Gordon Campbell On The Shameful, Incompetent Decision On Palestine
Given the daily horrors of the Gaza genocide, there could hardly be a more appropriate time for New Zealand to join the community of nations […]
September 2025
Gordon Campbell On Sickness Leave, And On Our Muted Call On Statehood For Palestine
Sickness doesn’t work part-time, which is one of the design flaws in the government plans to amend the Holidays Act. Once the revamped Employment Leave […]
Gordon Campbell On Sudan’s Largely Forgotten War
For the past three years, Western media outlets have been focussed on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine (and on the US vs China trade […]
Gordon Campbell On Our Recognition Of Palestine, And Those $70 Million Concert Subsidies
Thankfully, the end is in sight for the government’s dance of the seven veils over recognising the state of Palestine, and for Labour’s rampant indecision […]
Gordon Campbell On The Phillips Kids And Why It’s OK To Not Mourn Charlie Kirk
No bread, all circuses. Allegedly, the cupboard is bare when it comes to putting extra money on the table to offer nurses, teachers and junior […]
Gordon Campbell On Playing Performative Politics While The Economy (And The Public Health System) Burns
As the old saying goes, “With your eyes, you enter the world. But with your ears, the world enters you.” This may explain why hearing […]
Gordon Campbell On The Decline Of Winston Peters, And The Attacks On Helen Clark
As usual, last weekend’s New Zealand First conference in Palmerston North was very much about the Dear Leader. Alas, and like many other gentlemen of […]
Gordon Campbell On Why Data Centres Are Not Your (Or The Planet’s) Friend
It sounds too good to be true. A giant multinational mothership – Amazon Web Services aka AWS – it supposedly intent on spending $7.5 billion […]
Gordon Campbell On Why The Government Isn’t Fixing The Cost Of Living Crisis
These are the perennial political questions that every incumbent government has to face. Do people feel better/wealthier/more secure now than they were three years ago? […]