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COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Trump’s Iran “deal” isn’t a deal. It’s hos third retreat in four months. April 2026: 48-hour ultimatum, then a two-week delay. July: “13 straight days of strikes,” then a pause “to give peace talks some space.” August 1: a fresh wave of attacks cancelled — the one he’d just threatened —
EDITORIAL: By The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn Bradbury Comrades. The Daily Blog is New Zealand’s largest leftwing blog; we have been around for 13 years. We’ve had many fights over the years. This one is perhaps the most alarming. WATCH: The Bradbury Group Breaking: Free Speech Issue TDB has been served legal directives
REVIEW: By Olivia Rosane It’s a commonly repeated statistic that the US military is the world’s largest institutional polluter, but what exactly does that mean? The quest to find a real answer to that question led journalist and documentary filmmaker Abby Martin and her husband and co-director Mike Prysner on a five-year journey from defence
COMMENTARY: By +972 podcast presenter Alaa Salama As +972 Magazine’s audience engagement manager, social media is a huge part of my job. I use it daily — not only to promote the magazine’s articles, but also to gauge audience reactions, opinions, and ideas regarding our work. We simply cannot escape using social media: Most of
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific A member of New Caledonia’s Eveil Océanien kingmaker’s party, Milakulo Tukumuli, has been elected as the new President of the territory’s “collegial” government. He was elected by New Caledonia’s 54-member Congress during a special sitting on Friday where the 11 members of the French Pacific territory’s government were elected.
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand was typically restrained, dignified but crystal clear when he responded to Foreign Minister Winston Peter’s racist outburst in Parliament this week. Wang Xiaolong said on X: “We have absolutely no interest in being dragged into the domestic politics of other countries. Suffice it to say,
By Layla Bailey-McDowell of RNZ New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown breached multiple principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi by approving plans to repeal and weaken Treaty protections across 18 pieces of legislation, warning the changes would cause “significant prejudice” to Māori and further damage the Māori-Crown relationship. In its report, Te Tinihanga
By Christina Persico of RNZ Pacific World Rugby has denied reports that it gave Samoa an ultimatum to sort out problems over which body governs the sport in the country, or face a ban from international competition. This follows reports that the Samoan government was given 24 hours — until Friday — to accept a
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific Samoa’s opposition leader Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi says the country faces suspension by World Rugby today because of “a dirty political move” by the government. Tuilaepa’s spoke to RNZ Pacific after the government announced that it was pulling its support of Lakapi Samoa due to “unresolved internal issues and division”
By Jeremy Rose In the run-up to the 1975 New Zealand election, the Labour, National, Social Credit, and Values parties all committed to the target of spending 1 percent of gross national product on foreign aid, with 70 percent of that coming from the government. If we had met that target, the government would have
COMMENTARY: By Saige England The people won. The environment won. The Lyttelton port remains in public hands. For now. Please join the protest tomorrow. There is more on the table. And the battle for the port is far from over. The DP World deal being dropped can be attributed to rousing support and brilliant speakers
Asia Pacific Report Christchurch City Holdings Limited (CCHL) has declined to proceed with a proposal to lease operations at the port, the company announced today after recent public meetings denounced the proposal. The unsolicited proposal from Tōnui Consortium, representing DP World and three Runanga: Ngāti Wheke, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, and Te Taumutu, was received by CCHL