Chris Trotter
Known principally for his political commentaries in The Dominion Post, The ODT, The Press and the late, lamented Independent, and for "No Left Turn", his 2007 history of the Left/Right struggle in NZ.
Turning Their Backs on the Working Class
Chris Trotter Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz I ALWAYS WONDERED what it would take to detach the New Zealand working class from Labour. Not all of the working class, obviously, but enough to strip the party of the demographic heft that, for more than a century, has made it
Nostalgic for a Joyous Left
Chris Trotter Chris Trotter is New Zealand’s leading leftwing political commentator, with 30 years of experience writing professionally about New Zealand politics. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz I WAS A CAPTAIN COOK MAN, Grant Robertson was a Robbie Burns man. If you know anything about the great student
