Empty slogans don’t make a defence policy – leaving five eyes does
New Zealand deserves much better from Defence Minister Andrew Little than empty slogans justifying our involvement in the 5 eyes…
Author: John Minto
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Rallies/events in major centres on Saturday to mark 75th anniversary of the Nakba
Nationwide rallies, marches and events will take place across the country this Saturday 13th May and Monday 15th May (Nakba…
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75th anniversary of Nakba Day – Monday 15th May 2023
Monday May 15th marks Nakba Day (Nakba is Arabic for “catastrophe”) which remembers the ethnic cleansing of more than 700,000…
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Pleasure as Doc Edge abandons Israeli Embassy sponsorship for 2023 festival
The Doc Edge Film Festival as abandoned Israeli Embassy sponsorship this year after a furore caused by such sponsorship last…
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The government confirms the wealthiest New Zealanders are legal tax bludgers
Well there you have it – in black and white. Revenue Minister David Parker has revealed what we all knew…
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ANZAC Day – we must turn our backs on the appalling beast that is AUKUS
There is no better day than ANZAC Day, when we remember our soldiers who died in war, to talk about…
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The most important learning from the parliament protest is not in the police report
Yesterday’s release of the Independent Police Conduct Authority report on the Covid-related parliamentary lawn protest a year ago contained lots…
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s long, proud history of civil disobedience protest
New Zealand has a long, proud tradition of civil disobedience protest. It’s worth recalling some of it this week as…
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Getting people off the state house waiting list – but not into state housing!
At first glance it seems the government finally has a positive story to tell about the state house waiting list….
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Get the BBC off RNZ and TVNZ!
The last fortnight has seen a series of brutal, deliberately provocative Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque…