BY DANIEL JUPP You may have noticed that Jacinda Ardern has announced she is stepping down as Prime Minister of New Zealand. “It’s time. I have given so much of myself and I can give no more. In recent months colleagues have been distracted by my Radiant Kindness, which has grown ever more powerful during my time in office. I give off a glow, you … Continue reading See Ya Mate
BY STEWART SLATER New Zealand does not, let us admit, get much attention. Too small, too stable (Mark Lawson started his excellent travelogue All the Safe Places there) and just too distant, it is a far-off country of which we are content to know little. It is a land which enters our consciousness mainly as a source of wine and film locations and as the … Continue reading A Global Rorschach Test
BY DANIEL JUPP In France paramilitary forces are beating the hell out of citizens on the street. I’ve seen the footage. Brutal baton wielding attacks on young women where five or six men in black balaclavas and combat gear all attack one person who is offering no violence. In New Zealand, a country in which many people have relatives abroad, the right to travel has … Continue reading Tectonic Shifting
