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• Agenda
  Website of the political interview television show, Agenda. Includes transcripts for each programme, and information about the Agenda team and panel.
  
  
• Aotearoa Independent Media Centre
  Website covers current events by political activists.
  
  
• Arena
  Arena is an Aotearoa/New Zealand network of individuals and organizations committed to resist 'globalization' in all its forms. Includes articles on, and links to, articles on current issues.
  
  
• AtP : an Antipodean electronic journal of world affairs
  AntePodium (AtP) is an electronic journal dedicated to scholarly research on the politico-strategic, politico-economic and politico-cultural dimensions of world affairs. It is interdisciplinary and eclectic. It is not confined to traditional political science boundaries and welcomes articles from interested academics from a wide range of disciplines. AtP is published by the Victoria University of Wellington School of Political Science and International Relations.
  
  
• Back benches
  Informative and satirical television show hosted by Wallace Chapman, featuring the following segments: Peeping and peering, News wrap, The Pub quiz, Real view, and others. Site includes video clips from the show and the opportunity for viewers to share content by posting videos and comments.
  
  
• Binding citizens initiated referendums
  Site promoting BCIR (Binding Citizens Initiated Referendums), explaining the objectives of referendums and how the referendum process works. Includes contact details for MPs and newspaper editors.
  
  
• Coalition Agreement : New Zealand First and the National Party
  The text of the Coalition Agreement between the National Party and New Zealand First in 1996, with key policy initiatives and fiscal implications.
  
  
• Colin James : political journalist & analyst New Zealand
  Papers; speeches; columns previously published in the New Zealand herald and in Management magazine and articles by the New Zealand journalist and author.
  
  
• CSS : Centre for Strategic Studies = Te Pōkapu Take Rautaki Aotearoa
  An independent national think-tank, founded in 1993 with the task of sustaining levels of awareness and understanding within New Zealand about the external environment in which the nation must operate in the 21st Century. In addition to a list of books for sale, the site provides online publications, including working papers, discussion papers, strategic briefing papers, newsletters, seminars and reports and contributions. There is a link to the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific.
  
  
• Department of Political Science and Public Policy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences = Te Kura Kete Aronui
  At the University of Waikato. Courses, staff and research.
  
  
• Elections New Zealand
  Website of the New Zealand electoral agencies, the Electoral Enrolment Centre, Chief Electoral Office and the Electoral Commission. Designed to encourage New Zealand electors to understand and participate in the electoral process. It includes information about how New Zealand is governed, how to enrol, how to vote, the Maori roll, and electoral news. Resources include publications, statistics, registered political parties.
  
  
• Electronic Democracy - New Zealand!
  Electronic Democracy is a group committed to the use of the Internet to develop a more community-based democracy in New Zealand. A range of full text documents and links are provided on the web site.
  
  
• Electronz
  Electronz is an free weekly e-zine devoted to monetary reform, and edited by Don Bethune. The site archives all back issues, and features a subscription form for receiving the e-zine by email.
  
  
• Exchange / the New Zealand Institute
  Newsletter of the New Zealand Institute, a privately funded body committed to generating debate, ideas and solutions on social and economic issues. All issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Future New Zealand
  Future New Zealand is a political party, created in 2007, with a constitutional commitment to Judeo-Christian values. The site includes news articles and video links to speeches being given by its members.
  
  
• History of the vote
  Website for the exhibition, based on the book Adventures in democracy: a history of the vote in New Zealand, published Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press in association with the Electoral Commission, 2003. The exhibition traces the evolution of New Zealand's democracy over 150 years.
  
  
• Institute for Liberal Values of New Zealand
  Promotes awareness of and support for classical liberalism. Publishes articles which discuss many contemporary issues, such as civil liberties, crime and environmentalism, from a liberal perspective.
  
  
• Instructions to Captain Hobson, HM Consul to New Zealand
  Acknowledgement of New Zealand as a sovereign state in the instructions to HM Consul to New Zealand in 1839.
  
  
• International Socialist Organisation Aotearoa New Zealand
  Explains the political beliefs of the NZ International Socialists. Includes meeting details, articles from the 'Socialist review', and links to other socialist and progressive sites.
  
  
• John Minto : [blog]
  Personal weblog of John Minto, containing his weekly column for the Christchurch Press.
  
  
• johnkey.co.nz : join the conversation
  Profiles John Key and outlines policies of the New Zealand National Party. Includes video clips of John Key's and other party members' activities and texts of keynote addresses.
  
