Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Purity And Power: Chris Trotter Critiques John Armstrong's Advice To The Greens.

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Keep Your Eyes On The Prize: Mr Armstrong counsels the Greens to make the same Devil’s Bargain that he has been forced to accept. Right ...
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Winston Peters’ Choices Will Be Determined By The Electorate’s

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Kingmaker Redux: Once again, opinion polls suggest that New Zealand's political future will be decided by the calculations of Winst...
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Monday, 8 September 2014

Putin - The Grand Master

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 I FOUND THIS little gem on Cameron Slater's Whaleoil blogsite (yes, yes, I know, but it's actually a really interesting plac...
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Three’s Company: Labour-Greens-NZ First may just be the coalition New Zealanders are looking for.

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Conservatively Radical: The leaders of the Labour-Greens-NZ First combo have just 11 days to campaign for a Government possessing the co...
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By Other Means: Bringing Down A Government, Or Keeping One In Power, No Longer Requires Tanks.

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Coup D'état By Crowd: With the appeal to naked force no longer acceptable in a post-Cold War world, the United States and its allies...
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Friday, 5 September 2014

Democracy As Self Defence

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The Shot Heard Round The World: The Battle of Lexington, 19 April 1775, marked the opening of hostilities between the American colonies ...
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Wednesday, 3 September 2014

The Race Is On: Will Enough New Zealanders Believe Nicky Hager And Reject John Key?

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No More Mr Nice Guy: In terms of sheer explanatory power Nicky Hager’s book,  Dirty Politics , is without precedent in New Zealand's...
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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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