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Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual

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Real New Zealanders like mowing their lawns. I certainly do. Until I met my partner I thought everyone did. But she and I have strong views on mowing lawns – and they pull in opposite directions.

I’m from the conventional keep-the-damn-things-under-control school of thought, while she’d rather the grass was left to grow, if not to infinity and beyond, then at least to knee height.

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