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* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 47, April 2014 * * * * *
The April 2014 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on the John Banks verdict
So John Banks has been found guilty of knowingly signing off a fraudulent electoral return. It is an offence that carries a penalty – two […]
Gordon Campbell on the Greens carbon tax, setbacks in Syria and Arcade Fire’s gender politics
A footnote to begin with, to do with the big story about the carbon tax policy unveiled on the weekend by the Greens. If you […]
Gordon Campbell on the rise of Laila Harré
So much for those – me included – who had viewed the Internet Party as the chaotic, chronically disorganised plaything of Kim Dotcom, and unlikely […]
Gordon Campbell on the centre left’s lack of overt solidarity, and David Cunliffe’s opportunism
For those of us who – at the time – argued (vainly) in favour of Labour and the Greens campaigning as a bloc in election […]
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand secretly agreeing to extend its copyright term
So Labour MP Trevor Mallard has got himself in hot water with Speaker of the House David Carter for tweeting that Mr Speaker seemed to […]
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s role in the US drone programme
So, thanks to our membership of the Five Eyes network, the GCSB spy agency has been supplying information on “persons of interest” in Afghanistan (at […]
Gordon Campbell on the government’s inadequate housing policy
If the government has an Achilles heel going into this election it is in housing policy, where affordability has become a huge problem for a […]
Gordon Campbell on yesterday’s ‘let them eat crumbs’ Budget
Hate to hurt Bill English’s feelings, but yesterday’s Budget looked like a document the Labour Party might have written – and no, that’s not meant […]
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s role in combatting Boko Haram
Yesterday’s street protests in New Zealand main city centres about the kidnap of 276 girls in Nigeria by the fundamentalist group Boko Haram were a […]
Gordon Campbell on the Peters revelations, and on banning journalists from political parties
Once again, Winston Peters has failed to ignite on the launch pad. These days you have to go back almost 20 years – to the […]
Gordon Campbell on this week’s Budget rhetoric, and Jim Jarmusch
After weeks of political scandal, National is understandably keen to seize on Budget week as its big chance to refocus election year entirely, around issues […]
Gordon Campbell on the cash for access scandals
If nothing else, the rash of stories about cash-for-access (to the National Party) and cash-for-exit (from New Zealand First) are giving us a clear sense […]
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand First’s loyalty pledge
Like King Lear, Winston Peters and his courtiers in New Zealand First have chosen to demand a self-defeating expression of loyalty from prospective NZF candidates. […]
Gordon Campbell on the synthetic drugs ban
Now that synthetic cannabis is no longer legal, we can look back at our history with these products and see it as driven by New […]
Gordon Campbell on Judith Collins’ rest and recuperation leave
So Justice Minister Judith Collins is going to have four or five days off work from her $268,000 a year (plus perks) job; apparently, she […]
Gordon Campbell on Maurice Williamson’s brand of after-sales service
Poor, poor Maurice Williamson. Why is everybody picking on him for simply doing his job….which appears to include ensuring that special treatment is afforded to […]
Gordon Campbell on RIP for the TPP, and Lorde whingeing about journalism
So after all the years of talk about “momentum” and claims that “significant progress” was being made – dutifully reported by the mainstream media – […]
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s new economic plan
As Labour’s shadow Finance Minister David Parker pointed out on RNZ this morning, New Zealand has led the way internationally by making the control of […]
Lest We Remember
As millions of dollars are spent on World War I and the Anzacs, the 150th anniversary of the wars at home are getting short shrift
Anzac Day : Identity Politics, With Guns
There’s a void in our sense of nationalism, and Anzac Day is how we choose to fill it
Trading In Stereotypes
In the Christchurch rebuild, will women miss out on most of the high-paying jobs?
Gordon Campbell on the Shane Jones departure
Shane Jones has left Parliament in the manner to which we have become accustomed, with self interest coming in first and second, and with the […]
Out Of The Past
In films like A Separation and The Past, Asghar Farhadi has become Iran’s most celebrated cultural export. There’s a price.
Scotland On The Brink
Are the wheels falling off the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence?