There is a particular kind of politics that looks, at first glance, like courage. It speaks in the clean language of equality, merit, order, and national unity. It says it is tired of division. It says everyone should be treated the same. It carries itself with the polished confidence of common sense. But in Aotearoa … Continue reading The Model Migrant and the Treaty Shadow
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Ending the Circus
Some conversations in Aotearoa New Zealand are like the tide. They come in with urgency, full of froth and promise, and then slide back out, leaving only the faint trace of where they had been. The capital gains tax is one such wave. One half of the political shoreline prefers to let it roll away, … Continue reading Ending the Circus
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