Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Monday, 31 July 2023

Forward To A New Day, Or Taking The Country Backwards?

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Beginning Again: Te Pāti Māori is unequivocal, the system under which 2.1 million New Zealanders earn less than $30,000 per year, must be b...
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Friday, 28 July 2023

The Demonstration Effect.

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She’ll Be Back! A fortnight out from the General Election, with early voting already underway, it is difficult to think of any person the La...
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A Distracting Tragedy.

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Using Kiri For Cover: Ironically, the idea of using a dramatic event to distract the public’s attention from something politically embarrass...
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Wednesday, 26 July 2023

Sweet Moderation.

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Balancing Act: Looming behind the comparatively modest voting tallies of the minor parties, is the clear preponderance of the votes cast in...
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The Power Of “Lived Experience”.

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Tortured Testimony: What is cold hard evidence in the face of the naked emotional anguish of the victims of crime? What is reasonable doubt...
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Thursday, 20 July 2023

Standing Conventional Wisdom On Its Head.

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Unconventional Antics: Political pundits are virtually unanimous in predicting that any small party which forced New Zealanders back to the...
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Sunday, 16 July 2023

Captain’s Call.

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Not Now, Not Ever, Never! That Labour has meekly accepted Chris Hipkins’ “Captain’s Call”, nixing both a Wealth Tax and a Capital Gains Tax ...
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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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