Challenging the Status Quo
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Challenging the Status Quo

A Poltical Memoir

  1. 372 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Challenging the Status Quo

A Poltical Memoir

About this book

A farmer and lawyer, Derek Quigley had entered Parliament just five years earlier as National MP for Rangiora. After his falling out with Muldoon he was an advisor to the Lange/Douglas Labour government, then a cofounder of the ACT Party. Re-elected to Parliament in 1996, he became chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence Select Committee, whose report Defence Beyond 2000 became the ' blueprint' for the Clark Labour government' s defence policy. Challenging the Status Quo is a principled conservative' s insider history of New Zealand' s evolving maturity from its golden years when it was beholden to Britain to its status as an independent nation in today' s uncertain world. It highlights some of the successes and failures of the country' s key politicians during that progression and illustrates what needs to be done to avoid the mistakes of the past.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1. The National Party: Principles vs Pragmatism
  7. 2. Farmer, Student, Lawyer
  8. 3. Entering Parliament: A Reality Check
  9. 4. Making Progress as an MP
  10. 5. 1978: A Seat in Cabinet
  11. 6. Attempts to Control Government Spending
  12. 7. Other Ministerial Responsibilities
  13. 8. The Law and the Arthur Allan Thomas Case
  14. 9. The Colonels’ Coup
  15. 10. Tourism, ā€˜Think Big’ and the Springbok Tour
  16. 11. Resignation from Cabinet
  17. 12. A Backbencher Again
  18. 13. Research and the Bob Jones Party
  19. 14. The 1984 Election and Labour in Office
  20. 15. Life after Parliament
  21. 16. The Background to Labour’s Anti-nuclear Policy
  22. 17. The Strategos Defence Review
  23. 18. National’s Defence Backflip and the Road to MMP
  24. 19. Contemplating a Return to Politics
  25. 20. The Formation of ACT
  26. 21. Operating in a New Electoral System
  27. 22. Other Involvements as an MP
  28. 23. Defence in the Spotlight Again
  29. 24. ACT in Parliament
  30. 25. New Zealand Today
  31. Appendix: My Alternative Economic Plan 1978–81
  32. Notes
  33. Image Credits
  34. Index