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Hon Dr. Michael Bassett

The Hon Dr. Michael Bassett was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1972 - 1975 and 1978 - 1990. He was a Minister in the Fourth Labour Government from 1984 - 1990. Since then, he has focused on writing books (The State In New Zealand) and articles.

We are pleased to present some of Dr Bassett's articles which were first printed in The Dominion Post newspaper.

Date published Description
21 May 2007 The Strange Death of Labour's New Zealand
8 May 2007 Reserve Bank
27 Mar 2007 The Big Issue
7 Nov 2006 Policing in Auckland
24 Oct 2006 Careless Decisions
6 June 2006 Political Diversions
23 May 2006 NZ & Australia
11 Apr 2006 Getting Priorities Straight
14 Mar 2006 Crime and Police Priorities
28 Feb 2006 Family Planning and Poverty
14 Feb 2006 The Cartoon Furore
8 Nov 2005 Political Correctness
31 Oct 2005 MMP and 2005
11 Oct 2005 A New Cabinet?
7 June 2005 Preparing For The Future
10 May 2005 Three in a Row?
26 April 2005 Pedantry and the Press
29 Mar 2005 Lunacy Sightings
15 Mar 2005 The National Opposition
12 April 2005 George and the Police
1 Feb 2005 Orewa Mk II
4 Jan 2005 Sir Apirana Ngata
26 Oct 2004 Local Government
28 Sep 2004 Auckland Mayoralty
14 Sep 2004 Tauranga Waitangi Tribunal Claim
31 Aug 2004 NZ and Australia
17 Aug 2004 The Blame Culture
3 Aug 2004 Journalists and Blair
22 June 2004 Twenty Years
8 June 2004 Great Expectations
25 May 2004 The Laager Mentality
11 May 2004 Current Difficulties
2 Mar 2004 Going Downhill
23 Dec 2003 Foreshore and Seabed
9 Dec 2003 Leadership
25 Nov 2003 Legal Aid
11 Nov 2003 CYF And The Government
28 Oct 2003 National Leadership
14 Oct 2003 United States - New Zealand
30 Sep 2003 Child Poverty
16 Sep 2003 The Courts
2 Sep 2003 Racial Distinctions
19 Aug 2003 ARC Rates
5 Aug 2003 Maurice Williamson
10 Jun 2003 Police Priorities
24 Jun 2003 Maori Definitions
27 May 2003 Treaty Trouble
13 May 2003 Maori Seats
1 Apr 2003 The War
18 Feb 2003 Rural Health
4 Feb 2003 Sir John Turei
21 Jan 2003 Summer Journalism
7 Jan 2003 Future Prospects
24 Dec 2002 Local Government
15 Oct 2002 The Democrats
1 Oct 2002 American Elections
3 Sep 2002 Unions
20 Aug 2002 Media
6 Aug 2002 Immigration
29 Jul 2002 Whatever happened to National?
9 Jul 2002 Inflation
26 Jun 2002 MMP
12 Jun 2002 Apologies
29 May 2002 Dirty Tricks?
15 May 2002 Health
4 May 2002 Don Brash
1 May 2002 Welfare
17 Apr 2002 National's Predicament
3 Apr 2002 Self Help
20 Mar 2002 John Banks
6 Mar 2002 Health Is A Killer
23 Feb 2002 Anderton
20 Feb 2002 Luck
6 Feb 2002 Treaty
23 Jan 2002 GE
26 Dec 2001 Health Care
12 Dec 2001 Wilson