Would a victory for John Tamihere usher-in a period of radical upheaval? Or, when all the banners and billboards have been tidied away, would Mayor Tamihere be in any serious way distinguishable from Mayor Goff?

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Known principally for his political commentaries in The Dominion Post, The ODT, The Press and the late, lamented Independent, and for "No Left Turn", his 2007 history of the Left/Right struggle in New...