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Hopetown by Simon Wilson

Simon Wilson
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Dedicated to progress, in Aotearoa and abroad, in politics, climate, urban issues & culture.

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Everything everywhere all at once

A session at the Ōtaki Summer Camp, and no, that’s not me speaking. Photo: Sam Bavitz

In January this year, I was invited to give a talk to the Ōtaki Summer Camp, an annual gathering for people aged 17-35 who are interested in progressives...

10 days ago
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Gaslighting with gas

Why are energy and health minister Simeon Brown and his boss, Christopher Luxon, so keen on gas?

It’s hard to find anybody who thinks it’s a good idea to build a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in Taranaki. Apart from the government and...

16 days ago
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Damn, The Odyssey seems familiar

Matt Damon as Odysseus with Zendaya as Athena in The Odyssey.

Elon Musk and his keyboard army of the underworld got so upset that Lupita Nyong’o, a Black woman, was cast as Helen of Troy in The Odyssey. But that will fade to nothing compar...

21 days ago
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Housing, Fonterra, cement: the crisis of predatory delay

Auckland councillor Julie Fairey.

“Predatory delay,” said Auckland councillor Julie Fairey last week, and she might have been lobbing a hand grenade into the meeting, except by that stage, early in the evening, most of her colleagues seeme...

24 days ago
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Paul Henry: Cometh the hour, cometh the showman

Act’s new Captain Fantastic and some other guy.

I’ve had several encounters with Paul Henry over the years. Three stand out.

Many years ago, when I was editor of Metro magazine, we organised a celebrity photo shoot at Soul in the Viaduct....

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