MSG throws away golden chance to reset peace and justice for West Papua
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
The Melanesian Spearhead Group has thrown away a golden chance for achieving a historical step towards justice...
Owen Wilkes dead since 2005 – but SIS still won’t release his personal file
By Murray Horton, editor of Foreign Control Watchdog
New Zealand's globally renowned peace researcher Owen Wilkes has been dead since 2005, but he is still...
Creating ‘sponge cities’ to cope with more rainfall needn’t cost billions – but NZ has to start now
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Welch
Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and there will likely be a headline about extreme weather. While...
Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public is timely
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie
The release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) this week is the final piece in...
Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad
In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...
Bryce Edwards: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more progressive path?
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards
Cabinet Minister David Parker recently told The Spinoff he’s reading The Triumph of Injustice – how the wealthy avoid paying tax...