Damian’s notes

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  MMP at 25: MMP has changed Parliament for good. But has it stopped Parliament changing New Zealand? Without MMP, Jacinda Ardern says she may never have entered Parliament. She's far from alone.

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  MMP at 25: The chaotic transition into a new political world almost killed off Labour At its lowest ebb, Labour polled just 15 per cent. But this was only one in an array of shocks as the transition to MMP coincided with utter chaos.

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  MMP at 25: How politicians let voters destroy their way of life in three short years As change in how we pick our Parliament drew near, the fight to keep the old system got brutal.

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  MMP at 25: How an academic dream from West Germany changed New Zealand forever When then-Prime Minister David Lange fluffed his lines during a TV debate, the nation was set on a course towards far-reaching change.

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  Klim Type Foundry · Epicene design information While attentive to history, Epicene is not a revival typeface. It is an experiment in modernising Baroque letterforms without muzzling their ornamental idiosyncrasy nor falling into the trap of gender codifications.

(Via @klimtypefoundry on Twitter)

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  The Single Object: The typeface that told the stories of Chinese New Zealanders For decades it sat gathering dust in a Pukekohe garden shed. Now this set of heavy lead typeface has a fascinating story to tell about the history of Chinese New Zealanders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSfj2uZaN5w When a one-tonne set of typeface arrived in New Zealand from Hong Kong in 19