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On The Owl Service By Alan Garner
Friday, 4 September 2026, 12:53 pm | Gordon Campbell
In this entry in the series on classic children’s books, the owls are not what they seem, but the English stay true to type. More >>
On How The US v Canada Trade War Benefits China
Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 1:14 pm | Gordon Campbell
A sustained trade war based on 50% tariffs on both sides of the US/Canada border would not only gut the auto industries in Detroit and Ontario, but make those relatively cheap Chinese EVs look very attractive indeed to Canadian consumers. More >>
On Why New Taxes Are A Good Thing, And Dolly Parton RIP
Thursday, 27 August 2026, 1:33 pm | Gordon Campbell
Taxaphobes. They’re running amok in Parliament. Both the major parties have joined ACT in assuming that the voting public is as phobic about tax as they are. (We aren’t, but more on that later.) More >>
On Why NZ Should Be Denouncing Trump’s Appeasement Of North Korea
Monday, 24 August 2026, 12:55 pm | Gordon Campbell
We are doing ourselves no favours by staying resolutely silent as the Trump administration undermines the defence of South Korea and flatters North Korea - a key Russian ally in the Kremlin’s aggression against Ukraine that we claim to oppose. More >>
On The Links Between Go Dog. Go!, The 1950s Red Scare And Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Friday, 21 August 2026, 1:14 pm | Gordon Campbell
This week’s essay in the series about classic children’s books features P.D. Eastman’s hymn to perpetual motion... More >>
On Opportunity’s Turn In The Political Spotlight
Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 1:47 pm | Gordon Campbell
The extensive media analyses being devoted to Opportunity’s key policies have an “angels on pinheads” air of unreality to them. More >>
On National’s Long Whimper Of Discontent
Wednesday, 12 August 2026, 4:54 pm | Gordon Campbell
Christopher Luxon went into and came out of today’s special caucus meeting as damaged goods. If survival is to be counted as winning, it has still looked more like a Pyrrhic victory. Elsewhere will the champagne corks be popping. More >>
On National’s Abusive, Co-Dependent Relationship With Christopher Luxon
Monday, 10 August 2026, 1:14 pm | Gordon Campbell
His other faults aside, Christopher Luxon does not appear to have a deep and abiding commitment to democracy. Especially not if it gets in his way, or makes him look bad. More >>
On Tom’s Midnight Garden By Philippa Pearce
Friday, 7 August 2026, 1:13 pm | Gordon Campbell
This week’s essay on classic children’s books features Philippa Pearce’s great YA novel about memory and loss. More >>
On Christopher Luxon’s No Good, Very Bad Fortnight
Wednesday, 5 August 2026, 1:10 pm | Gordon Campbell
Calamity awaits whenever Christopher Luxon begins to speak off the cuff. It is like a horror movie. The speech patterns can be almost human, but it is the eerie sound of a suit without a soul. More >>
On A Week Of Luxon And Peters, Unhinged
Monday, 3 August 2026, 1:23 pm | Gordon Campbell
Newsflash: PM Christopher Luxon does not take any responsibility for the condition in which the New Zealand economy currently finds itself. Not his problem. He’s done his bit. More >>
On The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
Friday, 31 July 2026, 1:18 pm | Gordon Campbell
The Werewolf essays on classic children’s books focusses this week on Suzanne Collins’ trilogy about war’s on children. More >>
On National’s Rejection Of Opportunity
Wednesday, 29 July 2026, 1:08 pm | Gordon Campbell
Earlier this week, when Christopher Luxon ruled out forming any government with Opportunity, it was like the ugly kid in class suddenly announcing that he’s not going to the birthday party if that charismatic new kid in school is going to be there. More >>
On The Americanisation Of Our Public Health System
Monday, 27 July 2026, 1:15 pm | Gordon Campbell
The US health system is widely seen to be the most expensive and least efficient model for public health delivery in the world – yet our own health system is steadily being Americanised without much in the way of a public debate. More >>
On Homecoming By Cynthia Voigt
Friday, 24 July 2026, 1:15 pm | Gordon Campbell
The Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s books focusses this week on Cynthia Voigt’s great story of a young girl’s resourcefulness, against the odds. More >>
On The Centre-Right’s Attempt To Steal The Election
Wednesday, 22 July 2026, 4:09 pm | Gordon Campbell
We hear a whole lot less about the politics of contempt, although that seems to have driven the recent changes to our voting laws. For no good reason, the right of citizens to both enrol and vote on election day has been abolished. More >>
On The World Cup Final, And Defence Double Standards In The Pacific
Monday, 20 July 2026, 4:08 pm | Gordon Campbell
The football World Cup is over and the good guys won, geo-politically speaking. The sporting triumph opens the door to a much larger debate about diplomacy, shifting power and alliances in the Pacific. More >>
On Mrs Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH
Friday, 17 July 2026, 1:44 pm | Gordon Campbell
This week, the Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s literature turns the spotlight onto Robert C. O’Brien’s book about one family’s encounter with genetic engineering. More >>
On Why Professional Sport Needs Strong Unions
Wednesday, 15 July 2026, 12:52 pm | Gordon Campbell
Sport is big business; a virtual religion for 100s of millions of people. Yet interestingly, the workplaces of professional sport do not follow the neo-liberal model of labour relations that has dominated political life in NZ for the past 40 years. More >>
On Abel’s Island, By William Steig
Friday, 10 July 2026, 12:51 pm | Gordon Campbell
More than anything else, Abel’s Island is a tale about love enduring through peril. It is also about the beauty of solitude. More >>
