COLIN JAMES Political Journalist & Analyst Reasoned feedback is welcome at the address below. If you live outside the New Zealand Herald circulation area and would like to receive my Herald column by email, email me at the address below. NEW ZEALAND HERALD ARCHIVE 2000 DECEMBER 2000 A man of manners is politician of the year 20 Dec 2000 NZ Herald column Helen and Elizabeth - a pair in history 13 Dec 2000 NZ Herald column The party's over; it's time for management 6 Dec 2000 NZ Herald column NOVEMBER 2000 Hearts and minds come before guns 29 Nov 2000 NZ Herald column Now the heat goes on National 22 Nov 2000 NZ Herald column The man to rev up the Labour party 15 Nov 2000 NZ Herald column Official from the PM: It's the e-economy, stupid 8 Nov 2000 NZ Herald column A super way to fund business development 1 Nov 2000 NZ Herald column OCTOBER 2000 A reasoned voice on "separateness" 25 Oct 2000 NZ Herald column Two ministers who hit it off with business 18 Oct 2000 NZ Herald column How heavy is light regulation? 11 Oct 2000 NZ Herald column Closing the gaps in the policy line 4 Oct 2000 NZ Herald column SEPTEMBER 2000 The challenge of the "archipelago economy" 27 Sep 2000 NZ Herald column Can the "knowledge society" get Labour back to the mainstream? 20 Sep 2000 NZ Herald column Now stealthily we are changing the constitution  13 Sep 2000 NZ Herald column The ethnic factor in Clark's equation  6 Sep 2000 NZ Herald column AUGUST 2000 Welcome to the kiwifruit republic 30 Aug 2000 NZ Herald column Of ships and planes and land attacks 23 Aug 2000 NZ Herald column Can National remake itself for the 2000s? 16 Aug 2000 NZ Herald column Take your partner for the foxtrot 9 Aug 2000 NZ Herald column A leftward lean towards free trade 2 Aug 2000 NZ Herald column JULY 2000 Getting the treaty behind us (or not) 26 Jul 2000 NZ Herald column A Kyoto challenge by the Prime Minister 19 Jul 2000 NZ Herald column The local option for long-life government 12 Jul 2000 NZ Herald column The greater "gap" facing Maori 5 Jul 2000 NZ Herald column JUNE 2000 Testing the PM's management mettle  28 Jun 2000 NZ Herald column Why on earth not sell the Skyhawks?  21 Jun 2000 NZ Herald column The Budget to win last year's election 16 Jun 2000 NZ Herald column Betting the bank on slow return projects 14 Jun 2000 NZ Herald column From bubble to bust in 90 days 7 Jun 2000 NZ Herald column MAY 2000 What happens when the mandate runs out 31 May 2000 NZ Herald column Taking the high road in the arts 24 May 2000 NZ Herald column Can Cullen keep the golden goose laying? 17 May 2000 NZ Herald column Shipley sharpens some meathooks 10 May 2000 NZ Herald column Making the most of a negative consensus 3 May 2000 NZ Herald column APRIL 2000 Can the departments really do their job? 26 Apr 2000 NZ Herald column Role modelling for would-be role model 19 Apr 2000 NZ Herald column Next target: the voluntary sector 12 Apr 2000 NZ Herald column The deeper issue in the Waipareira affair 5 Apr 2000 NZ Herald column MARCH 2000 A tectonic shift in the political faultline 29 Mar 2000 NZ Herald column The burden of new paradigm politics 22 Mar 2000 NZ Herald column From contract to relationship 15 Mar 2000 NZ Herald column Flinty Clark fronts her fiscal test 8 Mar 2000 NZ Herald column Partnership: Labourís new watchword 1 Mar 2000 NZ Herald column FEBRUARY 2000 Our voice in Canberra: Helen Clarkís mission 23 Feb 2000 NZ Herald column What will happen when the honeymoon ends? 16 Feb 2000 NZ Herald column From lofty republicanism to small tinkerings 9 Feb 2000 NZ Herald column Extra on the F16s 5 Feb 2000 NZ Herald column Cultural reconciliation is the greatest challenge 2 Feb 2000 NZ Herald column JANUARY 2000 Can ënation-buildingí knit a fragmented society? 26 Jan 2000 NZ Herald column National's Tactics 19 Jan 2000 NZ Herald column Deep down, the political contest now under way is to find, define and occupy the new centre. 12 Jan 2000 NZ Herald column CONTACT P O Box 9494, Wellington, New Zealand Email: ColinJames@synapsis.co.nz HOMEPAGE