Lessons from The Fight for Freshwater – Mike Joy’s Memoir

Troy Baisden

doi:10.26686/nzsr.v80.11164

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Vol. 80 No. 1 (2024)

Lessons from The Fight for Freshwater – Mike Joy’s Memoir

W. Troy Baisden

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https://doi.org/10.26686/nzsr.v80.11164

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August 20, 2026

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2026-08-20 — Updated on 2026-08-22

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Abstract

Two years ago, Troy Baisden stopped into the book launch of Mike Joy’s memoir (Joy, 2024) at Unity Books in Wellington to appreciate compelling anecdotes from one of New Zealand science’s top iconoclasts. Since that event, he has become fascinated by the observation that he spends more time disagreeing with Joy than anyone else he respects...

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Academic Freedom
Opinion
University

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Baisden, T. (2026) “Lessons from The Fight for Freshwater – Mike Joy’s Memoir”, New Zealand Science Review, 80(1), pp. 110–112. doi: 10.26686/nzsr.v80.11164.

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