Opinion

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 is Tel Aviv and Washington, writes Jonathan Cook. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook Could...

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...

Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal at hands of Israeli military

Asia Pacific Report An emotional and inspiring welcome greeted two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s three Gaza Sumud Flotilla humanitarian...

As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis. The time to end fossil fuel dependence is now

Monday’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has given a “final warning” to avert global catastrophe. Pacific cabinet ministers call on all world...

Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an insult

COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next...

Solidarity medical aid convoy breaches blockade and says: ‘Gaza isn’t alone’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Roger Fowler A delegation of the Miles of Smiles 41st solidarity aid convoy recently entered Gaza to deliver more than US$200,000 of...

Inside PNG: Media must be watchdog not government-controlled

EDITORIAL: Inside PNG Papua New Guinea’s Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, has proposed a new policy that, if implemented, will affect the constitutional rights of freedom...

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...

Peter Lusk: Reflections on my mahi with peace researcher Owen Wilkes

The Owen Wilkes book Peacemonger, edited by May Bass and Mark Derby, was due to be launched in Wellington today after earlier launches in...