Empty slogans don’t make a defence policy – leaving five eyes does
New Zealand deserves much better from Defence Minister Andrew Little than empty slogans justifying our involvement in the 5 eyes…
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 – Vote for J Day’s new date; Cannabis is not to be sniffed at; NZ’s first homegrown bud approved!
Kia ora! You can help us decide the new date for J Day, cannabis aromas the common theme to media…
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MUST READ: Chaotic Destinations
“THE COALITION OF CHAOS”, that’s how Matthew Hooton and the right-wing commentariat are describing the putative Labour-Green-Te Pāti Māori parliamentary…
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PODCAST UPDATE: A View from Afar – AUKUS: Should New Zealand and Other APAC Nations Join This Anglophile Security Bloc?
LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 8pm US EDT – In this the first episode of A View from Afar for 2023 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will examine the pros and cons of New Zealand, and other APAC nations, joining the AUKUS security defence pact.
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Time To Reign
WHAT WOULD MY YOUNGER SELF have said to the person he had become on Saturday night as the Coronation unfolded?…
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75th anniversary of Nakba Day – Monday 15th May 2023
Monday May 15th marks Nakba Day (Nakba is Arabic for “catastrophe”) which remembers the ethnic cleansing of more than 700,000…
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Bernard Hickey not on his game
Recently Mr Hickey interviewed Wellington City Councillor Rebecca Matthews and it was disappointing for the lack of critical thinking taken…
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Marijuana Media: Auckland J Day postponed; Cannabis discretion applied unfairly (182 imprisoned for possession!); calls for drug law overhaul
Kia ora! Auckland’s torrential rain washes out J Day; no surprise that police discretion is applied unfairly but still a…
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Author calls for Royal Commission to probe Canberra’s ‘protection’ of Indonesian repression in West Papua
An Australian author and human rights advocate for West Papuan self-determination has sent an open letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the federal parliament calling for a Royal Commission to investigate Canberra’s “protection” of Indonesian colonial policies.
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Is It “Game Over” For The Greens?
THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY of a centre-left government being formed if the Greens are no longer in Parliament. That’s a…