  
• Kiwiblog
  David Farrar's personal blog, covering chiefly politics, but also technology and the Internet
  
  
• Māori independence site
  Focuses on the move for tino rangatiratanga. Current and historical information on Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi especially with regard to protest.
  
  
• Manutukutuku / Te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
  The Waitangi Tribunal's official newsletter.
  
  
• New Zealand Election Study
  The New Zealand Election Study (NZES) is funded by the Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology (FRST). Through the analysis of political behaviour over five successive New Zealand elections it is monitoring the democratic process in New Zealand during a period of social and economic change and, most particularly, during the transition between electoral systems. The site provides a description of NZES and a bibliography of publications, many of which are availble in PDF format.
  
  
• New Zealand Foreign Policy Research Archive : Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland
  The NZFRPA makes New Zealand foreign policy research available to the academic, commercial, and policy communities in New Zealand and overseas, providing New Zealand foreign policy analysts with a repository of research information and contacts and a venue for the lodging of new research information as it is generated. Includes information about the archive, details of individual researchers and research organisations, and online research papers.
  
  
• New Zealand Institute of International Affairs
  An independent non-government organisation which seeks to promote discussion and understanding of international issues that affect New Zealand. Access to summaries of articles appearing in the journal New Zealand international review.
  
  
• New Zealand Institute
  Includes introduction to new privately funded body committed to generating debate, ideas and solutions on social and economic issues. Provides details of research, including publications, media releases and an online discussion forum.
  
  
• New Zealand Political Change Project
  A study of the impact upon the political system of the introduction of proportional representation in 1996. The site includes a bibliography of Project publications.
  
  
• New Zealand Political Studies Association
  Information about the society which facilitates common interest in the study of politics.
  
  
• NF : New Zealand National Front
  Organisation "concerned with the preservation and advancement of the unique New Zealand European culture".
  
  
• Nzvotes.org
  Information about the 2005 general election for New Zealand voters. Includes details of the main NZ political parties, and their policies, a map and listing of electorates, a guide to voting under MMP, a summary of the NZ 2002 election results, press releases from the major NZ political parties in Parliament, educational resources, and candidate information.
  
  
• Peace researcher : the official journal of the Anti-Bases Campaign
  Peace Researcher is published by the Anti-Bases Campaign of Christchurch. It covers a range of peace issues with emphasis on foreign military bases and intelligence topics. The site also gives subscription details for the print edition.
  
  
• policy.net.nz : political policy online
  Compares the policies of all the main New Zealand political parties in detail.
  
  
• Rankin file
  Keith Rankin is a political economist and economic historian. The web site contains a full-text archive of selected columns and articles, including articles on universal basic income. It also includes some charts of the New Zealand economy from various sources and links to political economy, public policy and news sites.
  
  
• Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand
  The site provides the opportunity to find out about republicanism and the Republican Movement in New Zealand (through newsletters, policy papers, an online library), to share ideas, and ways to get involved in the movement.
  
  
• School of History, Philosophy and Politics
  Massey University's School of History, Philosophy and Politics was formed in 1998 through a merger of various humanities schools. Outline of courses available, degrees offered, programmes of study etc., staff directory. Features list of research projects and theses available. Includes access to PolWeb Aotearoa, a directory of Web resources for political studies.
  
  
• Shafts of Strife
  Shows all 57 episodes of this 1980s comic strip, created by political cartoonist Trace Hodgson.
  
  
• Snap!
  Snap! is a weekly broadsheet covering community, political and industrial relations issues in Wellington and New Zealand. All issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Spark
  The Spark is published by the Revolutionary Workers' League (published by the Workers' Party of New Zealand until May 2004). It aims to "expose the nature of imperialism and exploitation, and stand unreservedly for the class interests of the workers and all who are oppressed". Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Tracy Barnett, journalist
  Tracey Barnett is an American journalist working in New Zealand. Site includes her articles on international, New Zealand and American politics, social issues, etc.
  
  
• Trans Tasman
  Trans Tasman provides news on the significant trends in political and economic affairs, including the sharemarket. Headlines of current issue and selected content available free; full text of current and previous issues available to subscribers only. Issues are also available by email in PDF or Microsoft Word formats, to subscribers only.
  
  
• World Socialist Party (New Zealand)
  Information about the objectives, activities and projects of the WSPNZ, including a history of the party, publications catalog, and library listing. A brief outline of socialist theory.