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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.
Prior to world war two, eugenics was a highly popular theory in New Zealand and around the world. The philosophy…
Tourism always seemed like a great industry. Happy people roaming the country, lots of things to do, places to see,…
IS THE EDITOR of The Daily Blog correct? Would New Zealanders benefit from the creation a state-owned supermarket chain? Unburdened by the obligation to return a healthy dividend to private shareholders, would “KiwiShop” really be free to supply the highest quality food and groceries to the public at the lowest possible prices?
Yamin Kogoya: “These crimes against Papuans hardly get resolved, and perpetrators walk free while victims get punished. This inhumane treatment brings to mind the tragic killing of George Floyd.”
CONSIDERABLE ANGST has been expressed by those of a sensitive disposition at the recent eruption of irrationality in Sydney. “How…
https://youtu.be/j2ZmyUav3n0 A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, with a…
THE GREENS would like to see New Zealand’s dairy herd diminished … substantially. Not only would this go a long…
Israel’s Gaza ceasefire violations continue to go unreported by the mainstream news media. From 6-21 July (inclusive) there have been…
Moana activists, campaigners, scholars, researchers and Green MPs gathered last Sunday in a show of solidarity for Tahiti’s Ma’ohi Lives Matter rally at Auckland University of Technology and vowed to work towards independence for the French-occupied Pacific territory.