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The Aotearoa New Zealand Politics Network was established in 2014 to promote the study of Aotearoa New Zealand politics and to provide a supportive environment for post-graduates, practitioners and researchers of politics in Aotearoa.
The Aotearoa New Zealand Politics Network is a place for the study of the domestic politics of Aotearoa New Zealand, including research on local government and the study of public policy.
The network holds zoom seminars regularly throughout the academic year to hear about completed, ongoing and emerging research. These meetings follow a very relaxed and informal style of engagement to encourage broad participation. We particularly encourage participation from post-graduate students, and researchers who are at any stage of their project development.
Seminars from 2021 and 2022 are listed below:
20 May
Joshua Ferrer
Election Lawmaking in New Zealand: A Research Agenda
8 July
Valerie Wallace and
Rebecca Lenihan
Introducing the People of Parliament Project
22 July
Shirin Brown
Bureacrazy: The local board member experience of Auckland Council processes
26 August
Tohunga Riwai
Media framing of Māori in relation to He Puapua 2021
23 September
Joshua James
Gay Neo-Nazis: queering white supremacy, or, queer white supremacists?
11 June
Luke Oldfield
Populism in criminal justice reform
2 July
Salma Malik
Online media, politics and young people
23 July
Luna Zhao
Political marketing and Chinese voters
13 August
Tim Fadgen
Public Policy research
3 September
Maria Bargh
Towards a ‘tika’ political science in Aotearoa New Zealand
1 October
Michael Swanson
The leader of the opposition and MMP
29 October
Will Dreyer
New Zealand select committees
For the upcoming schedule of seminars, please email Professor Janine Hayward.
The Aotearoa Politics Network will hold a day workshop in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington on 28 November 2022. This is the day before the online NZPSA/TKTToA conference begins. A catered lunch will be provided for those who can attend in person (Rutherford House), and Zoom will be available for those who want to attend remotely. Registration is free and we particularly welcome post-graduate students to join us.
The purpose of the day is to have a semi-structured round-table discussion about current research projects. We would like to profile research about the local government elections in October and forecast ahead to research planned for the general election next year. We will also run a panel session for post-grad students to share advice and tips about combining conferences and publications with writing a thesis.
The network membership in open to anyone interested in politics in Aotearoa. We particularly welcome post-graduate students, practitioners and scholars who are looking for a supportive, informed and enthusiastic audience for their ideas and research.
If you wish to the join the network and be a part of our mailing list, please contact Professor Janine Hayward.
