Analysis

Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump

COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala As a journalist based in Tonga, I have chosen mostly to refrain from giving a view of US President Donald Trump, one way or another, as...

Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore

ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider...

Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide

By David Robie Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today  for their alleged...

Pro-independence FLNKS ‘unequivocally’ reject latest agreement for New Caledonia

By Patrick Decloitre The signing of a new agreement on New Caledonia’s political and financial future has triggered a...

Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US...

Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is unlikely that the Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, took any lessons from the city’s devastating floods but the rest...

Auckland floods a future sign – city needs stormwater systems fit for climate change

ANALYSIS: By James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The extraordinary flood event Auckland experienced on the night of January 27, the...

Richard Naidu: Rule of law – maybe a time for Aiyaz to reflect on Fiji

COMMENTARY: By Richard Naidu in Suva Breakfast they say, is the most important meal of the day. But last Wednesday it was possibly also the most...

Why NZ voters should beware of reading too much into political polls

ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, Massey University With a new prime minister sworn in and a cabinet reshuffle imminent, it is no exaggeration to say the...

Aotearoa’s inspirational prime minister Jacinda Ardern steps down amid misogyny row

By David Robie Aotearoa New Zealand has been shaken to the core by the sudden resignation of one of its most iconic and revered prime...

Ian Powell: Sociopaths, psychopaths, the far-right and Jacinda Ardern

COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell On 14 December 2022 German police arrested 25 people over what was called the “Reichsburger plot”. Two days later The Observer...