Politics at the Bottom of a Cliff
If all we consume is cynical, shallow and smutty rubbish, our politics will end up mirroring that. But if we’re immersed in heroic stories and finer ideas that ponder on what’s real, right, good and true – we’ll start to demand more from ourselves and our leaders.
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Instead of fixing real problems, she left behind failed local projects like KiwiBuild and a country completely divided by race and unforgiving, officious, lockdowns.
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Labour has paid the price for failing to replace Chris Hipkins. National’s failure is even more extraordinary.
A Pilgrimage to the Deep South
Perhaps the Wellington-centred media, who have been promulgating the idea that New Zealand is stuck in a slough of despond, need to get out more. The world’s always going to look miserable from a dyspeptic capital that is itself mired in the doldrums.
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