Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Thursday, 24 December 2009

Journey to the West

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I WAS ALWAYS the odd one out. The one they stared at. It was my colour, you see, the gift of my seafaring father. Black as the sluggish rive...
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Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Shadows of the Past

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Troubled Waters: Comfortably oblivious to their history, New Zealanders continue to believe in the moral superiority of their country's...
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Friday, 18 December 2009

Distress Signal

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A nation in distress: The anti-war film In The Valley of Elah ends with the hero running the US flag up the flagpole upside down - the inte...
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Thursday, 17 December 2009

Defending the Middle

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2009's Politicians of the Year: Both John Key and Phil Goff deserve our thanks for keeping New Zealand safe for democratic moderation. I...
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Banners in the Bush

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This article, originally published in The Independent of 7 May 2003, anticipates the intense debate which John Key’s recognition of the Tin...
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Monday, 14 December 2009

Who's Left?

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Who's Left? Phil Goff poses before the biker rally against ACC levy increases. Over the past fortnight, the identity and efficacy of th...
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Friday, 11 December 2009

The Moral Equivalent of War

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A World to Win: Containing CO2 emissions must become the moral equivalent of war. AS THE WORLD’S LEADERS gather in Copenhagen, the world’s p...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter has spent most of his adult life either engaging in or writing about politics. He was the founding editor of The New Zealand Political Review (1992-2005) and in 2007 authored No Left Turn, a political history of New Zealand. Living in Auckland with his wife and daughter, Chris describes himself as an “Old New Zealander” – i.e. someone who remembers what the country was like before Rogernomics. He has created this blog as an archive for his published work and an outlet for his more elegiac musings. It takes its name from Bowalley Road, which runs past the North Otago farm where he spent the first nine years of his life. Enjoy.
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