Keith Locke

Every now and again there’s a scare story about China trying to establish a military base in the South Pacific….

There are multiple reasons for nuclear-free New Zealanders to be upset about Australia’s plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.

Our government has understandably been preoccupied with helping refugees leave Afghanistan.  But now the focus should shift to emergency aid for Afghanistan itself.

It’s good to see New  Zealand criticising China for undermining democracy in Hong Kong, but we shouldn’t do it via a Five Eyes statement.

There has been much discussion about how the Greens should position themselves now they are not needed by Labour to form a government.

If we are worried about social media companies intruding on our privacy, then Facebook should be a bigger target than TikTok. 

The news of Jeanette Fitzsimons’ death is so sad for me as a friend and former parliamentary colleague.  She symbolized Green politics and  was totally committed to the welfare of the planet and the people on it.

Australia’s election result was a big downer. But there was a bright spot in the gains made by the Australian Greens.

Whether consciously or not, successive New Zealand governments have helped foster this modern Islamophobia by participating in the American-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and not speaking out against Western military action in places like the Yemen, Libya and Somalia. The Western propaganda around those wars has fostered prejudice towards Muslims living in New Zealand.