On evidence that New Zealand is a more socially just society than Australia
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com Before this election campaign began, there was a lot of angst about our income gap with Australia. We will […]
October 2011
On Labour's plans to raise the retirement age
Labour’s plan to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67 by 2033 (with exemptions for some manual workers) and to gradually lift employer Kiwisaver […]
On our election campaign opening, and Tunisia’s election triumph
As the election campaigns of the major parties kick off, our own Electoral Commission should take inspiration from its counterpart in Tunisia, and in particular […]
On the Prefu, and on the RWC attempts to vilify the French
Update: Audio – Bill English speaks to media at the release of the 2011 pre-election fiscal update. Click a link to play audio (or right-click […]
Gordon Campbell On The Occupy Movement
Wellington’s Occupation in their own words The Occupied Dominion Post – Issue 1 Monday 24th October PDF Download – 667kb For a long time, political […]
Gordon Campbell on the Rugby World Cup Victory
Opinion – Gordon Campbell This close, nail biting victory – without the triumphalism that the All Blacks running riot over their opponents would have entailed […]
On the death of Gaddafi and how the Rena spill relates to East Cape oil exploration
The death of Muammar Gaddafi – either from wounds inflicted by a NATO air strike, or (more likely) from summary execution on his way to […]
Why MMP Is Still The Best Option
MMP has flaws, but the alternatives to the current voting system are much worse
Amnesty International, After 9/11
AI’s director Salil Shetty, and the threats to human rights posed by Western governments…
100% Pure Business Opportunities
Is DOC’s zeal for commercial ventures with the private sector an environmental hazard ?
Life As A Death Sentence
The understated horror of Never Let Me Go
Left Coasting : Hunger for Justice
California’s prison inmates go on hunger strike for better conditions
The Dissing of David Foster Wallace
Dealing in the tics of sincerity…
Classics : Madeline (1939)
Ludwig Bemelmans had a few childhood scars of his own
Evil Genius Finds Virtue in Vinyl
And lo, a new record shop is born
From The Hood: Dining With The Baron
An extraordinary tale of marine vicissitude
The Complicatist : The sounds of summer…and Bert Jansch, R.I.P
Laneways beats the Big Day Out, hands down
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 26, September 2011 * * * * *
The September 2011 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on who should pay for the Rena clean-up
So Transport Minister Stephen Joyce will be meeting this morning with the Mediterranean Shipping Company, the Greek firm that chartered the Rena from its Greek […]
On RNZ’s banning of Bomber Bradbury
The lifelong ban that RNZ has now been imposed of Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury for breaching the state broadcaster’s hallowed standards of balance is outrageous, even […]
On why the deal on Police covert video surveillance is a travesty
Click for big version. At Saturday’s protest against the bill in Wellington. Photo by Anne Russell. So a cosy deal has been reached between National […]