On leaving my hotel the next morning I was immediately struck by the impression that I was not walking in New Zealand’s largest and fairest city, but in some impoverished African capital riven by civil war.

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My debut novel is available at TrossPublishing.co.nz. I have had my work published in the Australian Spectator, the New Zealand Herald and several on-line publications. One of the only right-wing people...