Yearly Archives: 2015

Is a US warship finally coming to New Zealand?

It’s still unclear whether the United States will accept an invitation to send a warship to the New Zealand Navy’s 75th birthday celebration next November.

Concerns about spy agencies enhanced by Inspector-General’s report

Traditionally, spy agencies have had two big downsides. Firstly, they have breached our privacy and secondly they have targeted, in a discriminatory manner, people with dissenting views.

West Papua: Flag-raiser released after 11 years in...

on December 1st, Filep Karma raised the Morning Star independence flag in front of a supportive crowd. He was quickly arrested by the Indonesian police, tried and sentenced to 15 years in jail – simply for raising a flag.

Why more bombing of Syria is not the answer

It’s almost a reflex reaction for Western powers to respond to a significant terrorist event with stepped-up air strikes, as France has done.

By-election victory shows Corbyn eminently “electable”

Instead of defending Corbyn some “left” papers like the New Statesman and the Guardian have echoed the right-wing line that Corbyn is too far left and will make Labour “unelectable”. Now they’ll have to eat their words

Assessing the flag referendum

We now have a clear choice between a reasonably presentable Kyle Lockwood design and an out-of-date colonial flag, with its Union Jack in the corner and looking too much like Australia’s.