Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Thursday, 30 September 2010

The Mouths of Sauron

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The Mouth of Sauron? Attorney-General, Chris Finlayson, has very unwisely stepped from the sidelines of the dispute between Sir Peter Jackso...
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Plots In The Palace

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End Game: Maori Party co-leaders Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples had better watch their backs or like the unfortunate King Alexander I of Se...
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Friday, 24 September 2010

Reconfiguring the Right

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Singing from the same song-sheet: National's "Broad Church" made perfect sense in the FPP era of two-party politics. But does...
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Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Standing On Shaky Ground

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Self-Destruct Mode? The moment he accepted the candidacy of David Garrett, a man who'd admitted to stealing the identity of a dead child...
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Saturday, 18 September 2010

The Domain Of Pain

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Striking a Balance: How much unnecessary suffering must our fellow citizens endure before we can be persuaded to take action on their behalf...
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Thursday, 16 September 2010

Working Towards The Fuhrer

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A dictator with no need to dictate: The followers of Neoliberalism, like Nazism, know what is required of them. In the rabidly pro-business ...
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010

After The Shocks - The Shock Doctrine

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Chapter and Verse: Naomi Klein's study of "Disaster Capitalism" demonstrates how the extreme Right has seized upon natural and...
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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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