National Business Review
On the path to localism
Having campaigned for localism over the past six years, I am excited about the shift politics toward it.
Local government
National Business Review
Challenges stack up for super minister
There is no more challenging task than making New Zealand’s cities thrive in the global era of urbanisation.
Insights
Swiss lessons in subsidiarity
Our new government is committed to subsidiarity and the regions.
Insights
Changing New Zealand’s government
New Zealand First has often called for such a devolution of power.
National Business Review
The power of ideas
“The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood.
National Business Review
Centralist reflexes run too deep
Because central government is so dominant, New Zealanders instinctively look at central government to deal with their local issues.
National Business Review
A tale of two countries
We have a choice in New Zealand if we are satisfied with our status quo and content to keep fighting the same old political battles for the next decades.
The New Zealand Herald
The benefits of going local
It is high time we brought policy-making closer to local communities.
Insights
Zoned in
What if New Zealand’s towns and cities had the freedom to deviate from national legislation?
Business Spectator
Britain’s localist revolution
George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered nothing short of a revolution to the way that Britain is governed.