National Eyes Nuclear-Free New Zealand Debate
National calls it a conversation. The rest of us should call it what it is: the first greasy step toward selling nuclear-free New Zealand.

National calls it a conversation. The rest of us should call it what it is: the first greasy step toward selling nuclear-free New Zealand.

New Zealand’s nuclear-free stance helped define us as an independent country. Chris Hipkins says National should stop hinting it is up for negotiation.

The Government says there’s no money for social needs, yet billions appear for war and military expansion. Peace Action Wellington says the priorities are grotesque.

Anti-war protesters will gather in Auckland demanding New Zealand reject US-led wars, militarisation and deeper involvement in global conflict.

Simon Court attacking the Greens while defending Israel may play well inside ACT’s culture war bubble, but for many New Zealanders the conversation is now shaped by Gaza, Mossad controversies and decades of unresolved occupation and violence.

Peace activists are condemning New Zealand’s participation in RIMPAC exercises alongside Israel and the United States amid escalating war in the Middle East.

Palestine advocates say New Zealand cannot champion human rights while conducting military exercises alongside Israel during the Gaza war.

A taxpayer-funded antisemitism report has ignited a bitter argument over free speech, Zionism and whether criticism of Israel is being deliberately conflated with racism.

New Zealanders trying to deliver aid to Gaza were allegedly beaten and detained by Israeli forces. And PSNA says the Government can no longer stay silent.

A Government-funded antisemitism report is now at the centre of a fierce political and ideological fight over Israel, Zionism and free speech in New Zealand.