From being the place where good ideas came to be born, New Zealand has become the place where bad ideas go to die. You need at least a Silver membership plan to access Insight articles. Username or E-mail Password Remember Me Forgot Password Chris Trotter facebooktwitter 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... More by Chris Trotter