About

Life and Politics is a blog about New Zealand politics and the media and contains occasional updates about the author’s life.

The author, Jake Quinn, originally from Hamilton, New Zealand, graduated with a master of arts in politics from Auckland University and bachelor of arts with honours in politics and philosophy from Victoria University of Wellington.

He has a particular interest in elections, political parties, leadership and political journalism and commentary.

Jake’s professional background is as a media and communication advisor, political aide and writer.

He’s worked in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the Pacific Islands, mostly within governments or the United Nations system.

Jake is often available for freelance writing projects.

The views and opinions expressed on this blog are the authors alone and do not represent those of his employers, past or current.

Contact: [ jakequinn at gmail dot com ]