Move-on Powers: Govt Ignored Homelessness Warnings
Police, Justice, Corrections, MSD, Oranga Tamariki and Treasury warned them. The Government pushed ahead with move-on powers anyway.

Police, Justice, Corrections, MSD, Oranga Tamariki and Treasury warned them. The Government pushed ahead with move-on powers anyway.

The UN does not blacklist states for laughs. This is the nightmare Israel’s defenders hoped would stay buried, and now the narrative war begins.

The Government created the conditions for homelessness. Now it wants police powers to move rough sleepers and beggars out of sight. Even Chris Bishop says parts breach protected rights.

If Israel seized peace activists in international waters and they were then abused in custody, statements of concern are not enough. Accountability must follow.

Ben-Gvir taunting bound Western activists was not outside Israel’s values. It was the mask slipping on what occupation has done to Israel itself.

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.

A humanitarian flotilla attempting to challenge the Gaza blockade is now reportedly surrounded by israeli naval forces in international waters, with three New Zealanders among those onboard. The confrontation risks becoming another explosive international incident tied to the war on Gaza.

Israel’s reported threat to sue over coverage of alleged abuse of Palestinian prisoners has intensified debate over propaganda, media narratives and war crimes scrutiny.

Global Sumud Flotilla organisers say Israel is repeating the same propaganda tactics used before the deadly Mavi Marmara raid.

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