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