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COLIN JAMES
Political Journalist & Analyst
MANAGEMENT ARCHIVE
2013
English's real fiscal balancing act May 2013 Management Magazine
Oz/NZ: separate but joint April 2013 Management Magazine
Settling contentious policies March 2013 Management Magazine
"Active" v "results" February 2013 Management Magazine
2012
A centralising government December 2012 Management Magazine
Testing David Shearer November 2012 Management Magazine
A legacy option October 2012 Management Magazine
Water, water... September 2012 Management Magazine
Post-GFC government August 2012 Management Magazine
Leadership and the next normal July 2012 Management Magazine
The dark art of political management June 2012 Management Magazine
Lurking tax laws May 2012 Management Magazine
Winston and foregone conclusions April 2012 Management Magazine
The low interest paradox March 2012 Management Magazine
Defining the Key government February 2012 Management Magazine
2011
Time for strategic policy December 2011 Management Magazine
Remaking the public service November 2011 Management Magazine
The Maori party's hard choices October 2011 Management Magazine
Unlocking the public service September 2011 Management Magazine
National's campaign choice August 2011 Management Magazine
Key's choppier second term August 2011 Management Magazine
International is mainstream now July 2011 Management Magazine
Indigenous rights are serious business June 2011 Management Magazine
Balancing the budget and the future May 2011 Management Magazine
Managing foreign friends April 2011 Management Magazine
A hard ACT to follow March 2011 Management Magazine
Key the step-by-step changer February 2011 Management Magazine
2010
Saving capitalism December 2010 Management Magazine
Ideas from the world's edge November 2010 Management Magazine
Not cleaning up on clean-tech October 2010 Management Magazine
Brand Key v brand Goff September 2010 Management Magazine
Leading to the next business as usual August 2010 Management Magazine
Better is better than more July 2010 Management Magazine
The Maori party's wins June 2010 Management Magazine
English's big test May 2010 Management Magazine
Hide and National instincts April 2010 Management Magazine
Growing political capital March 2010 Management Magazine
How to start and stop February 2010 Management Magazine
Is Key a game-changer? February 2010 Management Magazine
2009
Rewriting the language December 2009 Management Magazine
The risk for amateurs November 2009 Management Magazine
Water on a stone October 2009 Management Magazine
Labouring at reconstruction September 2009 Management Magazine
How local is local? August 2009 Management Magazine
Making National national July 2009 Management Magazine
Directors' new directives June 2009 Management Magazine
Truly taxing questions June 2009 Management Magazine
Making ends meet May 2009 Management Magazine
Making regulation work better April 2009 Management Magazine
ACT and the end of ideology March 2009 Management Magazine
Public service groupthink February 2009 Management Magazine
2008
Agenda for a new government December 2008 Management Magazine
Political hangovers November 2008 Management Magazine
Now for social entrepreneurs October 2008 Management Magazine
Pitching to grumpy business October 2008 Management Magazine election supplement
Managing the election September 2008 Management Magazine cover story
The public faces of efficiency September 2008 Management Magazine
(Un)sustainable politics August 2008 Management Magazine
Can National be national? July 2008 Management Magazine
How to think small June 2008 Management Magazine
The nightmare shadowing Key's dream run May 2008 Management Magazine
Labour's promising future April 2008 Management Magazine
What Key's fresh start means March 2008 Management Magazine
From controversy to status quo February 2008 Management Magazine
2007
A what-if and two big ifs for Clark December 2007 Management Magazine
A year to lift the game November 2007 Management Magazine
Howard's end? October 2007 Management Magazine
A (local) coat of many colours September 2007 Management Magazine
Local and small September 2007 Management Magazine
Economy politics August 2007 Management Magazine
The Key risk July 2007 Management Magazine
Turning the small-party trick June 2007 Management Magazine
Turning spending into investment May 2007 Management Magazine
Managing Australia April 2007 Management Magazine
Professional value March 2007 Management Magazine
Defining John Key, manager February 2007 Management Magazine
2006
The renewal challenge December 2006 Management Magazine
It's the economy November 2006 Management Magazine
Labour big and small October 2006 Management Magazine
Balancing National environmentally September 2006 Management Magazine
The politics of power cuts August 2006 Management Magazine
A government in waiting? July 2006 Management Magazine
