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A short lesson for Sir Peter on employment relations

I have no doubt that Sir Peter Jackson is a well-meaning person, with the interests of his workers at heart. But he does need a Read More

Freedom for Vanunu now

Today, people around the globe will be putting the slogan ‘Freedom for Vanunu now’ on their Facebook page in response to a call from Israeli Read More

Select Committee calls for UN Commission on Burma

Pressure has been building since March for the UN to set up a Commission of Inquiry into the Burmese regime’s human rights abuses.

SIS looking in the wrong direction

The SIS is pretty good at checking people's backgrounds, its just that they are looking at the wrong people.

Goff and Cullen come out for a republic

It was good to see Labour leader Phil Goff come out in the Herald on Sunday for starting the move to a republic. According to Read More

NZ MPs give some parliamentary tips to Tonga

I'm just back from a useful parliamentary trip to Tonga. I was one of five NZ MPs there to explain how we did things in our Parliament.

Woods is the wrong man to investigate dodgy investigations

The Greens didn't go along with the parliamentary vote for three new part-time members of the Independent Police Conduct Authority. This was because one nominee was Richard Woods, the head of the SIS from 1999 to 2006, the man who presided over the Ahmed Zaoui fiasco.

OAG’s report on defence fraud

The Auditor-General has come out with a very disturbing report on the NZ Defence Forces defrauding the United Nations over accommodation payments for NZDF seconded Read More

Refugees won’t be booking cruise liners to NZ

John Key made millions by trading currencies, but he doesn’t seem to have a good grasp of business principles when it comes to the economics of boat people coming to New Zealand.