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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/564578/new-zealand-halts-cook-islands-funding-in-stoush-over-china
Hey Cook Islands are so close to us and we have used them in ways handy for us in the past. But now? It is time for Winston to step up and make his name good all over again. Bring on the winebox even if it is only Chateau (or Shattered) Cardboard!
From Cairo:
First they ignore you
Then they laugh at you
Then they attack you
And then you win
From the Telegraph:
The Western activists’ march to Gaza that became a farce
Guy Kelly 18 June 2025 8:00am BST
World leaders have repeatedly attempted the diplomatic solution. Sanctions have been imposed and court orders issued. Meanwhile, the media has done what it can to shed light on the bloodshed.
Yet until this month, nobody had thought to try what now seems like an obvious solution to a complex, never-ending situation in the Middle East: sending a convoy of optimistic foreign activists to simply walk across Egypt and straight into war-torn Gaza, where they can offer help, support and peace directly to those who need it most…..
….And march they did, for a bit, some 4,000 of them hailing from more than 80 countries – including Britain, the USA, Canada and Ireland – laden with the best of intentions and, it turned out, the world’s most deluded travel plans.
Video clips and accounts on social media do not make for pretty viewing: peaceful activists being set upon and whipped, stamped on and beaten by locals; passports and phones being confiscated; crowds kettled at makeshift checkpoints; small groups forcibly put on buses to be returned to Cairo and deported.
It is easy to feel sympathy for members of the convoy, who are being subjected to horrific conditions while they take courageous action in the name of a desperately worthy cause. It’s even easier, though, to sigh and wonder quite what they expected….
….. the overwhelming social media reaction to their odyssey has been mirth, despair and disappointment. But principally mirth. You’d have to imagine that wasn’t the original objective…..
|https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/18/the-western-activists-march-to-gaza-that-became-a-farce/
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564638/pukaha-wildlife-centre-gets-200-000-loan-from-masterton-district-council
Mayor Gary Caffell said Pūkaha was worth fighting for and the loan reflected the council’s commitment to preserving the important conservation and tourism attraction…
The call of the Kokako. From NZ Geographic.
https://www.nzgeo.com/video/better-ancestors-the-call-of-the-kokako/
If we had a government (central) it wouldn’t be so important to have local government active and on task. Seeing that Local Government NZ is involved with NZ Initiative – right wing leaning – and perhaps being in for right-wing meetings in Switzerland with other monetised entities, is concerning. A citizen wanting NZAO to thrive at its own pace can feel discomforted? But still we want to hang on to as big parts as possible.
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