Antony Loewenstein will be in Aotearoa this week
For visiting Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein his critique of Israel’s policies has come with a high personal cost. His interview…
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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Marijuana Media on 95bFM: Mānawatia a Matariki, and our drug laws are still racist. Plus, Greens announce new cannabis policy
Mānawatia a Matariki, it’s Māori New Year and our drug laws are still racist. Plus, the Green Party has a…
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Politics and sport clash at FIFA Women’s World Football Cup 2023
Politics and sport will clash again at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. Prominent at the tournament is the sports…
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Captain’s Call
IT WAS THE AUSSIES who came up with the “Captain’s Call” tag, and we Kiwis have followed along behind. In…
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Marijuana Media: Cannabis Social Clubs coming to Germany, Australia, the Cook Islands – and Auckland?
This week at The Hempstore we hosted a substance checking clinic by the NZ Drug Foundation, so we began the…
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Nuclear-free campaigners warn against AUKUS raising Pacific tensions
Advocates and defenders of a nuclear-free Pacific have condemned the AUKUS military pact and warned New Zealand that the agreement would make the world “more dangerous” and should not join.
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Unstoppable and Explosive
IT’S VOLCANOLOGISTS who detect the first signs of the pending eruption. Barely discernible tremors, swarms of them, imperceptible to those…
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NZ, China, Israel, Palestine – on human rights, uncomfortable truths and speaking out
No government likes to be called out for human rights abuses and it’s uncomfortable to do so, particularly when the…
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UPDATED: NZ’s PRC Trade Balancing Act + Russia in the wake of Prigozhin’s ‘Pronouncement’
https://www.youtube.com/live/X7ImqFWZvqM?feature=share In this the sixth episode of A View from Afar for 2023 political scientist Dr Paul G. Buchanan…
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Maori Tikanga Influence NZ Foreign Policy
New Zealand – “an English-speaking country with Polynesian characteristics.” On a recent weekend road trip south we were struck by…