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Yesterday’s government announcement on new state housing is a pathetic response to the biggest housing crisis in New Zealand since the 1940s.
The cancellation of the cannabis eradication programme is another sign that New Zealand Police have been the quiet achievers of…
Early last week, in a short, incisive report, Israel’s largest and most respected human rights group, B’Tselem, declared the situation in Israel/Palestine as apartheid.
I think there is a lot to fear in the USA.
A step too far.
Silence is not an option.
Silver Ferns – please take note: Israeli brutality, alongside its apartheid policies against Palestinians, continued through 2020 with Israeli human…
I spent four days as a sentenced prisoner at Waikeria Prison in 1983* and while four days isn’t enough for…
IN THE COMING YEAR New Zealand politics will be driven by two inter-related forces: brown poverty and white guilt. Jacinda…
Most commentators are talking about 2020 as the year we are glad to put behind us. They say it has been a tough year for business with uncertainty about the economy alongside lockdowns, quarantine isolation and no overseas travel.