A Conversation That Never Happened.
WELLINGTON HARBOUR was always worth looking at. Sipping thoughtfully at his cup of Earl Grey, Adam Freeman took in the…
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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The Pegasus Proclivity – On Recent Revelations Of Israeli International Espionage
By now, news of the Pegasus spying scandal has made its way across the world. And I think that, rather than the Western-oriented outcry which is currently also sweeping the media-sphere, taking a look at India’s situation is quite instructive here in order to garner a more true picture of what’s actually been going on.
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On The Manufactured Outrage Against The Government’s Covid-19 Communications Budget
I must confess myself slightly perplexed at the “outrage” that the Government put $250,000 into working out how to do comms for its Covid-19 strategy. I mean, think about what was involved at every step – what New Zealanders were being asked to do.
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Open letter blueprint to Megan Woods to solve housing crisis
An industrial scale state-house building programme is the only solution to the housing crisis for low-income New Zealanders
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Ben and Jerry’s does the right thing – will Nanaia Mahuta agree to United Nations call?
US Ice Cream manufacturer Ben and Jerry’s has announced it will no longer sell icecream in the occupied Palestinian Territories….
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1981: International solidarity at its finest – and also at its most dangerous.
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.
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Morbid Symptoms: Why Are Māori Vaccination Rates Plummeting?
An evaluation of the immunisation services provided to the Counties Manukau DHB does not, however, blame Covid-19 for the sudden drop-off in the Māori vaccination rate. The failure to maintain the pre-Covid percentage is, instead, attributed to: “Cultural microaggressions, white privilege, stereotyping and prejudice.” The authors of this evaluation identified “a failing and culturally incompetent system” as the culprit. “Whānau were in a constant state of stress forced to engage in a system that is inherently racist. Implicit and explicit biases, as forms of racism, were present in both whānau and staff interviews.”
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“There Is No Mental Health Funding In New Zealand”
Over the past few weeks we’ve seen a heightened level of scrutiny for the seeming non-spending of public money on…
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Dr Liz Gordon: The pandemic games
Nearly half a million new cases of Covid 19 were reported in the world yesterday, and six and a half thousand people died from the virus on that day. Large upswings in infection are evident in the USA, Russia, the United Kingdom, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, Japan and Australia.
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Farmers and banks – the deadly duo destroying our country
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.