Solutions for NZ
Following on from the NZ Institute / NZX draft document from Economy on the edge: Swan dive or belly flop? Or as another Jason commented - How can we take this to the next level? A draft strategy for...
View ArticleElections 8 Tribes Style
Back in early 2007 a book called 8 Tribes was published. It was described then by the publishers as a “snapshot of contemporary New Zealand (that) explores our unspoken class system and the hidden...
View ArticleNZ Election Polls
The NZ Election is November 8 which is tomorrow. Labour needs the Greens and The Maori Party to make the numbers work and even then it probably won’t be enough. Official results from 7pm NZ time on...
View ArticleNZ Election 2008 Results
These results may change slightly but here are the almost definitive results in percentage terms and equivalent seats. The official table for this is over here and the seats should stay the same but...
View ArticleMapping Our Future
Since the global financial crisis (GFC) started in 2008 (or was it ’07) it has become more obvious that business as usual is one of the first casualties. Some of us have been working on more...
View ArticleHave your say with oneBIGvoice
The parliamentary elections in NZ last year will be remembered for having the lowest voter turnout since 1887 At the time a lot of commentators opined that this was the result of Labour Party voters...
View ArticleMusic with heart = Politics with heart
Luke Thompson keeps popping up on my music radar. He seems to work with great videographers and the songs stay with me long after the sound is off. Look the Other Way is 4 years old but has an...
View ArticlePolitics as universal comedy
In a few weeks it is Presidential elections in the U.S. The choice there is between a President who has done very little to change the daily lives of US people and a candidate who intends to ignore...
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