Gordon Campbell On Why New Taxes Are A Good Thing, And Dolly Parton RIP
Taxaphobes. They’re running amok in Parliament. Both the major parties have joined ACT in assuming that the voting public is as phobic about tax as […]
General Election NZ
Gordon Campbell On Why NZ Should Be Denouncing Trump’s Appeasement Of North Korea
Labour’s pursuit of a ‘National-lite’ approach to tax and fiscal policy continues. Its painfully slow release of policy has finally revealed that alongside its anaemic […]
Gordon Campbell On Opportunity’s Turn In The Political Spotlight
Even in their most desperate moments, it is almost impossible to imagine that either Labour or National would ever embrace a Citizens Income or a […]
Gordon Campbell On National’s Long Whimper Of Discontent
Christopher Luxon went into and came out of today’s special caucus meeting as damaged goods. If survival is to be counted as winning, it has […]
Gordon Campbell On National’s Abusive, Co-Dependent Relationship With Christopher Luxon
Correction: In this article I have mis-stated the rules around casting a vote in a place other than the electorate in which you are enrolled. […]
Gordon Campbell On Christopher Luxon’s No Good, Very Bad Fortnight
Decades ago, the Washington Post ran a carton showing White House advisors gibbering in terror backstage as a beaming Ronald Reagan suddenly looked away from […]
Gordon Campbell On A Week Of Luxon And Peters, Unhinged
Newsflash: PM Christopher Luxon does not take any responsibility for the condition in which the New Zealand economy currently finds itself. Not his problem. He’s […]
Gordon Campbell On National’s Rejection Of Opportunity
Earlier this week, when Christopher Luxon ruled out forming any government with Opportunity, it was like the ugly kid in class suddenly announcing that he’s […]
Gordon Campbell On The Americanisation Of Our Public Health System
Soaring temperatures, bigger storms, more lightning strikes hitting tinder-dry conditions. Wildfires in Canada, France, ad Spain. Could climate change possibly be to blame? Not according […]
Gordon Campbell On The Centre-Right’s Attempt To Steal The Election
People with more wealth enjoy better health, and their children get a head start in life. Pretty obvious, really. Yet criticism of this state of […]
Gordon Campbell On The School Lunch Fiasco, And Homelessness
The Auditor General’s damning report on the school lunch programme– and the litany of callous bungles it has uncovered – should require associate education minister […]
Gordon Campbell On The Shaky Iran Truce And MPs’ Housing Rorts
To no-one’s surprise, the fragile 60 day truce that began on June 17 has already been broken by attacks on Iran by the US, by […]
Gordon Campbell On Being Thankful That Someone Is Talking About Income Inequality
Political myths die hard. For decades it has been taken on faith – all evidence to the contrary – that those business-savvy National Party types […]
Gordon Campbell On Being Spooked Into Settling For Less
Every three years around this time, the election campaign begins to feel a bit like the old carnival Ghost Train. All aboard. After the lurch […]
Gordon Campbell On Budget 2026
The Luxon government won the last election by claiming that it alone possessed the managerial competence to fix the nation’s cost of living crisis. Three […]
Gordon Campbell On Labour’s Vanishing Act
Chris Hipkins is testing the patience (and allegiance) of every centre- left voter. We may be now only a few months out from the election, […]
Gordon Campbell On Pauline Hanson’s Rise, And The TOP Renaissance
Routinely in politics, there is a double standard for outrage. The same people who regarded Jacinda Ardern as a jackbooted tyrant seem to be quite […]
Gordon Campbell On How US Courts Are Helping Donald Trump Steal The Mid-Terms
The world has been quietly hoping and praying that the Republicans will lose control of the lower House or Senate – or both – in […]
Gordon Campbell On The Lifeline Thrown To Christopher Luxon
The National Party caucus seems to have a death wish. In increasingly “uncertain and volatile times,” it has placed all its bets on the guy […]
Gordon Campbell On New Zealand’s Luxon Liability
The National Party caucus has got itself into in a real bind. For weeks, their Cabinet Ministers and MPs have had their work cut out […]
Gordon Campbell On National’s Caucus Ructions
In his tilt at the leadership last November, Chris Bishop plainly forgot Omar’s excellent advice from The Wire: “If you come at the king, better […]
Gordon Campbell On The Folly Of Blaming Everything On Trump
The recently infamous “I’m the CEO/ Your job is the Prime Minister” exchange between Christopher Luxon and Tova O’Brien should be a defining moment in […]
Gordon Campbell On The Grail Quest For The Elusive Luxon Voter
At this point, fans of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon are rare birds indeed. Safe to say, if the National Party does swallow hard and go […]
Gordon Campbell On The Iran War’s Impact On The Economy, And On Air New Zealand
Oil and gas prices have surged since the war on Iran began. The real surprise is that oil prices haven’t risen as much as you’d […]
Gordon Campbell On The Centre-Right’s Newly Found Passion For Taxes, And James Bond, Snowboard Ace
Meet National, our new “tax and spend” party. Reportedly, the National-led coalition is seriously considering spending (at least) $16 billion on a second harbour crossing […]
Gordon Campbell On Weather, Climate, And The Contest Between ACT And NZF For The Braindead Vote
As the wild weather rages, and once-in-a-century storms and floods become seasonal events, Mark Mitchell, the country’s Emergency Management and Recovery Minister, still seems locked […]
Gordon Campbell On The Not Good, Very Bad, Terrible Unemployment Figures
As the unemployment rate hits 5.4%, the highest jobless rate in a decade, PM Christopher Luxon may be regretting his choice of “Fixing the Basics, […]
Gordon Campbell On Selling The Recovery Mirage, And Wolf Parade
If the economy was an apartment building, the recovery would be the party that’s beginning to kick off in the penthouse flat, while everyone else […]
Gordon Campbell On The Winston Peters Revival, And Canada’s Blueprint For A New World Order
Currently, the opinion polls indicate that Winston Peters is benefitting from the disenchantment with National and Labour. The fact so many people are turning to […]
Gordon Campbell On Labour’s Soft Support In The Polls
Currently, Labour is a receptacle for the widespread public dis-illusionment with the Luxon administration. However, this week’s poll results– which would deliver a hung Parliament […]