John Minto

The 1981 Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand will always have a special place in any narrative about the international fight against apartheid in South Africa.

The man who has dominated Israeli politics for so long and campaigned against a Palestinian state is finally gone, for now at least. He has been ousted, after four inconclusive elections in two years, by a broad coalition led by Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett.

An industrial scale state-house building programme is the only solution to the housing crisis for low-income New Zealanders

US Ice Cream manufacturer Ben and Jerry’s has announced it will no longer sell icecream in the occupied Palestinian Territories….

It was a winter of bitterness and discontent as the tour rolled around the country leaving deep divisions in its wake. Images of the passion and fury from the protests against the tour reverberated in South Africa and around the world.

Far too many of them live in a self-delusional world where they believe they are “the backbone of the economy”, they are “carrying the rest of us” and we should be grovelingly grateful.

Appalling levels of violence in South Africa are the sole responsibility of the African National Congress government. The headline reason…

An update on the number of children living in motels by RNZ’s Checkpoint programme should come as no surprise. The…

I recall feeling pleased back in 1971 when the government passed the Race Relations Act and appointed the first Race…