The Australian
NZ’s slow count gives National time to work through strategic minefield
New Zealand voted on Saturday, but the final result will not be known until November 27.
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Neue Versuchungen der Unfreiheit
Anfang 2004 schrieb ich einen Brief an einen Mann, den ich nicht kannte.
The Australian
Luxon never won Kiwi minds, let alone their hearts
On Saturday, New Zealanders elect a new parliament and deliver their verdict on the first term of Christopher Luxon’s government.
Newsroom
Berlin used to be ‘poor and sexy’ – now it’s afraid
Last Wednesday, at 9.46am, an email reached the Berlin office of Der Spiegel, Germany’s leading news magazine.
The Australian
Ten years for keeping quiet? NZ eyes end to right to silence
In April 1638, guards in London tied a young man to a cart and whipped him through the streets to Westminster.
Quadrant
Promises Half-Kept
In the April 2024 issue of Quadrant, I began a column with Enoch Powell’s observation that all political lives, unless cut off at a happy juncture, end in failure.
Insights
Judged by their peers
The Herald’s ‘Mood of the Boardroom’ survey has become a fixture in New Zealand’s media calendar.
The New Zealand Herald
Fight over a rounding error
Elections are supposed to be the moment when the main parties offer voters a choice between grand plans and rival visions.
Newsroom
Losing sight of the lucky country – why we need a crisis to reform again
When I first visited Sydney in 1999, what struck me most were the cranes.
Insights
The false economy of aged care
Last week, we co-hosted a dinner with the Selwyn Foundation.