Gordon Campbell on Ardern, business confidence, and the worth of sanctions
The decision by Jacinda Ardern to end her term as Prime Minister on February 7 has come as a stunning surprise. It turns the task […]
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Gordon Campbell on National’s fraught journey back to the centre
Ever since Christopher Luxon became leader, National has adopted a “small target” strategy. This consists of offering nothing to distract the media from its focus […]
Gordon Campbell on the cult of political boldness
The next recession is shaping up as the most predicted event since the Second Coming. While we have to take it on faith that it […]
Gordon Campbell on Fiji’s journey back to the future
For wealthier New Zealanders and Australians, Fiji is just one option among many for their tourism resort experiences, poolside. Obviously, the country amounts to a […]
Gordon Campbell On Becoming A Nation Of Political Paranoids
Reportedly, there’s a crime wave sweeping the nation, even though the vast majority of us are not experiencing it first hand. That’s partly because the […]
Gordon Campbell on Palestine’s Christmas and a holiday music playlist
At this time of year, nominally Christian nations are preparing to celebrate the birth of Christ in Bethlehem. Last week however, the UN Human Rights […]
Gordon Campbell on National’s clueless stance on National Super
National Party leader Christopher Luxon seems to be quite a big fan of the conservative mullet – long on populist posturing at the front, but […]
Gordon Campbell on nursing’s long road to residency
The reluctance to offer a direct pathway to residency to nurses never made any sense – whether that be politically, economically or in terms of […]
Gordon Campbell on steps to reduce the racing industry’s cruelty
In the season for humans to be merry, here’s some good news for the animals. In a major animal welfare move, the British Horse Racing […]
Gordon Campbell on the TVNZ/RNZ merger battles
When the baubles of office got handed out last time around, it is hard to understand why anyone picked Willie Jackson to be the ideal […]
Gordon Campbell on Ukraine’s prospects
So the government has (a) backed down over the entrenchment of water management, thus enabling a future centre right government to privatise a key essential […]
Gordon Campbell on why the SIS need operational ground rules
This is bad, right? Apparently the SIS used its powers illegally when it raided journalist Nicky Hager’s cell phone and extracted information that still failed […]