Nina regularly publishes commentary in international media including the Washington Post, The Guardian, Die Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel, University World News and the Conversation. 

She has written a number of articles on New Zealand foreign policy, including on what a progressive foreign policy could look like, and advocated for more diverse voices on New Zealand’s role in the world.  She has co-founded a new independent organization, Te Kuaka  (formerly New Zealand Alternative) and edited a book on New Zealand’s role in the world: Beyond These Shores, Aotearoa and the World. She was previously a regular commentator on international relations on Radio New Zealand, Nights.

Some Recent Public Commentary 

Eilstrup-Sangiovanni and Nina Hall, “How New Digital Technologies are Transforming Climate Activism” Politics and Rights Review, 5 January 2025.

Hall, Nina and Amanda Tattersall, “Why Organizers Need Mobilizers and Mobilizers Need Organizers”, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 13 March 2024.

Hall, Nina and Rhieve Grey, “New Zealand Abandons Indigenous Rights and Pacific Priorities in Foreign Policy”, The Diplomat, 21 Dec 2023.

Hall, Nina. “The Power of Digital Advocacy”, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 22 November, 2022.

Hall, Nina. “How New Zealand helped to shape the racist world order”, Stuff, 18 November 2022.

Hall, Nina. “Five things Americans should know about Jacinda Ardern’s visit to the US this week”, The Monkey Cage, Washington Post, May 24, 2022.

Hall, Nina. “WHO and the global response to COVID-19”, RNZ Nights, 1 February 2022.

Hall, Nina. “Political Change in Germany”, RNZ Nights, 14 December 2021.

Hall, Nina, Charlie Lawrie, and Sahar Priano “Climate activism has gone digital, disruptive and is facing up to racism within the movement”, The Conversation, 1 December 2021.

Hall, Nina. “Climate Activism at Glasgow: Does the rise of digitally distributed activism challenge traditional climate NGOs?”. Cambridge University Press Blog, 8 October 2021.

Hall, Nina. “European Politics”. RNZ Nights, 12 October 2021.

Hall, Nina. “Can Germany’s Traffic Light Coalition slow climate change?” Newsroom, 5 October 2021.

Hall, Nina. “Floods and their Impacts for German Voters”, RNZ Nights, 3 August 2021.

Hall, Nina. “Who will replace Angela Merkel?”. RNZ Nights, 25 May 2021.

Hall, Nina. “New Zealand made the right call on supporting the vaccine waiver. Now comes the hard part”. The Spinoff, 17 May 2021.

Hall, Nina. “Getting a Vaccine to the World”, RNZ Nights, 16 March 2021.

Hall, Nina. What would a President Joe Biden mean for New Zealand?, The Spinoff, 2 November 2020.

Hall, Nina. Jacinda Ardern’s pandemic leadership will probably win her a second term in New Zealand. The Washington Post/Monkey Cage. 17 October 2020.

Hall, Nina. The border may be closed, but NZ ignores its place in the world at its peril, The Spinoff, Sept 8 2020.

Hall, Nina and Jess Auerbach, A new approach to social sciences, humanities in a time of crisis, University World News, 7 May 2020.

Hall, Nina, Max Harris, Thomas Nash, Evelyn Marsters, and Arama Rata, “NZ is winning global kudos for our Covid-19 response. How do we use it?”, The Spinoff, 8 May 2020.

Hall, Nina, ‘March for Science – a good idea?’, Die Zeit Online, 20 March 2017.

Hall, Nina and Rebecca Brubaker. “Gaps in global advocacy for the protection of migrants’ rights”, Open Democracy, 6 March 2017.

Hall, Nina. ‘Trump Gegen Turnbull’, Die Taz, 14 February 2017.

Hall, Nina. ‘What can the new United Nations Secretary General do to resolve the  refugee ‘crisis’?’, Der Tagesspeigel, 2 January 2017

Hall, Nina. ‘Why I swam across the Mediterranean’, The Guardian, 31 August 2015.

Hall, Nina and Ngaire Woods, ‘How to Select the next UN Secretary General’, Project Syndicate, 5 May 2015