Author: Chris McVeigh
Chris McVeigh
Chris McVeigh is a retired KC living in Christchurch. He was previously President of the Canterbury District Law Society and, in an earlier life, a scriptwriter and performer for the satirical TV programme ‘A week of It’
OPINION: Chris McVeigh. “And Ralph wept for the loss of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through the air of a dear, wise friend called Piggy.” Lord of the Flies – William Golding. “The most terrifying thing is that the monsters are not hiding in the dark; they are wearing our clothes, speaking our language and waiting for permission.” Anon. It started, as these things often do, with a seemingly harmless and innocent moment. Who of us can forget that picture of cosy domesticity as the then Speaker of New Zealand’s Parliament sat in his chair in…