LEIGHTON SMITH interviews RODNEY HIDE, September 30

Oct 1

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Rodney Hide entered Parliament as a list member of the ACT Party in 1996.

He became ACT Leader in 2004, and following the 2008 election he was appointed Minister for three portfolios; Local Government, Regulatory Reform and Associate Minister of Commerce.

His degrees in science and economics lent credibility to his commentary in other fields like climate change.

It has been interesting following his philosophical journey since leaving parliament in 2011.

And ...for the first time we talked for two full hours.

As a result we have split the wide ranging discussion into two podcasts… part two next week.

And we finish up in The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.

File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz OR Carolyn@newstalkzb.co.nz

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Oct 02

Thanks very much for this and for being on Leighton and Mrs Producer’s show again as well as letting him know about this site.

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Oct 01

Great interview - looking forward to the 2nd half. Any chance you can post links to the essay, book and podcasts mentioned?

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Oct 01

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Here you go;

Books

- Tom Holland, [Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind](https://www.hachette.co.nz/book/?id=dominion-9780349141206). You brought it up on wokeism as secular Christianity (about 53 min).

- Amy Brooke, [The 100 Days: Claiming Back New Zealand](https://amybrooke.co.nz/product/100-days-claiming-back-nz/). It came up in the listener mail at the end.

- C.S. Lewis, [The Chronicles of Narnia](https://www.narnia.com/). Listener mail about Meryl Streep voicing Aslan.

Essays and articles

- Your own [The Madness Didn't Land on Barren Soil](https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/rodney-hide-the-madness-didn-t-land-on-barren-soil) on Brash & Mitchell (about 59 min).

- Amy Brooke, [Who have turned New Zealand into a racist country, without our consent?](https://amybrookenz.substack.com/p/who-have-turned-new-zealand-into), which Leighton read from (about 57 min).

- Roger Douglas, [New Zealand's Super Disaster – Time to Face Reality](https://www.nzcpr.com/new-zealands-super-disaster-time-to-face-reality/). Leighton read it in his opening…

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