Police can arrest suicide survivors, steal babies, illegally search Nicky Hager & me – but can’t arrest a Tobacco lobbyist?
Let’s get this straight.
politics
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GUEST BLOG: Te Reo Putake – Catalonia; Why the Left does not support Puigdemont
The working class of Catalonia is not overwhelmingly of Catalonian heritage. In the Franco years, Barcelona was flooded by ethnic Spanish workers seeking a better life. Generations on, Catalonia is as much Spanish as it is Catalan.
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Balfour’s disastrous legacy
On 2 November 1917, at the height of the First World War, Britain’s imperial voice expressed itself in a statement…
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Ummmm, let me get this straight, if there’s a fuel tax, you’ll stop driving in Auckland?
Herald readers are revolting over plans to raise a fuel tax in Auckland, and they are saying they will leave the city…
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BREAKING: National ordered to pay $600 000 after losing Eminem copyright case
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
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Will The New Zealand Election Outcome Mean A Fair Go For Russia?
[Author’s Note: this piece was originally prepared for an international audience; and is presented unaltered from its original form] Late…
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How Winston could use MMP for NZ First and put New Zealand second
There was a lot of behind the scenes happiness that Labour and NZ First were making great head way in terms of policy agreements, but the fact that the actual model of how the Government would function hasn’t yet been discussed should have Jacinda blinking rather than winking.
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Why Trump’s misnaming of the Persian Gulf has angered Iranians
It was not the decision to decertify the Iran’s nuclear deal that has left most ordinary Iranians incensed but the US President’s misnaming of the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf. Many Iranians have taken to the social media to express their rage and disappointment at the President’s failure to refer to the Persian Gulf by its proper name.
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WaateaNews: Metiria Turei vs Jian Yang – Compare the media values at work
How come a Maori solo mum who stole to feed her child a quarter of a century ago is a bigger story than a possible Chinese spy deeply embedded inside our own Government?
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How Neoliberalism Made me Selfish
Saturday was election day in New Zealand, and while the final configuration of parliament is still being negotiated, as has become normal under the proportional representation system, it’s petty clear that New Zealand has voted for a continuation of a neo-liberal approach to governance.