Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Friday, 4 September 2020

A Sorry Excuse For A Green Party.

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Cuckoo In The Nest? Unlike Rod Donald, Jeanette Fitzsimons, Russel Norman and Metiria Turei, Shaw has never shown any recognisable affinity ...
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Thursday, 3 September 2020

Shifting Sand.

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Beneath The Beach - The Rocks! Once famed for its broad beaches of golden sand, the coastline of Morocco is in the grip of an ecological cat...
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Tuesday, 1 September 2020

What Just Didn't Happen?

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The New Old Triumvirate:  Jacinda Ardern, back in 2017, confers with her longest-standing political allies, Grant Robertson and Chris Hipkin...
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Friday, 28 August 2020

Putting The People First.

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Putting People First: Here in New Zealand, by a miracle of historical alchemy, we were blessed with a prime minister and a government who, ...
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Thursday, 27 August 2020

The Left’s Dilemma.

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All Hands On Deck: As the clock ticks down to polling day, the Left’s priorities are, therefore, clear. Keep Labour in office (hopefully wi...
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Keeping us Listening.

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Canary In The Coal Mine: As a graduate in Communication Studies, the Prime Minister will undoubtedly take Polly Gillespie’s (pictured above)...
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Saturday, 22 August 2020

Laws Do Not Rule – People Do

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Trying Our Patience: Quite rightly did the nineteenth century British novelist, Charles Dickens, proclaim: “The law is an ass!” Laws do not ...
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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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