Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Friday, 26 November 2010

Is Another Aotearoa Possible?

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The Utopian Viewpoint: The dream of building a new and much improved society is as old as Plato. The perennial problem with such utopian sch...
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Thursday, 25 November 2010

Pike River 24/11/10

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Do not think of them in the dark. Remember them in the light. For these were New Zealand boys, Born to sunlight and the Tasman’s thunder. Do...
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Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Getting The Message

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Loud and Clear: The Mana By-Election result not only shows the importance of getting people to vote, but of giving them something to vote fo...
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Friday, 19 November 2010

No Second Term For "Efficient Totalitarians"

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George Orwell's Chilling Image: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever." With ...
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Wednesday, 17 November 2010

The Perfect Sting

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The Smiling Assassin: Pete Hodgson's mastery of the dark arts of politics goes back a long way, but his latest scalp - Pansy Wong's ...
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Friday, 12 November 2010

As If You Were Free

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The "right time" is right now: Matt McCarten's campaign for the working-class parliamentary seat of Mana is a timely reminder ...
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Redefining "Common Sense"

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Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937): Gramsci's revolutionary insights into the nature of political authority are dramatically illustrated in the...
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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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