My Final Word: Appeasing Donald Trump is not foreign policy
The New Zealand Government’s response to Donald Trump’s return to political relevance exposes a dangerous weakness in its foreign policy…
ANZAC Day
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ANZAC Day 2024 – A new Red Sea War and Winston selling our independent foreign policy for 3 magic beans from the American Military Industrial Complex! What are we commemorating?
Every ANZAC Day it’s not a case of ‘lest we forget’, it’s a case of ‘lest we remember’. As the…
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GUEST BLOG: Moana Maniapoto – Anzac in a time of COVID
Anzac Day saw Bubbles all around New Zealand stand at dawn. By the mailbox. In gardens. In lounges. Physically distant but united. Reflecting. On life. On loss. On war. On history.
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Honouring all victims of war, not just on ANZAC Day
This year ANZAC Day parades were cancelled for the first time ever. Instead we were invited to stand at dawn and remember the war dead. For this one day of the year we were called to think of the cost of war. We’re called to be mindful of suffering, conflict, the forging of a nation, and Trans-Tasman solidarity.
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ANZAC Day 2020
History is always watching.
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GUEST BLOG: Joe Trinder – Every ANZAC Day we pretend that our nation was forged in a failed maritime invasion of Turkey
We adopt historical amnesia of the men woman and children that fought for their country on the battlefields of the New Zealand wars they are rarely mentioned at the cenotaphs every ANZAC parade.
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Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!
Anzac Day is important to remember because of the utter futility of being part of an imperialist military alliance. New Zealand casualties in that war, killed or wounded, were 58%. That is equal to one-quarter of the adult male population. Our death rate of those who served at 16.6% was higher than that suffered by Germany!
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“I do not care for the word ‘peacekeeper'” – Head of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Tim Keating
ANZAC Day should be a time when we pledge to use every means possible to avoid war. It should be a time when we assert an independent foreign policy with New Zealand’s foremost role as peacemakers and peacekeepers.
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Why I have to boycott the Poppy this ANZAC Day
There’s nothing to commemorate when we hide our war crimes, because the very honour we seek to respect can not stand while we turn a blind eye. To stand at attention during the Dawn Service with this disgrace hanging over our armed services makes us hypocrites, and the men and women who have died in our conflicts deserve better than that.
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19 things you need to know about ANZAC Day
19 things you need to know about ANZAC Day