I joined Jesse Mulligan on RNZ Afternoons to discuss Andy Burnham’s rapid rise to No. 10, the idea of “Manchesterism”, and what his early moves suggest about the direction of the new government. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2019044253/what-can-we-expect-from-the-uk-s-new-prime-minister

I joined Emile Donovan on RNZ Afternoons to discuss whether MMP is still fit for purpose 30 years after New Zealand’s first MMP election, and what changing the electoral system would, and would not, solve https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2019041232/politics-is-mmp-still-fit-for-purpose

I joined Emile Donovan on RNZ Afternoons to discuss the extraordinary turnover of UK prime ministers, Keir Starmer’s resignation, and whether Andy Burnham could translate his success in Greater Manchester into national leadership https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2019040444/seventh-pm-in-ten-years-what-on-earth-is-going-on-in-the-uk

I joined Jesse Mulligan on RNZ Afternoons to discuss the UK local and devolved elections, the rise of Reform UK and the Greens, and what the results could mean for Keir Starmer and the future direction of British politics.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2019034212/explainer-why-we-should-be-keeping-an-eye-on-the-uk-election

I joined Emile Donovan on RNZ Nights to discuss the growing use of generative AI in election campaigns, the regulatory challenges it creates, and what overseas approaches might offer New Zealand.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2019023263/are-we-ready-for-ai-this-election-year

An article on RNZ’s website discussing section 44 of the Australian constitution https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/337315/a-timeline-of-trans-tasman-political-chaos

In a 2012 NZ Herald column looking ahead to a future Labour government, David Farrar included me among a group of younger Labour figures he thought might eventually enter Parliament.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/david-farrar-the-seventh-labour-government/PVWH6T6GP633FSERT63ITS2BSA/

I ran for Wellington City Council in the Lambton Ward in 2010. The Sunday Star-Times reported that I had been elected. Unfortunately, nobody had told the voters.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/4216144/Capital-in-limbo