Four poems on the 2009 tsunami that cost 150 lives in Samoa The post The Sunday Poems, by Nafanua Purcell Kersel appeared first on Newsroom.read more ...

The waka of New Zealand First Party is misguided information, sunshine. It is majestic ship called HMS New Zealand that was built long ago and ruling the waves when you and I still had our snotty ...

During my life I have witnessed a number of Finance Ministers. I have no recollection of who did what in the 1960s, essentially because I was a kid. The 1970s were dominated by Rob Muldoon, a drunken ...

This is a desperately difficult issue. India is currently experiencing a surge in Covid cases. Per head of population the number is not huge. But Mumbai, where a significant number of returning kiwis ...

Exactly 10 years ago, the then minister for defence, Kevin Andrews, released the First Principles Review: Creating One Defence (FPR). With increasing talk about the rising possibility of major ...

Why corporate fascism may no longer be a distant dream - and how it's closer than you might think ...

It’s understandable that Labour has been relatively quiet after their brutal election defeat in 2023 followed by a gruelling 2024. The summer break is for rest and reflection and politicians are human ...

Nigel Haworth argues that the 2012 reforms of the Labour Party created a perverse effect. Not to engender stronger member voice, but to empower a managerial model akin to a Piketty's Brahmin caste. It ...

After months of warnings from doctors, nurses and hospitals, a Northland patient is dead after no doctors were present at the hospital. The budget cuts and chosen austerity measures are hurting us all ...

Northland sent another SOS signal this week. Last week Northland had a power pylon simply fall down on a still day. 100,000 properties lost power. Quickly restored, it underscored how vulnerable the ...

The past fortnight has seen a number of breaking stories each of which raises concerns about the motivations and goals of this Government. It makes you wonder whether the pursuit of self interest is ...

Fonterra is a complete construct of the New Zealand state, but it is pulling our entire country down. Fonterra dominates our dairy industry, which accounts for around 3.1% of our entire GDP. It is ...