Opinion

Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on Iran

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a principled stand against Israel’s Gaza genocide and the illegal and unprovoked...

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t reality TV

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich Mr Trump, may I have a word? Bad enough for you to insist — in the...

How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives

COMMENTARY: By Majdoline Al-Shammouri in Beirut In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that...

Cuban envoy makes strong plea for his country defying US blockade

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report Cuba’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Luis Morejón Rodríguez, last night made a passionate...

Corruption reporting project mourns the loss of Dan McGarry, pioneering Pacific editor and investigative journalist

OBITUARY: By Aubrey Belford, Australia and South Pacific regional editor of OCCRP The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project...

Yamin Kogoya: Rev Yoman’s message of hope and prayers for the Papuan dream in Vanuatu

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) is like a big house or boat, says Reverend Dr Ambirek G....

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...

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...

Yamin Kogoya: ‘Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future’ – culture and West Papua

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya “Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future” is the theme chosen by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for their 7th Melanesian...

Israel’s arms and spyware: Used on Palestinians, sold to the world

Journalist and critic of Israeli apartheid Antony Loewenstein wrapped up his New Zealand tour with another damning address in Auckland last night but was...

Martyn Bradbury: A sorrowful day for my beautiful city – Matu Tangi Matua Reid’s unspeakable violence

By Martyn Bradbury My daughter came into the kitchen early today to tell me her friends were downtown in Auckland at Britomart, the transit hub...