Needless to say, this has the TD team very excited. Increased awareness of deliberative methods is key to ensuring adoption; especially when these articles are showcasing success stories in our own backyard. The timing is also fantastic, with both local body and central government election campaigns deep enough into their planning that they’re looking for ways to differentiate; but not so deep that they’re locked in.
We believe this could be more than a flash in the pan; but the start of a wave of awareness, interest, and action to improve how we do democracy at all levels of Government in New Zealand. Fingers crossed!
Articles
Here are the articles we’ve seen so far. If we’ve missed any or you come across new articles about democratic innovations in Aotearoa New Zealand, please share via the comments below or email us at contact@trustdemocracy.nz.
Porirua Assembly on Climate
- The new frontier of democracy? A Treaty-based citizens’ assembly – Peter Glensor, Good IDEAs, 14/2/2025
- Porirua citizens’ assembly recommends climate change action – Justin Wong, The Post, 16/4/2025
- Climate change: Porirua locals & Ngāti Toa hold first citizens’ assembly to plan for future – Julia Gabel, The New Zealand Herald, 17 April 2025
- Porirua showing world better way to do democracy – Te tiriti-style – Helmut Modlik, The Post, 21/4/2025
- Kiwi citizens’ assembly succeeds in ‘experiment’ to find climate solutions – Marc Daalder, Newsroom, 26/4/2025
- In Porirua, democracy’s innovators deliver on their promises – Peter Glensor, Good IDEAs, 2/5/2025
- Making democracy work – Roy Murphy, a 5-part series published by Wellington Scoop, May 2025
- Part 1: Building the framework, 17/5/2025
- Part 2: Getting to know you, 18/5/2025
- Part 3: The youth speak up, 19/5/2025
- Part 4: Mana Whenua kōrero, 20/5/2025
- Part 5: Decisions, 22/5/2025
Rod Oram Essay Prize
- Winner of Rod Oram Memorial Essay Prize walks (and rides) the talk – Jonathan Milne, Newsroom, 26/4/2025
- Winning essay: Deliberating on a future for democracy in NZ – Mika Hervel, Newsroom, 26/4/2025
Democratic Renewal
- Is political trust ‘in crisis’? It depends – Max Rashbrooke, The Spinoff, 10/4/25
- 3-part Matike Mai series by Carwyn Jones, E-Tangata
- Part 1: Moving forward with Matike Mai, 27/4/2025
- Part 2: The building blocks of constitutional change, 4/5/2025
- Part 3: Making Matike Mai happen, 11/5/2025
- Is it time to fix democracy? – Ingenious: how research transforms our world Podcast, University of Auckland, Spotify, 28/5/2025
- Random people with real power – Nikki Mandow, Newsroom, 29/4/25
- We can’t keep leaving emergency planning to chance – Lianne Dalziel, Newsroom, 30/4/2025
- The building blocks of constitutional change – Carwyn Jones, E-Tangata, 4/5/2025, Part 2 of a 3 part series on ‘Moving forward with Matike Mai’