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On The Mauling Of Maureen Pugh
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 2:52 pm | Gordon Campbell
National MP Maureen Pugh’s claim that the jury is still out on human-induced climate change – and her rapid conversion to the opposite POV – has been a sight to behold. As Guyon Espiner said on RNZ, Pugh’s retraction looked like a hostage video. Hmm. ... More >>
On How The US Supreme Court Could Ruin The Internet
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 1:31 pm | Gordon Campbell
For obvious reasons, we’ve all been a bit cyclone-fixated this past week, while the rest of the world has kept ticking over regardless. For example: There have been more protests by indigenous rural communities in Peru against a coup that’s been ... More >>
On Disaster Politics
Friday, 17 February 2023, 11:07 am | Gordon Campbell
Most of us have been the CEOs of our own lives for long enough to realise that Cyclone Gabrielle has done a massive amount of destruction that will be very expensive to fix. Some people have lost everything. Extensive damage has been done to roads, houses, ... More >>
On The Protests Inside Israel
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 12:02 pm | Gordon Campbell
This week in Jerusalem, about 100,000 Israelis took to the streets to demonstrate against plans by the recently elected coalition government of Benjamin “ Bibi” Netanyahu to reduce the power and independence of the judiciary. If Netanyahu and ... More >>
On Why We’re Facing Fewer, More Intense, Cyclones In Future
Monday, 13 February 2023, 12:06 pm | Gordon Campbell
As Cyclone Gabrielle leaves its mark on New Zealand, there are still limits on what the scientific research can say definitively about how climate change will affect future cyclonic activity in the South Pacific. For the past decade or more, the research ... More >>
On National’s Selling Of Its “Social Investment” Policy
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 11:57 am | Gordon Campbell
There’s a 19th century flavour to National’s “social investment” strategy, in that it aims to seek capital from philanthropists and charitable organisations – some of them having their own religious agendas- to fund and deliver the provision ... More >>
Gordon Campbell On Extending The Fuel/public Transport Subsidies
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 1:32 pm | Gordon Campbell
As PM Chris Hipkins says, it’s a “no brainer” to extend the fuel tax cut, half price public subsidy and the cut to the road user levy until mid-year. A no braoner if the prime purpose is to ease the burden on people struggling to cope with ... More >>
Counting The Ways Auckland Was Failed By Its Mayor
Monday, 30 January 2023, 12:48 pm | Gordon Campbell
In some alternative universe, Auckland mayor Efeso Collins readily grasped the scale of Friday’s deluge, and quickly made the emergency declaration that enabled central government to immediately throw its resources behind the rescue and remediation effort. More >>
Counting The Ways Auckland Was Failed By Its Mayor
Monday, 30 January 2023, 12:48 pm | Gordon Campbell
In some alternative universe, Auckland mayor Efeso Collins readily grasped the scale of Friday’s deluge, and quickly made the emergency declaration that enabled central government to immediately throw its resources behind the rescue and remediation effort. ... More >>
Gordon Campbell On Counting The Ways Auckland Was Failed By Its Mayor
Monday, 30 January 2023, 12:28 pm | Gordon Campbell
In some alternative universe, Auckland mayor Efeso Collins readily grasped the scale of Friday’s deluge, and quickly made the emergency declaration that enabled central government to immediately throw its resources behind the rescue and remediation effort. More >>
On The Bad Outlook For Fuel And Transport Costs
Friday, 27 January 2023, 11:42 am | Gordon Campbell
Ok, there’s good news and bad news in this week’s inflation figures, but bad > good. Our inflation rate held steady but hey, at a level below the inflation rate in Australia. The main reason for the so/so result here? A fall in petrol prices ... More >>
On The Shrinking Of Labour’s Vision
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 10:40 am | Gordon Campbell
Labour has begun 2023 with the centre-left bloc behind in the polls and losing ground. That being so, did his colleagues choose Chris Hipkins as the replacement for Jacinda Ardern because they think he has a realistic shot at leading them to victory this ... More >>
On Ardern, Business Confidence, And The Worth Of Sanctions
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 2:37 pm | Gordon Campbell
The decision by Jacinda Ardern to end her term as Prime Minister on February 7 has come as a stunning surprise. It turns the task of a centre-left government winning re-election this year from difficult to nigh on impossible. No-one else among the ... More >>
On National’s Fraught Journey Back To The Centre
Monday, 16 January 2023, 12:06 pm | Gordon Campbell
Ever since Christopher Luxon became leader, National has adopted a “small target” strategy. This consists of offering nothing to distract the media from its focus on the government’s shortcomings and the public’s discontent with its performance. ... More >>
On The Cult Of Political Boldness
Thursday, 12 January 2023, 11:46 am | Gordon Campbell
The next recession is shaping up as the most predicted event since the Second Coming. While we have to take it on faith that it will arrive someday, it is hard to say when it will happen, or how great/how bad it will be if and when it ever does. This ... More >>
On Fiji’s Journey Back To The Future
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 11:53 am | Gordon Campbell
For wealthier New Zealanders and Australians, Fiji is just one option among many for their tourism resort experiences, poolside. Obviously, the country amounts to a lot more to the people who actually live there. It also happens to be the Pacific’s ... More >>
On Becoming A Nation Of Political Paranoids
Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 1:38 pm | Gordon Campbell
Reportedly, there’s a crime wave sweeping the nation, even though the vast majority of us are not experiencing it first hand. That’s partly because the crime rates in most categories – including youth crime, and crime committed by rangatahi Maori ... More >>
On Palestine’s Christmas And A Holiday Music Playlist
Monday, 19 December 2022, 11:23 am | Gordon Campbell
At this time of year, nominally Christian nations are preparing to celebrate the birth of Christ in Bethlehem. Last week however, the UN Human Rights Commission issued a press release condemning “the rampant Israeli settler violence and excessive ... More >>
On National’s Clueless Stance On National Super
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 10:45 am | Gordon Campbell
National Party leader Christopher Luxon seems to be quite a big fan of the conservative mullet – long on populist posturing at the front, but short on state support at the back. So much so that he intends to raise the eligibility age of national superannuation ... More >>
On Nursing’s Long Road To Residency
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 12:09 pm | Gordon Campbell
The reluctance to offer a direct pathway to residency to nurses never made any sense – whether that be politically, economically or in terms of the crying needs evident within the health system. Despite the glaring labour shortages in public health, ... More >>
