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Simon Wilson

@simonbwilson.bsky.social

Politics / climate / urban issues / culture // Hopetown substack @simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com // City Desk column NZ Listener

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Free speech, hate speech and Brian Tamaki: new Substack post today at Hopetown

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

New Substack post today: the case for voting Green.

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

“It is very hard," said Helen Clark, "to accept this will never happen again.” New Hopetown substack today on yesterday's celebration of Jools and Lynda Topp.

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

With the rosters of the European teams serving as the best advertisement for immigration you could imagine, the big game unfolding on everyone’s TV screens will be the World v Donald Trump. My Hopetown post today, free to all

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"People used to talk about late-stage capitalism, but then capitalism said hold my beer you fucking libtards it’s party time." ... My new post at Hopetown on the FIFA World Cup’s glorification of Donald Trump and why I’ll be watching anyway

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

In the late 1970s, one of the great things about visiting Auckland was listening to a pair of buskers who drew astonishingly large crowds on Queen St: original songs full of politics sung in perfect precision harmonies. Wow. Now Jools Topp has died. Haere rā e hine. Untouchable forever

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

New Substack post up now

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

ICYMI, yesterday I launched my Substack. It's called Hopetown and you can follow or subscribe for free, right here:

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