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Palestine Free from the River to the Sea is not just running candidates in an election it is trying to raise awareness of issues. We chose this name because Palestinians do not enjoy fundamental human rights and freedoms. Our demand is for nothing more than basic human rights and the acceptance of international law.
With the passage this week of a draconian death penalty law that is effectively designed only to apply to Palestinians, more people around the world than ever are noticing that Israelis are in a very dark place.
New Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman would’ve been hoping for a less eventful backdrop to just her third Monetary Policy Committee meeting scheduled for 8th April. Instead, the US and Israel’s reckless barbarism in the Middle East has thrown the global economy into a rapid tailspin of stagflation, with New Zealand’s already sluggish economic recovery now facing surging oil prices, uncertain fuel…
We think it is important to note that all organisations (and organisers!) will mess up at some point; what matters is the willingness to repair and grow.
When Hipkins was accused of bad behaviour by his ex-wife, my first response to his teary face on the news was lol, I hate that guy–the same thing I always feel. It’s maddening to watch people stubbornly forget that Labour’s unprecedented majority win involved folding against Covid, faffing around with the most timid reforms possible, and handing power to the most unpopular National-led government…
Honouring, activating, and even understanding Te Tiriti o Waitangi is not the orthodoxy in our current political environment. The past two and a half years have seen a barrage of attacks on both Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding partnership agreement of this country, and on how Te Tiriti o Waitangi functions in practice in organisations like Health New Zealand and Oranga Tamariki, the two…
On the day that 16 people were killed with brutal violence at Bondi Beach, 9 people were added to the death toll of brutal violence in Gaza. One fact is news that has reverberated globally for weeks. One fact means almost nothing to the world. One fact has seen politics and laws debated. The other will change nothing. One fact will be weaponised. One fact will be brushed aside.
There is a distinction between going out to eat, and being fed. The former, for me, is something active that you do as a diner – you might dress up, head out, and spend your hard-earned money at any one of the thousand restaurants that the city has to offer.
In the immediate aftermath of violent attacks, social media often fills the information vacuum before verified facts are available. That space is increasingly occupied by AI-generated deepfakes and manipulated “breaking news” content designed to mislead, inflame, and spread fear.
We speak with Jen Shields about the ideologically motivated, against all evidence, decision by the National coalition government to effectively ban puberty blockers specifically for trans children.
