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PRECARIOUS JOBS IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC: WHAT DOES OUR TERTIARY EDUCATION SECTOR STAND TO LOSE?

May 13, 2020November 2, 2020

When the public thinks of casual employment, they might think of teenagers working after school at The Warehouse, or backpackers […]

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Dear John, could you be the Kingmaker? Intriguing possibilities in 2020 New Zealand election

March 11, 2020April 9, 2020

Published March 11, 2020: ‘The Big Q’ – University of Auckland Recent political polling suggests that the 2020 New Zealand general election […]

Politics & Health

Water fluoridation: Ending the (nearly) hundred years war

June 8, 2019April 9, 2020

Published June 18th, 2019: Stuff.co.nz – Fairfax Media Capital gains taxes, less punitive approaches to criminal justice and substantive welfare […]

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Arthur Taylor has a point on prisons, however

February 15, 2019May 28, 20202 Comments

I agree with Arthur Taylor, prisons are terrible places. Few staff and even fewer prisoners want to be there, each […]

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1080 and Water Fluoridation: Opponents who drink from the same anti-science trough

August 30, 2018May 9, 20195 Comments

I had a pretty gnarly rental in 2014. Situated in what one might euphemistically label as the economically diverse melting […]

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Lauren who? Mr Howard, we’re detaining you on character grounds

July 30, 2018February 17, 2019

This piece was republished by the Sociological Association of Aotearoa / New Zealand.  Ask any New Zealander this past week who […]

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Telling Madison Recruitment to go f*** themselves: Census 2018

January 31, 2018April 6, 202011 Comments

Trudging off to University on a mid December weekend doesn’t come with all that many highlights. Sweaty, tired and a […]

Aus Zealand Politics & Health

Teenage Parties? Leave it to the Woodstock generation, and their obvious infallibility

November 6, 2017November 9, 20172 Comments

An edited version of this story was republished by The Spinoff on November 8th, 2017. I spent an hour chatting with the […]

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Penal Populism in New Zealand: Meandering further down the fairness spiral

October 25, 2017January 12, 2020

This piece also appeared on the Sociology New Zealand website. In our most recent election campaign the National Party co-opted a […]

Politics & Identity

Winston’s last stand: Tailoring the Emperor’s New Clothes, again.

September 21, 2017April 9, 2020

Leading into the 2014 election I recall Chris Trotter was feeling pretty optimistic, he even suggested National’s vote could slump […]

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