IN OPEN SEAS: How the New Zealand Labour Government Went Wrong, 2017-2023

Author(s): Brian Easton

Politics

An account of the policy development of the Ardern-Hipkins New Zealand Labour Government (2017-2023) which focuses on its policies in the context of New Zealand’s longer term economic history, updating Not in Narrow Seas. It includes chapters on wellbeing, economic and social development, the international order, migration and diversity, Māori issues, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, governance, generic management, the healthcare system, education and science, inequality, poverty, modernisation, covid policy, climate change and the evolving direction of New Zealand.

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  • : 9780473725730
  • : Kea Point
  • : UNKNOWN
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  • : Brian Easton

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  • Preface

  • Introduction

  • Prologue: The Sixth Labour Government

  • 1. Introducing the Author

  • 2. Wellbeing

  • 3. To Market, To Market

  • 4. Economic and Social Development

  • 5. The Environment

  • 6. Overpowering Markets

  • 7. The Rich World and Secular Stagnation?

  • 8. The International Order

  • 9. The Open Economy

  • 10. Migration and Diversity

  • 11. Māori

  • 12. Te Tiriti o Waitangi

  • 13. New Zealand’s Governance

  • 14. Centralised New Zealand 

  • 15. Co-governance

  • 16. Accountability

  • 17. The Public Record

  • 18. Generic Management

  • 19. The Healthcare System

  • 20. Education and Science

  • 21. Inequality

  • 22. Poverty

  • 23. Redistribution

  • 24. Modernisation

  • 25. Making Policy

  • 26. Covid Policy

  • 27. Climate Change

  • 28. The Public Discourse

  • 29. Mañana New Zealand

  • Epilogue

  • Appendix: Sailing in a New Direction

  • Bibliography