Pete McKenzie looks at what he describes as a "spiralling polarisation" of identity in NZ, arguing it threatens to slowly rip apart Aotearoa’s social fabric.
Pete McKenzie
Pete McKenzie is a freelance journalist focused on politics, foreign affairs & defence and social affairs.
NZ's perverse ethnic wealth gap
Pete McKenzie traces Aotearoa's wide – and worsening – wealth gap between ethnic groups back to colonial land confiscation.
Students' futures hang in limbo
The economic repercussions of coronavirus are impacting all areas of society. Pete McKenzie looks at what it's like for students around the country.
Activist boot camps need brown voices
Young people are being inspired at environmental and political activism boot camps – but too few of them are Māori or Pasifika, writes Pete McKenzie
NZ tobacco companies use tax hikes as cover
NZ’s tobacco companies used annual tax increases as cover for significant voluntary price increases. Pete McKenzie reports.
When a progressive star falls
The scandals plaguing two formerly untouchable progressive heroes has them crashing back down to earth where they must wade through the same political muck as everyone else.
Big tobacco's stake in the NZ dating scene
Some of the world's largest tobacco companies are exploiting a regulatory grey zone to advertise to young Kiwis on app Tinder.
Time to rein in the cash in local politics?
Money talks. And nowhere as effectively as in campaign donations for local government elections. Peter McKenzie asks if we need limits on the private cash flowing into local politics.
Boris Johnson's unforeseen crisis
Boris Johnson’s elevation to the UK premiership has plunged him deep into a new crisis, and how he approaches it will be deeply revealing.
Will Democrats risk choosing a woman?
Democrats face a real conundrum in the candidate they pick to run against Donald Trump. Peter McKenzie explains why.
The man to decide Brexit. Maybe.
Boris John's decisiveness on Brexit is appealing, so much so he is on track to become Britain's next PM. Peter McKenzie explains why he is actually the least decisive and least reliable candidate in the field.
Peter McKenzie: The birth of a union
From the teachers' mega-strike to the spotlight on workplace bullying, Peter McKenzie examines NZ's recent and remarkable surge in union activity.