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020			_a9781927213360 _c $34.99
035			_a(OCoLC)886960771
040			_aNz _beng _cNZNAP _dOCLCO
082			_222 _a324.29304
100			_917593 _aHager, Nicky, _eauthor.
245			_aDirty politics : _bhow attack politics is poisoning New Zealand’s political environment / _cNicky Hager.
300			_a166 pages ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a "Early in 2014 Nicky Hager was leaked a large number of email and online conversations from Cameron Slater’s Whale Oil blog. Many of these were between Slater and his personal allies on the hard right, revealing an ugly and destructive style of politics. But there were also many communications with the prime minister’s office and other cabinet ministers in the National Government. They show us a side of Prime Minister John Key and his government of which most New Zealanders are completely unaware. Key has constructed an easy-going and relaxed public image, declaring to the public that ’there’s no room for negative campaigning in New Zealand’. The reality is very different. His government has worked hand in hand with Slater and his collaborators in a sustained campaign of personal attacks against their political enemies, a deliberate but hidden strategy to avoid being held responsible for negative campaigning. Dirty Politics continues the story that began in Hager’s best-selling book The Hollow Men, investigating the way that underhand and deceptive politics poisons the political environment for everyone. If you care about integrity and ethics in politics, then this book will be disturbing but essential reading"--Cover.
600			_aKey, John, _d1961-
600			_a Slater, Cameron.
610			_a New Zealand National Party.
610			_aNew Zealand National Party _xPublic relations.
650			_aPolitical campaigns _zNew Zealand.
650			_aPoliticians _zNew Zealand.
650			_aBlogs _xPolitical aspects _zNew Zealand.
650			_aDeception _xPolitical aspects _zNew Zealand.
651			_917597 _aNew Zealand _xPolitics and government _y21st century.
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