Diplomacy by real people June 2006 Management Magazine
The uncertainty principle May 2006 Management Magazine
A fiscal crunch April 2006 Management Magazine
Some big ideas March 2006 Management Magazine
Recovering competence February 2006 Management Magazine
2005
Time for keyhole surgery December 2005 Management Magazine
Policy for a third term November 2005 Management Magazine
Putting NZ together again October 2005 Management Magazine
Why so many small parties? September 2005 Management Magazine
History waiting in the wings August 2005 Management Magazine
Fixing the state July 2005 Management Magazine
Two rocky pillars July 2005 Management Magazine
The externalities in politics June 2005 Management Magazine
In politics trust is different May 2005 Management Magazine
A tax too clever April 2005 Management Magazine
How about a fair go? March 2005 Management Magazine
Battling for the mainstream February 2005 Management Magazine
2004
Balancing work-life balance December 2004 Management Magazine
Markers on the way to the centre November 2004 Management Magazine
No longer a spirit of Anzac October 2004 Management Magazine
A matter of two trusts September 2004 Management Magazine
The campaign role of the big idea August 2004 Management Magazine
Finding National's centre of gravity July 2004 Management Magazine
Seeking the Brash National party June 2004 Management Magazine
The outliers in the system May 2004 Management Magazine
The economic lead/lag effect April 2004 Management Magazine
It's a juggling ACT March 2004 Management Magazine
A country risk factor: the Treaty February 2004 Management Magazine
2003
Small warnings signs for a confident government December 2003 Management Magazine
Government or grievance? November 2003 Management Magazine
Some movement in the glacier October 2003 Management Magazine
Navigating the GM fears October 2003 Management Magazine
Is the government plotting constitutional change? September 2003 Management Magazine
A farm girl, discipline and her helicopter August 2003 Management Magazine
Trying to stay out of the twilight zone August 2003 Management Magazine
Obligations at the heart of the welfare debate July 2003 Management Magazine
The deep divide over foreign policy June 2003 Management Magazine
How to spend those big surpluses May 2003 Management Magazine
Economic growth: a dialogue of the deaf April 2003 Management Magazine
Winning back National's core vote March 2003 Management Magazine
Two huge issues back to the fore this month February 2003 Management Magazine
2002
Busy in an incremental sort of way December 2002 Management Magazine
It's the politics of values, stupid November 2002 Management Magazine
The complex challenge of consensus-building October 2002 Management Magazine
What odds on a long-running Clark? September 2002 Management Magazine
Local and customised: voters of the future August 2002 Management Magazine
How (not) to get stability in one easy (hard) lesson July 2002 Management Magazine
What about the workers? It's just coincidence June 2002 Management Magazine
What (electoral) price a tax cut? May 2002 Management Magazine
Trading off growth for the good of our souls April 2002 Management Magazine
An inquisitive PM -- where might she go? March 2002 Management Magazine
MMP and the Greens -- a complex conundrum February 2002 Management Magazine
2001
Not quite business's bride in white December 2001 Management Magazine
An attractive fellow -- but a leader? November 2001 Management Magazine
Maharey hunts social entrepreneurs October 2001 Management Magazine
The role of elites September 2001 Management Magazine
Which is Helen Clark's bigger risk? August 2001 Management Magazine
Getting on the right side of history July 2001 Management Magazine
Brazening out the downsides of decisions June 2001 Management Magazine
The conundrum at the government's heart May 2001 Management Magazine
Creating a behemoth to run tertiary education April 2001 Management Magazine
When public servants save politicians from themselves March 2001 Management Magazine
Clever Cullen sets up some super parliamentary theatre February 2001 Management Magazine
2000
Prime Minister growing in office December 2000 Management Magazine
How many gaps are there? November 2000 Management Magazine
What does the government mean by partner? October 2000 Management Magazine
The economic rationale for the ERA September 2000 Management Magazine
Fixing up the public service August 2000 Management Magazine
How to talk to the media July 2000 Management Magazine
What the government stands for June 2000 Management Magazine
Hair shirts for public service May 2000 Management Magazine
The imperatives of the political economy April 2000 Management Magazine
A radical defence change March 2000 Management Magazine
The survival of MMP February 2000 Management Magazine
1999
Cuddling up to small business? December 1999 Management Magazine
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