Insensitive … now wait for the “hypersensitive”
Commenter Alexandra at The Standard picked up on a report by Radio NZ that John Key joked about Tūhoe as cannibals: “The good news is that I was having dinner with Ngati Porou as opposed to their...
View ArticleBetween the Devil and the deep blue sea
(Image, “Road to Hell”, stolen from Alexander West.) And I did not mean to shout, just drive Just get us out, dead or alive The road’s too long to mention, Lord, it’s something to see Laid down by the...
View ArticleJust don’t think about the offspring
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows, and so it is that Chris Trotter finds common cause with Peter Cresswell in selectively revising the story of Ngāi Tūhoe to frame them up as our very own...
View ArticleFarewell Dame Judith Binney
Sad news today that Dame Judith Binney, who was probably New Zealand’s greatest living historian, has died. Dame Judith is best known for her remarkable works on the history of colonialism in New...
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