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Upton-on-line: Intellectuals
Friday, 29 September 2000, 2:02 pm | Hon Simon Upton
Upton-on-line’s little announcement last week seems to have caught some of the Capital’s better-informed information brokers/gossips by surprise. Upton-on-line has, in turn, been truly surprised by the amount of attention given to his forthcoming evaporation ... More >>
Upton-on-line: Earthquake Dislodges Fossil
Friday, 22 September 2000, 2:42 pm | Hon Simon Upton
Readers will be aware that yesterday upton-on-line – or at least his non-cyber double – announced his intention to retire from Parliament early in the New Year to take up a position with the OECD in Paris. More >>
Upton-on-line September 15th
Friday, 15 September 2000, 12:56 am | Hon Simon Upton
Now that a 42 cent dollar has become normal and post-colonial theory part of every day conversation, we can turn our attention to other exotic flowerings that the Wellington hothouse has been nurturing. One of the strangest must be the Royal Commission of ... More >>
Upton-on-line: Back to Earth with a Thud
Friday, 8 September 2000, 1:22 pm | Hon Simon Upton
When upton-on-line was launched, nearly a year ago, it was envisaged that each week would bring fresh material to jaded palates. New Zealand politics was judged capable of delivering a post-modern kaleidoscope of effervescent excitement. There would ... More >>
Upton-on-line: Traumatic Stress Disorders Issue
Friday, 1 September 2000, 9:25 am | Hon Simon Upton
Tariana Turia has introduced a new pathological state into day-to-day conversation. It’s Post Colonial Traumatic Stress Disorder (PCTSD). This issue gets behind the sensational treatment it has received in the media. But before we do, upton-on-line ... More >>
Upton-on-line: The military, whales and roads
Friday, 25 August 2000, 1:56 pm | Hon Simon Upton
After several marathon editions, upton-on-line dabbles in a few odds and ends: military hardware, whales and roads to nowhere. More >>
Upton-on-line: Prince Charming or Prince Churlish?
Friday, 18 August 2000, 9:14 am | Hon Simon Upton
The passage of the Employment Relations Bill was an unedifying affair best described by a Special Disaster Edition of From the Plains of the Serengeti (see below). But the Government’s justification of itself does deserve some comment. More >>
Upton-on-line: Even More on the Treaty
Friday, 11 August 2000, 11:34 am | Hon Simon Upton
Recent editions of upton-on-line have covered GM cows, trade agreements and the survival of the nation – all through the prism of the Treaty of Waitangi. We thought we could turn elsewhere this week but the Treaty production line is in over-drive and no-one ... More >>
Double Edition on The Nation & The ERB
Thursday, 3 August 2000, 5:25 pm | Hon Simon Upton
Previous editions of upton-on-line have, from time to time, taxed the patience of some readers. They’ve been rather long. So here’s an up-front caveat: this edition covers two important issues. One is the Employment Relations Bill. The second is ... More >>
Upton-on-line: Treaty Troubles
Friday, 28 July 2000, 9:38 am | Hon Simon Upton
The Treaty of Waitangi is 160 years young and only beginning to hit its straps in terms of its ability to influence our national destiny in ways entirely unforeseen by its reckless early Victorian signatories. Their foresight of developments at the ... More >>
Upton-on-line : Hot Nation on the Ice
Thursday, 20 July 2000, 1:45 pm | Hon Simon Upton
This week, upton-on-line examines the heart of the nation – a cultural strategy for aotearoa new zealand (sic – lower case fashionably intended as in upton-on-line). More >>
Upton-on-line: Disenchanted Evening
Friday, 14 July 2000, 6:28 pm | Hon Simon Upton
It is too soon for upton-on-line to make an assessment about the future of Fiji – or New Zealand’s relations with this frayed corner of paradise. But it is clear that the New Zealand Government’s difficulties are really only beginning. More >>
Upton-on-line: The East Timor/Indonesia Conference
Tuesday, 11 July 2000, 10:11 am | Hon Simon Upton
Last week, upton-on-line took two days away from the tawdry depravity of the House of Representatives and indulged himself at a seminar which gathered together an unrepresentatively bright and thoughtful audience devoted to picking over the entrails of the East Timor ... More >>
Upton-on-line: The Sewers of the Mind
Thursday, 6 July 2000, 7:16 pm | Hon Simon Upton
People are so used to Parliament being a bear pit that news of Mr Grant Gillon’s obscene attempt at humour during Question Time has probably anaesthetised many people against the grossness of what he said. More >>
Upton-on-line - Labour & Cabinet Selection
Monday, 3 July 2000, 11:14 pm | Hon Simon Upton
This week Upton-on-line was going to come to you from Singapore, but we thought this would be more interesting. More >>
Upton-on-line - From Hanover
Thursday, 22 June 2000, 1:21 pm | Hon Simon Upton
A very short edition, since upton-on-line comes to you this week from Hannover. (No, not Hamilton, Hannover in Germany with which New Zealanders now have a deeply shared affinity flowing from a common electoral system). More >>
Upton-on-line - June 16th - Budget Blues
Friday, 16 June 2000, 5:19 pm | Hon Simon Upton
The Government seems to have reconciled itself to a glum reception from the business sector to its first Budget. This is an ignominious defeat because the Government has, up until now, been comforting itself with hopes that the Budget would change ... More >>
Upton-on-line: Confidence Tricks
Thursday, 8 June 2000, 2:11 pm | Hon Simon Upton
Upton-on-line has been hunkered down on the farm this week. Perhaps there really is some truth in the old belief that rural virtue is pitted against city vice. Perhaps it’s just having to rely on the media. But from the depths of the provinces, the ... More >>
Upton-on-line: Die Neue Mitte und die Alte Clark
Thursday, 1 June 2000, 6:26 pm | Hon Simon Upton
As upton-on-line goes to press, the Prime Minister is winging her way to what must be the most exclusive talkfest in the world. On June 2nd and 3rd, Berlin will play host to a galaxy of political leaders gathered to talk earnestly about Modern Governance ... More >>
Upton-on-line: Don’t be Dumb: Keep Mum
Friday, 26 May 2000, 9:14 am | Hon Simon Upton
Readers whose memories stretch back to wartime will remember warnings to be alert for the enemy within. “Loose lips sink ships” was the exhortation to those in danger of blabbing at the nation’s expense. More >>
