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Defend Wikileaks against US government attacks

Prominent Australians, including Green Senator Bob Brown, have signed an Open Letter to Julia Gillard asking her to provide assistance to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange Read More

Is Waihopai helping the US spy on the UN?

The latest Wikileaks documents on US spying on the UN are going to make it harder for our government to justify the Waihopai spy station. Read More

Iraqi Christians rally against violence

 One of the legacies of the US-led invasion of Iraq has been sectarian violence it unleashed, not only between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, but also Read More

Right to silence cancelled

It’s great that the NZ Herald, in an editorial this morning , recognises that “New Zealanders stand to lose some hard-won freedoms under a bill Read More

Hillary accepts nuke free NZ badge

I forgot to tell you about my little exchange with Hillary Clinton last Thursday evening. I went up to her at the Parliamentary reception proudly displaying on my lapel a peace badge with a CND symbol over a map of NZ.

SAS shouldn’t be selling itself to the highest bidder

A chap emailed me this morning saying: "For several years I have maintained that NZ's involvement in Afghanistan is not to protect NZ's interests but to protect the financial interests of the NZ Rich List."

Removing ‘claim of right’ dangerous

The government is a poor loser. It didn’t bother to appeal after it lost the ‘intentional damage’ case against the three men who pricked a Read More

Hobbit fallout mustn’t affect workers’ rights

The dispute over the Hobbit shouldn’t be used to attack workers' rights. Earlier this morning Gerry Brownlee spoke about ‘clarifying’ employment laws.

Hobbit debate moving into the realms of fantasy

In the spirit of the film itself, the Hobbit debate is moving into the realms of fantasy. Last night around 100 people, organised by the Read More