Gordon Campbell on why big spenders are not our tourism salvation
Covid and climate change have been changing the face of tourism. That’s why it seemed oddly premature last week for Tourism Minister Stuart to announce […]
Gordon Campbell on why big spenders are not our tourism salvation
Covid and climate change have been changing the face of tourism. That’s why it seemed oddly premature last week for Tourism Minister Stuart to announce […]
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Gordon Campbell on why big spenders are not our tourism salvation
No CommentsByCovid and climate change have been changing the face of tourism. That’s why it seemed oddly premature last week for …
Gordon Campbell on the case for nationalising our urban bus services
No CommentsByWhen it comes to funding and managing public transport, should local government or central government bear most of the responsibility …
Gordon Campbell on the Sharma chameleon
No CommentsByGather round the camp-fire, folks. Let me tell you about the Ice Age era of the fourth Labour government, when …
Gordon Campbell on how National’s ”new” welfare plan resurrects a past failure
No CommentsBySam Uffindell’s defenders keep reminding us that he was only 16 at the time of the King’s College incident, and …
Gordon Campbell on Sam Uffindell’s sorry excuse for an apology
No CommentsByMost of us believe in redemption and atonement… But the timing, the nature and the semantics of Sam Uffindell‘s apology …
Gordon Campbell on National’s plan to privatise welfare delivery
No CommentsByOn the rare occasions when it ever gets asked, the public keeps rejecting tax cuts as such, as a policy …
Gordon Campbell on National’s incredible disappearing tax policy
No CommentsByDuring the years of the Key government one hardy perennial of political journalism was that whenever the Labour Opposition would …
Gordon Campbell on the “one person, many votes” principle
No CommentsByThat gormlessly glum picture of Christopher Luxon in Samoa graphically tells us what kind of image New Zealand would be …
Gordon Campbell on why we <i>should</i> pay Kiwis living abroad
No CommentsByThis morning, National’s deputy leader Nicola Willis managed to get top of the bulletin news coverage by pointing out that …
Gordon Campbell on Games fervour, and the music of S.G. Goodman
No CommentsByGiven how the pandemic has disrupted the sporting calendar, no-one would begrudge our elite athletes their chance to compete at …
Gordon Campbell on Luxon’s holiday, and the Greens phantom revolt
No CommentsByIf nothing else, some of the media treatment of the Luxon lu’au has reeked of a double standard. If Jacinda …
Gordon Campbell on the Greens, and on free market myopia
No CommentsByClimate change has gone from being one of those allegedly wacky Green ideas to wide mainstream acceptance. In their own …