New Zealand Military Spending Slammed as Dangerous
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.

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.

Palestinians are not a people waiting for pity. They are an indigenous people asserting history, identity and the right to liberation.

The Israel embassy’s new Wellington location is already provoking anger, political controversy and calls for diplomatic expulsion.

From Tommy Robinson marches to extremist Flag Day scenes, critics warn modern nationalism is sliding deeper into open dehumanisation.

When sexual torture becomes part of the information war, the question is not who controls the narrative. It is who is being protected from accountability.

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.

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