Gordon Campbell on yesterday’s Anzac Day celebrations
Yesterday’s Anzac Day saw the usual strong turnout at dawn ceremonies, to mark an occasion that is already displacing Waitangi Day – if we can […]
April 2013
Gordon Campbell on lurching towards the centre on power prices
Anyone looking for legacy traces of the late Margaret Thatcher in New Zealand politics will have found them in the government’s scare tactics – “a […]
Gordon Campbell on the Labour/Greens plan to cut power bills
As sure as night follows day, you could bet some financial analyst would see the death of the free market in the plans unveiled last […]
Gordon Campbell on the same-sex marriage vote, and the current Dotcom law case
Since politics is so often about the perpetuation of privilege, we should all celebrate the times when Parliament gets something right. The passage of Louisa […]
Gordon Campbell on the GCSB's practice of spying on New Zealanders
It is hard to decide what is the most alarming aspect of Prime Minister John Key’s plans to expand the role of Big Brother. Or, […]
On Criminalising Protest, and Christchurch Cathedral Options
The Tauranga MP Simon Bridges – he’s also the Labour Minister and the Minister of Energy and Resources – is carving out quite a niche […]
Gordon Campbell on John Key’s gaffe about North Korea
Just how Prime Minister John Key thought that invoking the “proud history” of our 1950s Korean War contribution would help to minimize the current tensions […]
Gordon Campbell on Ian Fletcher, Jon Stewart and the new avian flu
At this point, the Ian Fletcher affair risks getting lost in the‘angels on pinheads’ detail that fascinates the Beltway, and bores the pants off everyone […]
Gordon Campbell on the GCSB appointment, and bird flu scares in Beijing
In our political system, which has few checks and balances – a single chamber Parliament, no written Constitution, a weak Bill of Rights etc – […]
Gordon Campbell on the smelter fiasco, and its impact on the asset sales programme
Mum and Dad investors were supposed to be plain ordinary folks that the government was rewarding with the option of buying ..er, of re-buying a […]