Articles

Ben Bohane: Umaenupne and Umaeneg – isles of the Resting God

In the great expanse of oceans, a number of small, remote islands are having their moment in the spotlight. From the Chagos islands to the South China Sea, a...

Jonathan Cook: Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof

It isn’t Tehran led by unhinged, genocidal megalomaniacs threatening the security of the region and the world. It...

Kāpū Tī with Antony: Confessions of a fringe City Centre local

By Antony Phillips in The Vertical For this edition of Kāpū Tī with Antony, I sit down with journalist...

Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle There was only one moment when I was interviewing him last week that Mousa Taher...

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli prison system nightmare

SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle I interviewed several of the New Zealanders who, as members of the Global Sumud...

Less than illustrious: remembering the Anzacs means also not forgetting some committed war crimes

ANALYSIS: By Jeffrey McNeill It was observed that the English had slain wounded and captured German prisoners. So reads a disturbing war diary entry of...

Long game: political activism for a public voice at Parliament

THE HOUSE: By Johnny Blades If elected representatives have their work cut out for them to create the slightest social or political change through Parliament,...

Pacific tackles growing problem of human trafficking, smuggling and ‘slavery’

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva Since opening borders after the covid-19 pandemic, Australia and New Zealand have been aggressively sourcing Pacific Islander workers to help...

Hasty Tahiti electoral alliance accused of serving up ‘same soup’ by rival

By Walter Zweifel Politicians in French Polynesia have reacted with scorn over the ruling party’s hastily-convened electoral alliance with an opposition party, which has been...

The ‘otherness’ of Jacinda Ardern – by doing politics differently she changed the game and saved her party

ANALYSIS: By Jennifer Curtin This week marks the beginning of Jacinda Ardern’s life outside parliament, since she officially ceased to be an electorate MP at...

Indonesian security crackdown in West Papua – ‘traumatising raids, torture’

Asia Pacific Report Indonesian security forces have intensified operations in various conflict areas in West Papua, reports Human Rights Monitor. According to information received by the...