Christmas Cancelled in Bethlehem
A church in Bethlehem, traditionally recognized as the birthplace of Christ, has decided to commemorate Christmas differently this year, in…
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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Ben Morgan: Putin’s difficult winter balancing act!
Snow is falling across Ukraine, slowing down the land war and on 4 December the Biden administration sounded a warning…
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Marijuana Media: Auckland J Day, Cannabis Taxes and Worldwide Weed
We’re still high from J Day this week on Marijuana Media on 95bFM with Chris Fowlie from NORML and Jonny…
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J Day today celebrates Auckland’s cannabis culture; Prospects for reform under the new Government
Aucklanders celebrate the Big Smoke’s cannabis culture this weekend at J Day, and we examine prospects for cannabis law reform…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update
Samoa receives new patrol boat from Australia Australia recently delivered a new Guardian Class patrol boat to Samoa. The new…
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The coalition agreement for Working for Families is very weak but tweaks could improve it.
There were two promises in National’s original plan for Working for Families: an extra $25 a week from the In…
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Ben Morgan – Autumn rain and cold weather arrive in Ukraine – What now?
The rain has started in Ukraine. The famous rasputitsa, or mud season during which a combination of heavy rain and…
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Behind the war on Gaza – how Israel profits globally from repression
Just months before the outbreak of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza after the deadly assault on southern Israel by Hamas resistance fighters, Australian investigative journalist and researcher Antony Loewenstein published an extraordinarily timely book, The Palestine Laboratory.
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Marijuana Media: Snoop burns his cred; Cannabis OK in the NBA; NZ’s new virtual piss-testing ‘experience’
He fooled us once, but we won’t be fooled again, on this week’s Marijuana Media on 95bFM with Chris Fowlie…
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Debate: Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
Based in London, Intelligence Squared is a media information organisation, founded in 2002, that has since established itself as a…