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Given the controversies related to race, gender, and age that characterized the 2008 campaign, and the uniquely historic outcome of the presidential election, one might expect deviations from rhetorical conventions associated with the concession and victory statements that marked the end of the campaign. This essay examines issues related to the race, gender, and age of Barack Obama, John McCain, and Sarah Palin that were manifest during the campaign and the ways McCain and Obama addressed those controversial issues in their respective concession and victory speeches. The candidates' speeches maintained continuity with the generic aspects of concession and victory speeches. Within those generic constraints, McCain and Obama primarily addressed aspects of race. McCain implicitly addressed contemporary and continuing issues related to gender, whereas Obama did not, but neither candidate addressed issues related to age.

The political perception of New Zealand's broadband market performance as 'poor' has underpinned many significant changes to the telecommunications policy and regulatory environments since 2001. Most recently, this has been manifested in substantial government subsidies by way of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for an ultra-fast broadband (UFB) network that promises to deliver fibre connections with upload/download speeds of 100Mbps/50Mbps to 75% of New Zealanders by 2019. Bert Sadowski and Bronwyn Howell explore the pros and cons of the New Zealand PPPs.

The political perception of New Zealand's broadband market performance as 'poor' has underpinned many significant changes to the telecommunications policy and regulatory environments since 2001. Most recently, this has been manifested in substantial government subsidies by way of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for an ultra-fast broadband (UFB) network that promises to deliver fibre connections with upload/download speeds of 100Mbps/50Mbps to 75% of New Zealanders by 2019. In this context, the paper examines the different PPPs with respect to allocation of task and risks between private and public parties. We conclude that problems with the UFB initiative might emerge as demand risks are not sufficiently specified which might slow broadband adoption in New Zealand.

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