Over the weekend, Labour’s leader, Chris Hipkins, opted for Aotearoa-New Zealand 2040 – the bi-centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. One of the most memorable of these was Harry McClintock’s 1928 hit, “The Big Rock Candy Mountain”. Ahead of the Three Rs, on Hipkins’ twenty-first century Big Rock Candy Mountain, children will learn “problem solving, creativity, teamwork, adaptability and resilience”. At the upper levels of the Labour Party hierarchy there would appear to be an unshakeable belief that the way forward for New Zealand is both well-understood and well-tested. At the very least, a Jackson tilt at the Labour leadership would be of huge assistance in bringing the party down off the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

Source: Stuff May 19, 2024 21:30 UTC