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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Who funds local democracy — and what do they expect in return? My latest column analyses the newly released local election donation data and finds a familiar pattern: developers, corporates and the wealthy dominating the megaphone: www.democracyproject.org.nz/p/democracy-...

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The NZ political left needs to take the “Abundance” debate seriously (as well as get involved in the contest of ideas, in general). A good letter to the Listener this week:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Tighten your belts, they say. Except when it comes to $2.7 billion toys. Austerity for the people, extravagance for the military. Bell’s cartoon today in The Post about the new “investment” in “subhunters”:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

The Integrity Institute wants to foster more media scrutiny of vested interests and integrity issues in NZ. One of our first steps is to make grants to media outlets to pay for journalists to conduct in-depth investigations. This is the first Newsroom item. What do you think? (link below)

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

“Ruffling feathers in the political lobbying world” — today’s Post piece on The Integrity Institute pulls no punches. Not all of it’s flattering, but that’s the cost of poking at power. Still, I’m pleased this debate is happening in public.

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Danyl Mclauchlan interviewed me for his excellent Listener cover story (“Paradise Lost”) explaining New Zealand’s decline, drawing attention to the role of vested interests in corroding politics and economy. Here’s an excerpt about lobbying:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

NZ has yet again slipped in the latest Transparency International Corruption Perception Index released tonight – declining in score from 85 to 83/100, and dropping in the rankings from 3rd to 4th. NZ used to be #1. The trendline continues downward as seen in this graph showing NZ’s ranking over time

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

NZ has a cohesive business & political elite that can make deals and policies via matey networks. I recently posted about Shane Jones’ annual Waitangi party in which he hosts lobbyists etc. And here’s some insightful commentary on the topic from the Sunday Star Times editor Tracy Watkins:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Danyl Mclauchlan’s very good analysis of the Regulatory Standards Bill in the latest Listener:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The Deputy PM has agreed to “roast” Cameron Slater:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Coverage in BusinessDesk today of the launch of The Integrity Institute:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Murdoch’s cartoon in The Post today on the Regulatory Standards Bill (and see my analysis piece published in The Post on Monday: www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...):

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Today, I'm launching an exciting project: The Integrity Institute, an organisation dedicated to scrutinising and challenging vested interests in NZ politics. My first analysis piece on the Government’s Regulatory Standards Bill was published in The Post. Please let me know your thoughts! Or re-post!

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

A whitewash? Cartoon by Murdoch in the Sunday Star Times today:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Simeon Brown, Health Minister - cartoon by Emmerson in the NZ Herald today:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Richard Mulgan – a giant of NZ political science, died in November. His obituary today in the Otago Daily Times by Mike Houlahan:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Culture wars Vs Bread and Butter politics - cartoon by Body in the NZ Herald today:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Privatisation - cartoon by Yeo in the ODT today:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Privatisation - cartoon by Emmerson in the NZ Herald today:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Cartoon by Emmerson in the NZ Herald today:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Cartoon by Vernon in The Post today:

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

As in NZ, the global Political Left is the most unpopular since the Cold War, according to 2024 elections, and it'd get worse. According to this analysis the left has suffered from culture wars, the decline of organised class politics, and left fragmentation: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Interislander ferry decision: Yeo - ODT 12 December 2024

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Interislander ferry decision: Emmerson - NZ Herald 12 December 2024

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Bryce Edwards @bryceedwards.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

79% of those who vote Labour, Green or Te Pati Māori agree with the statement that “New Zealand needs a strong leader to take the country back from the rich and powerful” – my column on NZ’s anti-Establishment mood: democracyproject.nz/2024/04/20/b...

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