Vanuatu is leading the way in promoting a peaceful diplomatic solution for West Papua and plans to take a resolution to the UN General Assembly next year calling for the West Papua to be restored to the UN list of nations still to be decolonised. New Zealand could be a game changer by ending military ties and instead opting to support Vanuatu’s principled diplomacy. There isn’t much time to waste.
The irony of the state sector hiring private sector agents against the people has been well played out over the past few days. The fact that they were spying on citizens is clear; why they were doing so is sometimes less so.
My best wishes to you all for a safe, happy and meaningful Christmas.
Many factors can contribute to violence in prison. Police have commenced an investigation into this instant.
An occasion like this helps prepare inmates for normal life , making reoffending less likely. When people are treated with dignity, most find it easier to gain insight into the causes of their offending.
I post a xmas message of me and my moko being happy and all these Maoris send me pictures of snow and holly and fat little white santas and reindeer!
“I was present in the meeting with Minister Bridges and heard him make positive comments about a potential rail service“,
“So to hear the Party’s current Transport spokesperson turn around and oppose the rail service, shows he is either out of tune, or alternatively, out of communication with his own leader.”
The recent UN Climate talks in Poland have been hailed as some sort of ‘breakthrough’, it is nothing of the sort. Refusing to wean the planet off fossil fuels, no clear target for 2030 and what amounts to little more than vague promises to record existing emissions are not a ‘breakthrough’ and only a ‘step in the right direction’ if the alternative was to do nothing at all.
It’s been an amazing year as Minister of Employment, and I want to take this opportunity to thank the many tireless workers and dreamers and inspirers I am fortunate enough to meet up and down this great country of ours every single day who are passionate about helping all New Zealanders, from every walk of life, get ahead with work that matters.
I’m walking between Kerikeri and Waitangi, the first 9 days have been fabulous weather.