Tag: history
New Zealand’s humanity – does it include all of us, or only for some?
COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab
“Wherever Palestinians have control is barbaric.” These were the words from New Zealand’s Chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow.
During a meeting...
Eugene Doyle: Trump and foolish old men who redraw maps
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
It generally ends badly. An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps.
They are heedless to wise counsel...
An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia over political critics
REVIEW: By David Robie
Four months ago, a group of lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand called for a little reported inquiry into New Zealand spy...
The closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet: the sometimes celebrated, sometimes controversial Michael Leunig
ANALYSIS: By Richard Scully, Robert Phiddian and Stephanie Brookes
Michael Leunig — who died in the early hours of Thursday December 19, surrounded by “his...
Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle
The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution — for the fourth time — in Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, while...
Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war resistance Củ Chi tunnels
COMMENTARY: By David Robie in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam’s famous Củ Chi tunnel network was on our bucket list for years.
For me, it was...