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Ben Smith

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Ben is a homesick kiwi based in Los Angeles, and a doctoral researcher in the social psychology and neuroscience of risky decision-making at the University of Southern California.

Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters get into governing mode. Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

An accountability checklist: how to tell if the new government is performing

It's easy to forget pledges of the past. Ben Smith looks at a selection of policy areas, what was promised, and the tangible outcomes that might tell us whether they're being honoured.

By Ben Smith | 23rd January, 2018