Mike Moore was laid to rest yesterday at his beloved Dilworth College. And so were some of the demons that surrounded him and the Labour Party and quite where he fits in New Zealand politics
Read MoreA happy warrior comes home: Mike Moore's funeral
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Mike Moore - Working Class Hero 1949-2020
Mike Moore, who died today, was arguably New Zealand’s greatest political success story, despite a career littered with frustrations. He could infuriate and intrigue. He could go off on tangents. But his magpie mind made him one of the sharpest operators around and his heart for the working classes speaks to his remarkable character
Read MoreThe emergence of the Third Way: From Douglas to Clark (via Clinton & Co)
In part three, after the new right revolution of the 1980s, social democratic parties such as Labour were searching their souls. Then came new ideas and new 'third way' leaders such as Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, with answers to the identity crisis
First way – the state, Keynesian demand management, the working class as the base of support. Second way – free-market, reduce the scope of the state and cut taxes, relative indifference to social justice. Third Way – well that's the question.
Read MoreWork for it: On Rohan Lord & the L'Oreal candidates
Rohan Lord's decision to bail on Labour is perhaps representative of the rise of a political class who aren't prepared to import kumara to earn a seat, but rather take the L'Oreal approach to politics
Read MoreWait or go? The big choice for the substitute Prime Minister with a tail wind
Despite the polls, an English win at next year's election would be an historic achievement. Which makes the choice of when to go to the country, so very important
Read MoreOh my ... I do declare all this nastiness is giving me a case of the vapours!
Russel Norman dared to (gasp!) compare John Key's approach to politics with that of Robert Muldoon! Have you ever heard anything so outrageous (since the exact same comparison was made in relation to Helen Clark)?
Read MoreAgainst Mike Moore, but in support of him too
If we're going to have to have a vote on MMP, we should begin talking about it honestly.
Read MoreThe new ANZAC relationship - good cop, bad cop
While Australia is arming itself to the teeth to prepare for future wars, for the sake of the region New Zealand should stick to what it does best
Read MoreNot so fast with the 'D' word
Economic depression hurts a lot more than this
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