Independent Analysis and Reportage
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch Change is a constant in the tough world of digital-age news media these days and many old ways have fallen by the wayside. But the appointment of Matthew Hooton, someone outside journalism — and also one of this country’s bluntest critics of it — to edit a major
By Mark Rabago of RNZ Pacific A conservation group has condemned Donald Trump’s decision to allow commercial fishing in parts of the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument. US President Trump signed an executive order on June 11 opening protected waters around Hawai’i, American Samoa and the Northern Marianas. It totals nearly 1.3 million sq km
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s approval rating has hit dire levels. Meanwhile, Pauline Hanson leads as preferred prime minister in federal Resolve poll.
Despite a long history of being pro-choice, Pauline Hanson is adopting an array of Trumpian tactics – including trying to wind back abortion access.
Israel’s airstrikes in the south of the country have damaged ancient Roman ruins, mosques, schools and churches.
Dune flies have 41 different dance moves. Changing even one of them is rarer than you’d think.
The opposition is losing one of its most effective shadow ministers.
The way African language courses are offered at South African universities keeps social divisions in place.
She was a trusted mentor to young militants whose 1976 uprising shaped the country forever.
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Anti-War Aotearoa and Greenpeace are calling on Kiwis to join the March for Peace on June 20 in Auckland. I will be marching. I will be marching for many of the same reasons that compelled me to march against the Vietnam war in 1973 as a 12-year old — opposition to
INTERVIEW: Dr Myriam François talks to Dr Mads Gilbert on The Tea Eight months on from the so-called “ceasefire” in Gaza, the headlines may have moved on — but Israel’s assault has not. The siege remains. The starvation continues. The displacement continues. The destruction continues. “The Palestinian people, with their heroism and sacrifice, are fighting
COMMENTARY: By Nuri Vitacchi The US on Wednesday night destroyed civilian water utilities serving 20,000 Iranian people. “The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” US Central Command said in a statement on X. The punishment was “in response to yesterday’s downing of a US Army Apache helicopter,” the US Centcom said. READ