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A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, where they analyse the Australia-China-New Zealand relationship. Has this reached a tipping-point? Also, Israel. How stable will this cobbled together coalition of anti-Netanyahu parties be?
THE NEW ZEALAND NEWS MEDIA’S coverage of the regular get-together of the Australian and New Zealand prime ministers was appalling.
When “user-pays” water charges were proposed for Auckland back in the day, their biggest cheerleader was Labour MP Phil Goff.
Eschatology is a part of theology concerned with the final events of history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity. This concept is commonly referred to as “the end of the world” or “end times”. – Wikipedia
Rain We have hardly had any rain at all this year down here in Canterbury. And until about two weeks…
Bananas, balaclavas and banners … these were stock-in-trade for human rights activists of the New Zealand-based Coalition for Democracy in Fiji who campaigned against then Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka’s original two coups in 1987 and the “banana republic” coup culture that emerged.
According to UNRWA, the population of Gaza numbers around 1.9 million, of which 1.4 million (73%) are refugees. In what…
Seriously, what the hell would Ross, Chandler, Joey, Phoebe, Monica and Rachel have done if they had witnessed the murder of a black man by a dead-eyed cop? How would a hopeless methamphetamine addict have been received by Gunther? How would rape, domestic violence and gross economic exploitation have fitted into the comedic schema of “Friends”? How long would the friends of “Friends” have remained friends if these sorts of issues had suddenly become the main topics of conversation over all those café lattés? There aren’t a lot of laughs in injustice. At least, not a lot of laughs for liberals.
The Voyager Media Awards, being presented tonight at a glitzy affair held in the Auckland town hall, are as much about controlling the narrative as encouraging excellence in journalism.
https://youtu.be/nJPZtHjkjAA A View from Afar: In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan discuss: The latest information on the Israel/Palestine…