If the west put as much effort and resources into cutting off the funding stream, cutting off the arms supply and scuttling the IS oil trade, there might be a very different outcome. As it is the arms military supply traders are rubbing their hands with ...
“Le mal qui est dans le monde vient presque toujours de l'ignorance, et la bonne volonté peut faire autant de dégâts que la méchanceté si elle n'est pas éclairée.” (Albert Camus, La Peste) The evil that is in the world comes almost always from ignorance, ...
"La paix est le seul combat qui vaille d'être mené. Ce n'est plus une prière, mais un ordre qui doit monter des peuples vers les gouvernements, l'ordre de choisir définitivement entre l'enfer et la raison" (Albert Camus) Peace is the only battle worth ...
Let me see now, socialist tyranny, huh. Which government stripped Canterbury of its democratic elections? Which government indulges in the the collection of metadata from the population by a hugely invasive secret service? Which government steals from the ...
What's wrong with our own NZ honours system? Home grown recognition and none of the obsequious bowing and scraping that Knighthoods entail
Just caught the RNZ interview with Andrew Little about giving a knighthood to Ritchie MCCaw. What is the man thinking? Why would the captain of our greatest national team give fealty to another nation by accepting a knighthood? These feudal honours were ...
So disappointed to read and hear that this morning, especially after Chris Trotter's strong words on the path Labour should take. I had been hoping Labour would get the message that Corbyn and Sanders have been boldly proclaiming, and what traditional ...
Personally I would have preferred the Tino Rangatira flag as an option, but the amount of vitriol that idea generates in opposition is indicative of how far NZ is away from true nationhood and a fair and decent society
We can go on and on ad nauseam about the inadequacy of the process, and lack of demand for change, but here's the thing, we're stuck with it, or at least until the result of the second referendum. As for our colonial past, i've seen the consequences of the...
Having been a Green for about 20 years, I can say categorically that when it comes to trust, the Greens have no cause to trust Labour in the slightest. So why should labourites be surprised if Greens forge their own path. "Stuff you!" seems to have been ...
I don't think you can say most NZers don't want to change the flag. Most just don't want the 4 options John Key has chosen for them.
Even the designer of the engineering firm's logo has stated that there are enough significant differences in the "First to meet the dawn" flag for it to be a completely different design. Besides, do a quick Google search for silver fern logos and see how ...
There was a very radical, you could say extreme left winger, who once said; " By their fruit you will know them". By which he meant it is not what people say that matters, but the effects of what they do. The Blairite/centrist camp of "so-called" Labour ...
Seems the Herald is having problems with accepting comments on the Young article. I tried with this "Just goes to show that Oz has replaced one idiot with another, if the best he is aspire to is emulate John Key - the master obfuscator, the Crosby Textor ...
I fear Oz has just replaced one idiot with another. Turnbull aspires to be like John Key...wtf!
Thanks for posting this. Good to see again, especially now with what has happened in NZ since Key took power. Health and safety in the workplace - I wonder how many of our companies have insurance on the death of their employees. The popularity of Corbyn ...
I never thought I would agree with John Roughan on anything but he's got it right today in his article on the flag and espousing Tino Rangatiratanga. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11497385 Having seen the 40 semi ...
Kill joys? This country has a major problem with alcohol and we have a government that is so desperate to maintain its grip on power that they will promote a lethal drug addiction. Good on the Greens for making a stand on what is right, shame on a shameful...
Sorry, Observer, but your observations about the Greens are totally off. Neither the current leader nor the previous wanted to get with National, if for no other reason, the party wouldn't countenance it. Secondly Green policy is decided by party members, ...
Having a degree in Philosophy means she has the ability to see big pictures, not just narrow focus, she also has the ability to question and test the logic of specious arguments. The less we have of economists and accountants making decisions about the ...
100% agree with you Mandy, especially about getting angry and rightfully so. You've nailed, now will Andrew listen?
Not forgetting that it was Relationships Aotearoa that despite the devastating loss of their staff in the collapse of the CTV building in the Christchurch earthquake, continued to provide counselling to the affected Cantabrians. If this is the way the ...
He was offered half of four fifths of a programme
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Old Mickey, Yup, you've got that right, certainly there should be a moratorium on further dairyfication until the waterways are adequately protected and cleaned up.
"Puffed up pile of political bollocks" describes Hosking and his ilk to a T (his own words)
Chic /ˈʃiːk/, meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion.
AS soomeone who went through my entire schooling with cooked school lunches provided as well as milk and cake for morning tea (UK), I have to disagree that it is only a band aid solution. The baby boom generation had everything so good.
It seems no matter how often the issue of Boko Haram is raised, the Western club of nations just isn't interested. Why is that? Isn't Nigeria an oil producing nation? What makes the silence so deafening?
your proof
So John Key had dinner at Donghua Liu's home and secured $25k for the party - oops caught out again - surely reason to resign!
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