Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Saturday, 6 June 2015

Lecretia's Legacy: A Matter Of Life And Death.

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A Lover Of Life: It was a brave and deeply ethical thing that Lecretia Seales did. In a society that seems at times positively terrified...
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Friday, 5 June 2015

In The Bonds Of Love We Meet

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Ready To Work? The National Government's use of "Social Bonds" to reintegrate the mentally ill into the workforce will te...
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Thursday, 4 June 2015

The Coefficients Of Despair: MSD's Plan To Rescue The Poor From Themselves.

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Pre-Crime-Fighting: The Ministry for Social Development's interest in Preventive Risk Modelling, as a technique for identifying and ...
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Tuesday, 2 June 2015

The Talented Mr Shaw

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Fast Mover: It is difficult to overstate the magnitude of James Shaw’s (above) success. In Parliament for less than 8 months, and alrea...
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Sunday, 31 May 2015

Bearing Honest Witness

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An Honourable Dick: In the week of Campbell Live ’s demise, Richard Harman’s (above) career-long refusal to “have” the politicians [by b...
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Saturday, 30 May 2015

Re/Defining Neoliberalism

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The March Of Neoliberalism: Not a coherent economic philosophy, but a fearsomely coherent political project. Its purpose: to use the coe...
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Friday, 29 May 2015

Making Connections: Why, Instead Of Looking Tired, Labour Needs To Get Emotional.

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Fifth Time Lucky? After trying, and failing, four times to make an emotional connection with the electorate, perhaps Labour should look ...
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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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