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Chris Trotter
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If you listen to the panicky Chris Bishop, writes Chris Trotter, that’s the voters’ choice: A clean two-party coalition, or a dirty three-way
9th Oct 23, 9:43am
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If you listen to the panicky Chris Bishop, writes Chris Trotter, that’s the voters’ choice: A clean two-party coalition, or a dirty three-way
It is the news media’s job to elicit information from politicians, not to prosecute them, writes Chris Trotter. Winston Peters’ promise to sort out TVNZ should be believed
2nd Oct 23, 8:03am
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It is the news media’s job to elicit information from politicians, not to prosecute them, writes Chris Trotter. Winston Peters’ promise to sort out TVNZ should be believed
Those whose salary depends upon them coming to terms with the fact that the beliefs of the paymasters have changed tend to get with the programme pretty smartly, writes Chris Trotter
25th Sep 23, 8:29am
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Those whose salary depends upon them coming to terms with the fact that the beliefs of the paymasters have changed tend to get with the programme pretty smartly, writes Chris Trotter
Rory Stewart’s memoir “Politics on the Edge”, lays bare the dangerous inadequacies of the Western world’s current political model, writes Chris Trotter
18th Sep 23, 8:22am
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Rory Stewart’s memoir “Politics on the Edge”, lays bare the dangerous inadequacies of the Western world’s current political model, writes Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter sys the departure of five Act candidates has the potential to rein in the party's projected success on October 14
11th Sep 23, 9:24am
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Chris Trotter sys the departure of five Act candidates has the potential to rein in the party's projected success on October 14
Chris Trotter mulls whether New Zealand's heading into a change, restoration, or status quo election
4th Sep 23, 7:42am
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Chris Trotter mulls whether New Zealand's heading into a change, restoration, or status quo election
Chris Trotter gives his assessment of PM & Labour leader Chris Hipkins' weekend speech on which political parties he will & won't work with
28th Aug 23, 1:19pm
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Chris Trotter gives his assessment of PM & Labour leader Chris Hipkins' weekend speech on which political parties he will & won't work with
The practice of New Zealand politics, and the reporting of it, has changed, and the voters have noticed, writes Chris Trotter
21st Aug 23, 8:15am
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The practice of New Zealand politics, and the reporting of it, has changed, and the voters have noticed, writes Chris Trotter
NZ First’s participation in government is defined not so much by what it does, but by what it prevents its coalition partners from doing, Chris Trotter says
14th Aug 23, 7:29am
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NZ First’s participation in government is defined not so much by what it does, but by what it prevents its coalition partners from doing, Chris Trotter says
Of the five digits making up the Anglo-Saxon fist, New Zealand is obviously the 'pinkie finger', Chris Trotter says
7th Aug 23, 9:29am
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Of the five digits making up the Anglo-Saxon fist, New Zealand is obviously the 'pinkie finger', Chris Trotter says
Chris Trotter casts his eye over the main political parties' election slogans noting only Te Pāti Māori is offering the electorate the prospect of something entirely new
31st Jul 23, 9:37am
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Chris Trotter casts his eye over the main political parties' election slogans noting only Te Pāti Māori is offering the electorate the prospect of something entirely new
Chris Trotter says more and more, conventional wisdom sounds like conventional folly. In the end, no political party is entitled to people’s votes. Loyalty should be earned and renewed, not given blindly and regardless of repeated failures and betrayals
17th Jul 23, 8:29am
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Chris Trotter says more and more, conventional wisdom sounds like conventional folly. In the end, no political party is entitled to people’s votes. Loyalty should be earned and renewed, not given blindly and regardless of repeated failures and betrayals
Chris Trotter says to announce that your party is even 'exploring' bestowing upon Māori the 'right of first refusal' on privately-owned land offered for sale will certainly test the relative strengths of collectivism and individualism in New Zealand!
10th Jul 23, 8:42am
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Chris Trotter says to announce that your party is even 'exploring' bestowing upon Māori the 'right of first refusal' on privately-owned land offered for sale will certainly test the relative strengths of collectivism and individualism in New Zealand!
Chris Trotter says nation-building isn’t just about erecting hospitals, schools and hydro-electric schemes, it’s about resourcing New Zealand’s artists to create and shape the development of a unique national character
3rd Jul 23, 8:26am
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Chris Trotter says nation-building isn’t just about erecting hospitals, schools and hydro-electric schemes, it’s about resourcing New Zealand’s artists to create and shape the development of a unique national character
Chris Trotter says the only way to come anywhere near a true equality of outcomes, is to build a system sufficiently well-resourced to accommodate the needs of all New Zealand’s citizens – when they need them
26th Jun 23, 8:29am
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Chris Trotter says the only way to come anywhere near a true equality of outcomes, is to build a system sufficiently well-resourced to accommodate the needs of all New Zealand’s citizens – when they need them
Listening to Christopher Luxon sledging New Zealand, the voters could be forgiven for thinking that, given the choice, the Leader of the Opposition would rather be leading Act, Chris Trotter says
19th Jun 23, 8:28am
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Listening to Christopher Luxon sledging New Zealand, the voters could be forgiven for thinking that, given the choice, the Leader of the Opposition would rather be leading Act, Chris Trotter says
Chris Trotter assesses the strange scenario of RNZ's altered stories about Russia's invasion of Ukraine
12th Jun 23, 10:13am
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Chris Trotter assesses the strange scenario of RNZ's altered stories about Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Chris Trotter says the irony of the long-running generational saga lies in how completely the moral relativism of 20th century youth has congealed into the moral absolutism of their hapless children in the Twenty-First
5th Jun 23, 10:32am
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Chris Trotter says the irony of the long-running generational saga lies in how completely the moral relativism of 20th century youth has congealed into the moral absolutism of their hapless children in the Twenty-First
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Effective leaders develop political muscle-memory of their own – National should get one, Chris Trotter says
29th May 23, 9:32am
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Effective leaders develop political muscle-memory of their own – National should get one, Chris Trotter says
Chris Trotter argues National needs to grasp the need to be kind if it wants to form a government after October's election
22nd May 23, 7:46am
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Chris Trotter argues National needs to grasp the need to be kind if it wants to form a government after October's election
Chris Trotter says Labour and National should defer significant constitutional change till there has been an opportunity for all New Zealanders – Māori and Non-Māori – to engage openly on the full range of options for how their country might be governed
15th May 23, 8:22am
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Chris Trotter says Labour and National should defer significant constitutional change till there has been an opportunity for all New Zealanders – Māori and Non-Māori – to engage openly on the full range of options for how their country might be governed
Chris Trotter asks: Is New Zealand about to experience storm-force winds from a radicalised Māori electorate?
8th May 23, 8:11am
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Chris Trotter asks: Is New Zealand about to experience storm-force winds from a radicalised Māori electorate?
Chris Trotter probes tension within the Labour Party over dismantling the neoliberal status quo
1st May 23, 8:30am
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Chris Trotter probes tension within the Labour Party over dismantling the neoliberal status quo
Is a smoothed path for Kiwis seeking Aussie citizenship the quid pro quo for New Zealand signing-on to AUKUS?
24th Apr 23, 8:14am
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Is a smoothed path for Kiwis seeking Aussie citizenship the quid pro quo for New Zealand signing-on to AUKUS?
Trained to espouse only the 'correct' version of reality, the idea of giving 'incorrect' ideas access to the mass media, must strike a large number of young journalists as just plain wrong
17th Apr 23, 7:41am
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Trained to espouse only the 'correct' version of reality, the idea of giving 'incorrect' ideas access to the mass media, must strike a large number of young journalists as just plain wrong