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A fundamental misunderstanding of Māori belief systems and te reo by some of our leading jurists may have contributed to a landmark Court of Appeal finding that has shaped NZ society for the worse, writes Dame Anne Salmond
In 1987, as New Zealand’s neo-liberal revolution was taking off, the (...)
New Zealand village complains to ministry of culture and heritage over planned visit by a replica of the Endeavour
A village in New Zealand has banned a replica of Captain Cook’s ship from docking there to mark 250 years since the explorer’s arrival after an outcry from the local Māori (...)
Activist leading Ihumātao dispute calls on PM to visit site and act on Māori disadvantage
The leader of a major Indigenous land dispute in New Zealand has criticised Jacinda Ardern’s government for its lack of action on confronting systemic Māori disadvantage, and says the Māori nation is in “a (...)
KUALA LUMPUR/BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A campaign by New Zealand women including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to don headscarves as a sign of solidarity with Muslim women after the nation’s mosque shootings has divided opinion over whether the gesture was a help or a hindrance. (...)
The New Zealand First (NZF) Party was founded in 1993 by Winston Peters, formerly a cabinet minister for the mainstream conservative National Party. Since then, under Peters’ continuous and unchallenged leadership, its share of the popular vote has ranged from 4 to 13% - large enough to be a (...)
Row engulfs LGBT festival after organisers said some participants felt unsafe marching alongside police in uniform
The New Zealand police, New Zealand Defence Force and numerous major sponsors have pulled out of the country’s largest pride parade after organisers banned police and corrections (...)
Zoos, community halls and churches hold all-day events to help keep 400,000 children occupied
Primary school teachers have gone on strike in New Zealand for the first time in 24 years, weeks after 30,000 nurses walked off the job.
An estimated 29,000 teachers stopped work for a full day on (...)
First such action in 30 years comes after what acting PM Winston Peters called nine years of neglect by previous government
Hospitals in New Zealand have cancelled elective surgeries and discharged patients early after 30,000 nurses walked off the job in the first such nationwide strike in 30 (...)
Labour blames previous National government, saying ‘years of neglect’ cannot be addressed in one pay round
The first Labour government in a decade is facing a wave of strike action in New Zealand, as thousands of nurses, teachers, and government staffers prepare to walk off the job.
On Monday (...)
A new study by human rights activist Maire Leadbeater looks at New Zealand’s reluctance to do anything to halt the crimes against humanity in our Pacific neighbor, West Papua.
A few years ago I wrote about New Zealand’s betrayal of the people of East Timor during the 24 years they suffered under (...)
While a former US President’s visit preoccupied the New Zealand media this week, the state visit of the current president of Indonesia went mostly under the radar. You’ll look in vain for reports about what was discussed at top-level talks about important issues.
Just before former US President (...)
In the late 1970s in New Zealand, a group of young people in their twenties left their middle-class lives and got working-class jobs, joined working-class unions and lived in working-class communities. Why? They were activists and communists and they wanted to bring radical politics to the working class.
They were members of the Socialist Action League (SAL), a group formed in the late 1960s out of the student anti-Vietnam War movement. In the late 1970s, SAL decided to refocus its (...)
On 15 October 2007, my partner was arrested for terrorism. This came as a shock, as I hadn’t been aware of any nefarious activities. This sense of disbelief continued in the years that followed, during which we hoped the charges would be dropped and my partner would avoid prison.
My partner was (...)
Globally there’s been a resurgence of radical politics in recent years. But what about in New Zealand?
The political left has been experiencing something of a resurgence in recent times. Outside of electoral politics and parliament there has been a growth of interest and activity amongst (...)
This was a defeat, and a big one. We have to start with this unpleasant reality. National, on the current results, could govern alone if they chose; at 48% their share of the vote has actually increased compared to the last election. This is an extraordinary situation. Over one million people (...)
January 28, 2011 — A revolution is unfolding in Egypt and across the world: from Tunisia to Athens, London to Amman people are demanding political freedom and economic justice. The current system of US imperialism, neo-liberal capitalism and constant social crisis is incapable of meeting the (...)
One bright star above the gloom of recession in New Zealand is the Unite union’s campaign for a living wage. This campaign takes the form of a Citizen’s Initiated Referendum (CIR) on raising workers pay. In New Zealand, a CIR requires Parliament’s clerk approving wording for a petition that would (...)
Auckland,
The Unite union is New Zealand’s newest trade union and one of its most dynamic.
It is at the forefront of a revitalisation of a section of the labour movement that has resulted in thousands of young and marginalised workers gaining union representation for the first time. (...)
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — On April 6, 2009, I spent a day visiting the offices of New Zealand’s newest, and among its most dynamic, trade unions, Unite.
Unite is at the forefront of a revitalization of a section of the labour movement in New Zealand that has resulted in thousands of young and (...)
Melbourne, Australia — Four years ago, some experienced social and political organizers sat down with young people in Auckland, New Zealand to map out a plan for a novel trade union, one that would potentially represent the thousands of workers who toil in poorly paid and mostly part-time jobs (...)
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