Notes on the mood of New Zealand protest against power elites – an essay published by Newsroom.
Tag: Politics
The mind virus of right wing conspiracies
The danger here is because we live in the ‘bubble of the present’ some will believe the confusion being sown by the far right and conspiracy theorists, who now appear to be merging in a bizarre new ideology. It is important to resist this wave of dangerous nonsense.
The Rise of Toad: or a verse marking the anointment of a new leader of the National Party, 22 May 2020
All hail! Glad tidings O countrymen and womyn! The battle for the soul of our green and pleasant land is … More
The Conspiracy
One thing I have noticed really ramp up in recent times is the profusion of conspiracy theories on the internet.
UK election 2019 : lumps, bumps and pimples
As the dust settles on another wall collapsing in the crumbling house of parliamentary democracy, this time in the (currently) … More
The 2035 New Zealand Poet Laureate writes on the occasion of the election of the Tenth Term of the National Government
Let’s make sure this remains a morbid fantasy not a fact. Vote on 23 September. – VB Fellow citizens, we … More
Bea$t of the Hour
Covfefe – a poem
Meta Mnemonics help him recollect his nuclear codes jammed in somewhere behind his twitching frontal lobes. His fish eye … More
Refugee resettlement in New Zealand
A published opinion piece
Retirement crisis looming
There is a retirement crisis in New Zealand. Experts have made a compelling case for an imminent “zombie apocalypse” of … More
Advice to mum and dad investors
I was impressed and excited to read a local finance broker’s advice to potential “mum and dad” investors in privatized … More
Cocktails and corporate warriors
The following article appeared in the Otago Daily Times on 9 November 2010 in response to reports of private “war … More
Left of liberal
Must be that time of the year again. Speaking at Drinking Liberally Dunedin this Thursday 1 July.
Beyond the sea: New Zealand’s ports at risk?
The following article on New Zealand ports and maritime issues was originally published in Foreign Control Watchdog issue 123 (May … More
Broke, Anxious or Seriously flush
The following article appeared in the Otago Daily Times, on Wednesday 3 February 2010, in response to an article by … More
Victor Billot 