It is also why New Zealand continues to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while brushing aside Russia’s rationale for doing so. We didn’t let the Kremlin decide for itself. To state the obvious, ...
As a sop to Trump, the rulers of Iran agreed to postpone its planned executions of protesters, for a few weeks at least. For all the weasel words of compassion and solidarity with the brave people of ...
Plainly, age had not mellowed the ability of Winston Peters to take offence on grounds not visible to ordinary mortals. Yesterday, Peters felt so miffed by an imaginary slight that he delivered a ...
If the Gehry/Athfield design had been accepted, Te Papa would have been Gehry’s next major architectural project to come on stream after Guggenheim Bilbao. For that reason alone, the unveiling of Te ...
On December 5th, Frank Gehry died at the age of 96. That’s a reason to recall one of the great wasted opportunities in New Zealand’s […] ...
In the wake of the IPCA report, it is easy to understand why the politicians have been so willing to endorse terms like “cover up” and “ corruption.” It is convenient to explain what went wrong in ...
Mother’s Day, Father’s Day…there are a couple of other occasions when shopping is mobilised to express love and appreciation. (Black Friday panders to more basic instincts.) The wonder is that ...
Politicians are often urged to reach consensus on certain issues, so that everything doesn’t just flip back again when there’s a change of government. Unfortunately, these calls for consensus are ...
For the past three years, Western media outlets have been focussed on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine (and on the US vs China trade rivalry) to the exclusion of almost every other conflict. The civil war ...
If something isn’t really broken, no wonder people feel suspicious when government promises to “fix” it to the potential benefit of corporate interests. In 2011, Parliament passed legislation that ...
Reportedly, the on again, off again debate between Ruth Richardson and Nicola Willis may be on again. Fabolous. Nothing can help us better understand a wildly contentious issue than having someone ...
Imagine your house has a plumbing problem. A plumbing firm tendering for the job assures you that hey, no problem they can fix it, so you hire them. Two years down the track they’ve actually made ...
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