Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Saturday, 30 November 2019

Authoritarian Friends, Democratic Enemies.

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What Kind Of Empire? The thing for Kiwis to decide is what kind of empire they want to belong to. The kind that, while offering its own ...
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Friday, 29 November 2019

A Bi-Partisan Commitment To X-ing "P".

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Pure Fear: Worse than Heroin, this drug’s addictive power was terrifying. People under its influence didn’t drift off to Elysium. Nor did...
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Saturday, 23 November 2019

A Bloody Great Political Story (From A Parallel Universe).

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Things That Make You Go - Hmmmm:  “All right. Let me come at this another way. I’m guessing that what you’ve got in that box contains nam...
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Friday, 22 November 2019

The Message From Messenger Park.

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Coasters Turn Out In Droves: It’s precisely the widening gulf between those with actual experience of things like guns, chainsaws and dr...
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Thursday, 21 November 2019

The Second (And Final?) Crucifixion Of Winston Peters.

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Stag At Bay: Twelve years ago, Winston Peters was still robust enough to come back from the political crucifixion which his political an...
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Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Democracy "A Bit Bonkers" - Thoughts Inspired By Lizzie Marvelly's Latest Column.

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Didn't See It Coming: NZ Herald columnist Lizzie Marvelly's latest column merits serious scrutiny because such a clear example of...
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Friday, 15 November 2019

When World's Collide.

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Different Strokes: If a multicultural immigration policy imposes no obligation on immigrant communities to acknowledge and ultimately em...
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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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