While political trust has declined in democracies the world over for several decades, New Zealand historically defied this trend. However, since 2021, New Zealand’s political trust has also been on the decline. According to the Acumen Edelman Trust Barometer 2024, it now sits below the global average. This article explores the decline in political trust in New Zealand and argues that placing limits on the use of parliamentary urgency is one action we can take to rebuild it. Constraining the use of urgency will not fix our trust problem outright, but it constitutes a good place to start.
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