Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change how it grows trees
ANALYSIS: By Mark Bloomberg, University of Canterbury
The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by...
Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels
BACKGROUNDER: By David Robie
Papuan independence rebels are playing a desperate game of cat and mouse with Indonesian authorities over their hostage taking last week...
Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua conflict that the world ignores
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong
“Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is — no one ever had anything bad to say...
Yamin Kogoya: The fate of Papua’s governor Enembe – where is he now?
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
On Friday 10 February 2023, it will be one month since the Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was “kidnapped” at a...
Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’
Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media...
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...