Vaughan Gunson
Northern Advocate columnist.
Northern Advocate columnist Vaughan Gunson writes about life and politics.
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Opinion: Co-governance referendum is not the answer
Opinion: Debate needed on co-governance, not a referendum, writes Vaughan Gunson.
Vaughan Gunson: Five things about Omicron that will become clear in time
Whatever happens now, it will be new territory for us and the Government.
Vaughan Gunson on the Government's decision to remove Māori wards
Law allowing a council decision in favour of Māori wards to be overturned will be removed.
Comment: Election 2020 - where to from here?
Young and old drawn to Labour and Ardern for different reasons. National take note!
I'm in favour of NZ's elimination strategy - here are 7 reasons why
Better systems and policy will result because Kiwis care how NZ responds to Covid-19.
Who's the idiot that let border blunders happen?
Easy to criticise Government for being too strict one day and then too lax on another.
U-turn signal on fossil fuel welcome but...
Banning off-shore oil and gas exploration was easy, much harder decisions lie ahead.
Healthy perspective on things online needed
Should the likes of Facebook, Google and Amazon be allowed to run as virtual monopolies?
Opinion: Obama's era a missed opportunity
So often the seeds are sown by the actions of political figures in the past.
I'd like the property back please...
Theft is a tax levied on the divided society New Zealand has become.
Inequality and incarceration
New Zealand's prison rates are approaching the levels of the United States.