West Papua’s road to ‘independence’, following the Timorese lead?
The groundswell of regional support continues to grow in the Pacific – and also globally – for West Papuan self-determination. The latest repression only adds to this momentum.
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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Extinction rebellion should start with what’s on your plate
Animal agriculture is the elephant in the room regarding the climate change and biodiversity crisis.
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National and petrol taxes – when journalists get it right
It’s not often that it happens, but every so often one will stumble across examples of journalism that probes deeper than the immediacy of the here-and-now, and actually takes a step back in very recent history to put political events and utterances into context.
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MUST READ: The Fraud Estate & anti-Semitism
When I started as a newspaper cartoonist Keith Holyoake was Prime Minister, and Robert Muldoon was still a junior MP. And my understanding then of what a political cartoonist was had been shaped by those that Minhinnick produced each day in the NZ Herald.
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Ron Mark dodges questions forwarded from NZ PM’s Office
Following email exchanges with the Prime Minister’s Office featured in the previous blog, which included an email sent to both Ron Mark and Jacinda Ardern, we have yet to receive any response from the Defence Minister.
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Jacinda’s Library
SOME COSMOLOGISTS SAY that ours is but one of an infinite number of universes. It’s a wild thought, because, if they exist, this infinity of parallel universes grants us an infinity of parallel lives. Whatever we can imagine ourselves doing has already been done, is happening right now, or will be done at some point in the future, in one of these alternate worlds. In this universe we may be powerless paupers, but elsewhere – in at least one of these parallel universes – we are kings.
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Why workers who are Pakeha benefit from positive action for Maori
Sometimes in my union job, I get asked why we are helping people from minority groups – like Maori or immigrants – when we should be looking after the majority.
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Dave Macpherson: End of dispute between Nicky Stevens’ family and Waikato DHB means a new phase of the mental health work starts
Most readers will be aware that my family’s long-running (four and a half years long) ‘dispute’ with Waikato DHB is now over.
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The only cannabis poll that counts is the Referendum itself
It’s easy to get caught up in a roller coaster of elation and despair, writes NORML president Chris Fowlie, but we need to focus on the only poll that counts: the Referendum itself.
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Real Fascists Don’t Use Swastikas
ONE OF THE MOST puzzling features of contemporary New Zealand fascism is its self-imposed failure. When fascist groups are discussed,…