Column – Gordon Campbell T he miserly nature of New Zealands response to the global refugee crisis continues apace. Yesterdays announcement of an increase in our intake of UNHCR refugees from 750 to 1,000 refugees will only kick in from 2018, after the recent special …
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party Phil Twyford Housing Spokesperson 12 November 2015 Foreign buyers ban will achieve what Govt failed to Labours Members Bill to ban foreign buyers from purchasing existing homes will achieve what the Government failed to in its Trans Pacific Partnership …
Article – Robert Kelly Prime Minister John Key commented on the previous week’s signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He stressed that it had taken seven years to reach this point and he congratulated Minister of Trade Tim Grosser on his efforts representing New Zealand …
Press Release – The Nation Key says Australia will back down on its policy of deporting Kiwis sentenced to at least a year in prison: I dont actually think the Australian positions sustainable over the very long term.
Article – Emir Hodzic Being in New Zealand now, while the Middle East burns and Europe is overwhelmed with refugees, is like being on the other side of the planet. Well, New Zealand is actually on the other side of the planet. So far away in fact, that nothing disrupts Prime …
Article – Robert Kelly Much of Prime Minister John Key’s post-cabinet press conference was concerned with the inclusion of the Red Peak flag in the flag referendum. Key was unwilling to voice his own opinion on that design but stressed that the process needed to remain …
Article – Robert J. Burrowes There is much being written about the refugee crisis in Europe at the moment but none of what I have read explains why the problem is occurring and what will need to be done for the problem to be addressed.
Press Release – ITUC Brussels, 27 July 2015 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is deeply concerned that the US State Department today upgraded Malaysia from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch in its annual Trafficking in Persons Report. The unwarranted upgrade is presumed to be result …
Column – Gordon Campbell Where now for dairy farmers? On RNZ this morning, Economic Development Minister Stephen Joyce was portraying the carnage of plunging global dairy prices, declining Fonterra payouts and bank foreclosures as merely a product of the normal business …
Opinion – Binoy Kampmark Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is full of predictable surprises. Stomping and punching his way into the history books, his government finds itself teetering before the electoral precipice.
Article – The Scoop Team The Prime Minister met with reporters today to discuss: The governmental, independent and other departmental inquiries into the Philip Smith incident Roger Suttons resignation as Chief Executive of CERA owing to sexual harassment The APEC East …
Column – Gordon Campbell Even before this weeks leaks via Wikileaks about the current state of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, there were signs the deal was in trouble. As Werewolf has been reporting for months, precious little progress was being made on this deal …
