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July 28, 2024
By David Robie Former New Zealand attorney-general David Parker spoke on day 295 of Israel’ genocidal war on Gaza in Auckland today, condemning the National-led government’s inaction over the ongoing crisis. Responding to the recent International Court of Justice’s landmark advisory ruling that Israel’s occupation of Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem — Occupied Palestine ... <a title="Labour’s Parker critical of weak NZ response to ICJ ruling against Israel over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/28/labours-parker-critical-of-weak-nz-response-to-icj-ruling-against-israel-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s Parker critical of weak NZ response to ICJ ruling against Israel over Gaza">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2024
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters is putting off recognition of Palestine as a state, despite opposition Labour’s formal request that he make the move. Peters said diplomatic recognition of Palestine was a matter of “when not if”, but doing so now could impede progress towards a ... <a title="NZ’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters ‘defers’ recognition of Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/23/nzs-foreign-minister-winston-peters-defers-recognition-of-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters ‘defers’ recognition of Palestine">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards Cabinet Minister David Parker recently told The Spinoff he’s reading The Triumph of Injustice – how the wealthy avoid paying tax and how to fix it, by Berkeley economists Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez. The book complains that leftwing politicians throughout the world have forsaken their historic duty to innovate on ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more progressive path?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/01/bryce-edwards-can-david-parker-push-labour-back-onto-a-more-progressive-path/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: Can David Parker push Labour back onto a more progressive path?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Greenpeace Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand for “standing by” while “deep wounds are inflicted on its Pacific neighbours” by silence over deep sea mining. Greenpeace’s seabed mining campaigner James Hita made the critical statement today after a dramatic shift at the UN Oceans conference in Lisbon this week when several Pacific ... <a title="Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/greenpeace-condemns-nz-silence-on-pacific-deep-sea-mining-risks/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks">Read more</a>
