From the OIA files
Videos
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The Start of a Shift
National’s under-16 social media ban: from a private aide-mémoire to a regulator for the internet.
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Documents: OIA releases from the Prime Minister’s Office, DPMC, Minister Stanford’s office, Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Health; the December 2025 Cabinet paper and minute, proactively released by Internal Affairs; the Education and Workforce Committee’s report; Bills 216-1 and 339-1. Each reference is on screen. Excerpts, for criticism and news reporting, each one continuous (our own recording has stumbles trimmed): National Party (Facebook, 24 August 2026); ACT New Zealand (YouTube, 28 July and 25 August 2026); NZ Parliament official coverage (13 May and 26 August 2026); Q+A with Jack Tame, TVNZ (17 May 2026); RNZ (24 August 2026); Free Speech Union (1 November 2026); Joshua Riley, Sovereign.
A Pathway to Residence
New Zealand immigration, 2024–2026: every door the Government opened, and two a treaty won’t let it cap.
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Documents: OIA releases from MBIE and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; the Immigration Minister’s August 2024 Cabinet paper and the Cabinet minutes ECO-24-MIN-0158 and ECO-24-MIN-0286; the Trade Minister’s letter TM010941; Immigration New Zealand’s instructions, amendment circulars and statistics; the NZ–India Free Trade Agreement; the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee’s report; Motu’s economic impact assessment; the UK Migration Advisory Committee’s 2015 review of Tier 2; Canadian (IRCC) and US (International Trade Administration) figures; RNZ (8 April 2024, 15 October 2026). Each reference is on screen. Excerpts, for criticism and news reporting, each one continuous: NZ Herald (22 September 2025 and 1 February 2026); Q+A with Jack Tame, TVNZ (18 February 2024 and 15 February 2026); RNZ (13 February 2026); Newstalk ZB, Mike Hosking Breakfast (18 May 2026); NZ Parliament official coverage, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee (29 January 2026).
One Voice in the Room
The Gene Technology Bill: six damning things from the OIA files.
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Documents: OIA responses obtained by GE-Free NZ. Hearing excerpt: NZ Parliament official coverage, Health Committee, 5 March 2025 (pauses and fillers trimmed). Footage: “Aerial views of a container terminal at the Port of Cork” by Filming Cork (CC BY 3.0) and “Pasture in Tay Valley – timelapse” by Rose Abrams (CC BY 4.0), both cropped and graded; The Beehive, Wellington, by Riddell Productions (CC0). All via Wikimedia Commons.
Optional by Design
AgriZeroNZ: around $154m of public money. Parliament has never seen its books.
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Documents: OIA releases from the Treasury and the Minister of Agriculture (FYI 35302 and 35304), including Treasury report T2022/1688 and the December 2022 Shareholders’ Agreement; MPI’s Annual Report 2024/25; AgriZeroNZ’s Year in Review 2024–25; the Companies Register; the Limited Partnerships Act 2008. Each reference is on screen. Excerpt, for criticism and news reporting, one continuous: Mike Hosking Breakfast, Newstalk ZB (17 November 2025, audio).