HeyJaredChris Trotter
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Undue influence (opens the original)
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Influence, it’s a problem. At least that’s what we are constantly being told. The past week has been dominated by the claims of political writer Nicky Hager that the influence New Zealanders have most reason to fear is the influence of the “Far Right”, whose avatar Hager’s book “Dirty Work” identifies as the Taxpayers’ Union. From an historical perspective Hager’s argument is unusual. For most of the eight decades since the Second World War, the movement generally identified as the prime generat
Precautionary measures (opens the original)
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Few now recall the “Microbiologists Are Dying” conspiracy theory circulating in the first years of the Twenty-First Century. In the doom laden months that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks against New York and Washington people all over the world were particularly susceptible to such lurid stories. That a statistical cluster of deaths involving microbiologists had in fact occurred did nothing to dispel people’s fears. That some of these dead microbiologists had long-standing connections with b
The overhang strategy (opens the original)
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There's a startling anomaly in New Zealand’s record of post-war general elections. In the 40 years between 1945 and 1985 the percentage of registered voters turning out to cast their ballots never dropped below 82.5 percent – except for 1978. In 1978 the official turnout is recorded as 69.2 percent. What happened in 1978? Well, according to the boffins at the Electoral Commission: “Due to major problems with the enrolment process, commentators generally consider that the 1978 election had a sign
The New Zealand state’s meagre fiscal diet is killing it (opens the original)
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It's an old saying from the American South: “Everybody wants to go to heaven (but nobody wants to die).” Jean Kluger and Cy Coben turned it into a bluegrass standard made popular by Loretta Lynn. I remember quoting the line nearly a quarter century ago as a political commentator during the run-up to the general election in which Peter Dunne charmed the “worm” and catapulted his United Party into kingmaker territory. My primary concern on that occasion was not religious but fiscal. New Zealanders
Not enough rage (opens the original)
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I’m too old for this sort of thing. That was the thought that kept knocking on the “Common Sense” door at the back of my mind. The thought had a point. It was a bitterly cold night in the windy canyons of downtown Wellington, and I was heading for a meeting of the Fabian Society. The Fabian Society?! Who even knew that New Zealand had such a thing. The United Kingdon, yes, of long standing. The British Fabians have been doing what they do since the early years of the Twentieth Century. Some of t
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