Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Saturday, 31 August 2024

The Death Of "Big Norm" - Exactly 50 Years Ago Today.

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Norman Kirk Prime Minister of New Zealand 1972-1974 Born: 6 January 1923 - Died: 31 August 1974 Of the working-class, by the working-class, ...
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Claims and Counter-Claims.

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Whose Foreshore? Whose Seabed?   When the Marine and Coastal Area Act was originally passed back in 2011, fears about the coastline becoming...
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Friday, 30 August 2024

The Only Other Reliable Vehicle.

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An Elite Leader Awaiting Rotation? Hipkins’ give-National-nothing-to-aim-at strategy will only succeed if the Coalition becomes as unpopular...
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Table Talk: Ageing Boomers, Laurie & Les, Talk Politics.

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“ That’s the sort of constitutional reform he favours: conceived in secret; revolutionary in intent; implemented incrementally without fanfa...
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Thursday, 29 August 2024

Making A Difference.

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The Jacinda and Ashley Show:   Before the neoliberals could come up with a plausible reason for letting thousands of their fellow citizens p...
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Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Can The Left Assemble A Winning Coalition?

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Voting Together?  Collectively, Māori and Pasifika workers, professionals and managers employed by the state, and “progressive” Baby-Boomer ...
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Thursday, 22 August 2024

In Whose Footsteps?

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Who To Follow?   Helen Clark is one of the prime movers of Labour’s anti-nuclear policy, and principal author of New Zealand’s independent f...
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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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