Gordon Campbell On Frank Gehry’s Lost Vision For Te Papa
On December 5th, Frank Gehry died at the age of 96. That’s a reason to recall one of the great wasted opportunities in New Zealand’s […]
Gordon Campbell On The US Attack On Venezuela
ByIn the wake of Winston Peters lame response to the US attack on Venezuela, its almost enough to make one yearn for the good old [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On GDP Growth, And Other Holiday Diversions
ByNo one likes being a downer at Christmas time, so…as we look forward into 2026, we can all agree that some economic growth is better [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Wisdom Of Driving Faster Up An Economic Cul De Sac, And The Bondi Aftermath
ByTomorrow is a long time, as Bob Dylan once said, and while Dylan wasn’t singing about our prospects of economic recovery, the mood of frustrated [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why The State Wants To Regulate How Children Play
ByReportedly, the on again, off again debate between Ruth Richardson and Nicola Willis may be on again. Fabolous. Nothing can help us better understand a [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Shrinking Lack Of Alternatives Here, And In The US
ByNicola Willis vs Ruth Richardson? Alien vs Predator? Thankfully, everyone may now be having second thoughts. We all deserve better than a contest between these [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why Christmas Spending Is Starting To Feel Like A Scam
ByMother’s Day, Father’s Day…there are a couple of other occasions when shopping is mobilised to express love and appreciation. (Black Friday panders to more basic [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Our Reneging On Climate Change, And Labour’s Chronic Evasiveness
ByPoliticians are often urged to reach consensus on certain issues, so that everything doesn’t just flip back again when there’s a change of government. Unfortunately, [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Rates Cap Gambit, And Chile’s Dire Future
ByFor many councils, the Luxon government’s plan to restrict the ability of local councils to increase rates to a range of between two and four [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Coup Against Local Government
ByIt’s democracy Jim, but not as we know it. In line with the plans that the government unveiled this week to reform local government, the [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Our Faith-Based Economic Recovery
ByFor months, the economic recovery has been said to be imminent, and the forecasters at the banks keep promoting that message, even though the former [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Ferries Fiasco, Soft Power And Gaza
ByGood to hear someone calling “bullshit” on Winston Peters, and on his claims to have saved the taxpayer $2.3 billion on the Cook Strait ferries. [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why We Should De-Criminalise Personal Drug Use
ByFor gangs, the Misuse of Drugs Act (1975) has been one of the best recruiting tools they’ve ever had. Criminalisation of a raft of illicit [...] Read More »