Gordon Campbell on the “mandate” for the Air New Zealand selldown
The last time Air New Zealand got into serious trouble was through its investment in Ansett Australia during the late 1990s – an investment touted […]
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Referendum On A Robbery
The asset sales referendum kicks off on November 22…
TPP : The Never-To-Be-Ended Story
Does even Barack Obama want a fight over the TPP?
Our Silence On Syria’s Suffering
Why is New Zealand not offering to take in some of Syria’s refugees?
In The Autumn of the Woodsman
Is Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s so-called “return to form” really as good as they say?
Keeping Things In Perspective
God and the universe have larger concerns
Algeria : Boutekflika Strikes Back
In Algeria, a regime in trouble tightens its grip on power
The Unbeatable Lightness of Gravity
Sandra Bullock and the space/light dimension…
From The Hood : The Masque Of The Blue Line
Am I getting old or are holidays just not as fun any more?
The Complicatist : Deafheaven and Sunbather
This black metal / shoegaze hybrid is (almost) everyone’s pick as album of the year
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 43, October 2013 * * * * *
The October 2013 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell on the preventable deaths, injuries and ACC costs from quad bike use
Another coronial inquiry into a series of deaths from quad bikes, another call for better safety protection measures to be put in place: The coroner’s […]
Gordon Campbell on Ted Thomas and the Lombard case
It will not be until December, when the article on the Lombard case by retired judge Ted Thomas is finally published, that anyone one can […]
Gordon Campbell on why we need a Kiwi-owned insurance company, and the TPP
Is there any New Zealander who doesn’t like Kiwibank? From the outset, Kiwibank has introduced fresh competition into banking in this country, and – although […]
Gordon Campbell on the Labour Party annual conference
It seems to be a basic law of political thermodynamics that centre left parties can only ‘lurch’ or ‘swing’ when they begin to sound more […]
Gordon Campbell on the NSA spying scandal
Not many winners in the NSA spy scandal, are there? Oh sure, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been reaping some political applause at home for […]
Gordon Campbell on the Reserve Bank, and the death of Lou Reed
A curiously meandering interview on RNZ’s Business programme by Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler, this morning. During it, Wheeler shed crocodile tears on behalf of […]
Gordon Campbell on the Meridian share float, and Anadarko
So only 62,000 investors have lined up to buy Meridian, even at the rock bottom price of $1.50 a share. That’s even after the process […]
Gordon Campbell on the America’s Cup and convention centre handouts
According to Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce, Team New Zealand “is not a job for life” but it certainly seems the next best thing to […]
Gordon Campbell on the Police being above the law
A lot of the time, policing is a difficult and unpleasant job and when its done well, the Police get little credit for doing it. […]
Gordon Campbell on what John Banks and Nick Smith have in common
The defence that John Banks has been offering to the charges of electoral fraud – that he didn’t read the document he signed, and therefore […]
Gordon Campbell on Len Brown, trust, and Simon Bridges
Leaving aside the tawdry details of Auckland mayor Len Brown’s extramarital affair, the oddest feature is the timing of the revelations. By Brown’s own account […]
Gordon Campbell on the US meltdown and criminalising the partners of welfare fraudsters
It seems incredible that a tiny faction of the Republican opposition in the US Senate can hold to ransom the entire country – and the […]
Gordon Campbell on the Cunliffe speech, and the Mark Lundy decision
The style of David Cunliffe’s speech to the Council of Trade Unions conference yesterday was almost as important as the content. Plainly, Labour now has […]
Gordon Campbell on that alluringly elusive TPP trade deal
How is this for a ‘cart before the horse’ notion of democracy, as practiced by the Key government? From the NZ Herald this morning: [Prime […]
Gordon Campbell on the media’s duty to evaluate the Trans Pacific Partnership
One downside of so called ‘objectivity’ is that it can turn the media into a simple megaphone for those in power – especially in situations […]
Gordon Campbell on the shutdown of the US government by Tea Party terrorists
Surely, isn’t it time for the Republican Party to be designated as a terrorist organisation? Their current shutdown of the federal government has been bad […]
TPP : The Parley in Bali
The TPP trade deal is in deep trouble…
TPP : No Ifs, No Butts
The TPP trade deal needs to take a stand against Big Tobacco
Doing Less, For Fewer
National’s policies on refugees are an exercise in cost-cutting and officialese