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What Kind Of Leader? It’s the only definition of leadership that makes any sense in the world most people live in – which is not the corpor...

There Can Be Only One: Some might ask why National MPs would install yet another “successful business person” at the helm of their party? I...

Raising The Dead: There is a reason why so many of the signposts to old battle sites are weathered and overgrown; why lichen has been allow...

Nothing New: State-of-the-Nation speeches are opportunities for those charged with their delivery to demonstrate renewed political credibil...

Happiness Relocated: The revelation that the model, and her young daughter, whose smiling faces adorned the cover of Grant Robertson...

Its Hour Come Round At Last: Instead of being thankful that New Zealand’s democratic constitution transforms days of retribution into pea...

Leader In Waiting?  If this government falters, then the Opposition Leader will be perfectly placed to become the nation’s “Jacobite” lea...

Sunny Ways: I have participated in, and written about, politics for close to 40 years, but in all that time I can honestly say I have nev...

Magnificent Loser: Boudica may have raised the Ancient British tribes against their Roman rulers, but she proved to be no match for the d...

Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right: Winston Peters with his crucial nine NZ First seats can make or break the fortunes of both...

First Rule Of Parliamentary Politics - Learn To Count! Leader of the House, Chris Hipkins (Centre) confers with Finance Minister, Grant R...

The Ultimate Dirty Deal: When Hitler and Stalin - mortal ideological enemies - concluded their mutual non-aggression pact in 1939, the w...

An Emphatic Plurality: Bill English is on course to lead National into a fourth term with a greater share of the popular vote than “Kiwi ...