Marilyn WaringMarilyn Waring

Marilyn Waring is Professor of Public Policy at AUT and a former National MP.

How Marilyn Waring became an MP aged 23

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A saddle sore, a teal bridesmaid’s dress and the Ngāruawāhia High School hall: how Marilyn Waring became the National candidate for Raglan. An extract from her new memoir The Political Years. In 1974, it was my habit to go to the library at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand’s capital, to read each morning’s newspaper. On … Read more

Marilyn Waring on the Australian hero of nuclear-free New Zealand

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The former National MP whose decision to support anti-nuclear legislation led to the 1984 snap election writes on the transformative influence of the passionate Australian physician Helen Caldicott, who speaks in Auckland this week If you were growing up in New Zealand and Australia post World War II, there’s a chance you knew about the … Read more