the Regulatory Standards Bill
Jun 17, 2025
#10: Melanie Baker-Jones: Climate, Risk, and the Regulatory Standards Bill
Jun 15, 2025
#9: Marie Doole: Regulatory Capture and the Risks Inside the Regulatory Standards Bill
Jun 12, 2025
#8: Max Harris: The Hidden Agenda in New Zealand’s Regulatory Overhaul
Jun 10, 2025
#7: MP Duncan Webb on the RSB: How Property Rights Trump People, Prices, and Democracy
Jun 10, 2025
#6: What Happens to Public Health When Corporates Set the Rules? | Dr Gary Payinda on the RSB
Jun 07, 2025
#5: Economist Geoff Bertram: What the Regulatory Standards Bill Reveals About the Future of Government
Jun 06, 2025
#4 Russel Norman on the Regulatory Standards Bill: Deregulation, Democracy, and the Fight for the Environment
Jun 06, 2025
#3: Melanie Nelson - Libertarianism in legislation: Unpacking the Regulatory Standards Bill
Jan 01, 2025
#2: The “Everything Bill”: Jonathan Boston on Why New Zealand’s Regulatory Standards Bill Matters
Dec 20, 2024
#1: A Legal Straitjacket: Jane Kelsey on Neoliberalism and the Regulatory Standards Bill
Dec 19, 2024
Introducing Coherent with Melanie Nelson
Dec 10, 2024