Every phone sold in New Zealand for the past eight years has shipped with a parental control panel already inside it, free, no subscription, no extra purchase. Apple ships one on every iPhone and
How New Zealand's Big Political Parties Move Their Own Voters Into Beliefs They Never Chose A six-part series on elite-driven opinion change in New Zealand politics, 1980–2026 ARTICLE 1 — THE LEASH Why Voters Follow Their Party Into Beliefs They Never…
How the Party of the Working Class Delivered the Most Free-Market Programme in the Nation's History Part Two of a series on elite-driven opinion change in New Zealand politics, 1980–2026.
Article 3 — The Mirror on the Right: How John Key's National Party Herded Its Own Conservative Base Part Three of a series on elite-driven opinion change in New Zealand politics, 1980–2026.
Article 4 — The Master Herding: How the Big Parties Herded an Entire Country During the COVID-19 Pandemic Part Four of a series on elite-driven opinion change in New Zealand politics, 1980–2026.
Article 5 — The Anti-Herders: Why New Zealand First Does Not Herd Its Own Base Part Five of a series on elite-driven opinion change in New Zealand politics, 1980–2026.
Article 6 — The Future of Herding: 2026 and Beyond Part Six (final) of a series on elite-driven opinion change in New Zealand politics, 1980–2026.
Every phone sold in New Zealand for the past eight years has shipped with a parental control panel already inside it, free, no subscription, no extra purchase. Apple ships one on every iPhone and iPad.
This is the story of a small political party and how its followers are being told how to vote by people who are trying to keep the small party small. The advice is never a lie, and that is why it is so hard to resist.
