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Journalist Mick Hall was accused of slipping “Russian disinformation” into copy at New Zealand’s state broadcaster, sparking an international furor about Kremlin infiltration. Following an intel agency investigation, his name was cleared. Now, Hall tells The Grayzone how a simple copy editing dispute brought him into Five Eyes’ crosshairs. Until two years ago, Mick Hall was a fairly obscure journalist publishing wire copy for Radio New Zealand (RNZ), far-removed from media capitals like Washington and London where international opinions are […]

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"The public deserves to know if there are any debt obligations, resource access clauses, or strategic commitments involved."

Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has refused to rule out making New Zealand the 7th State of Australia and is said to also have his eyes on buying West Timor. ”I said yesterday that I view President Trump as a very... Read More ›

"There is a moral responsibility by each global leader to think from the global perspective instead of from their own national-interest perspective."

Paddy Gibson from Solidarity interviews Teanau Tuiono, a Māori and Pasifika Greens MP in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The post ‘They didn’t count on how strong we are’: Teanau Tuiono on the movement against the Treaty Principles bill first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Up to 50,000 Māori mobilised and walked to the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington to to protest the treaty principles bill, which Amnesty International states should never have been introduced. Bob Carr states what he told us last week about AUKUS is now confirmed. A member of Knesset is forcibly removed for speaking out against Continue reading »

"This bill fails to uphold the promises made in the Treaty and disregards the voices of Māori."

The US election guru James Carville is credited with putting Bill Clinton in the White House with the slogan “It’s the Economy, Stupid” on his election strategy white board every day of the US Presidential campaign in 1992. The New Zealand Election Study indicates the economy was also front of mind for voters in the Continue reading »

"The recognition of ecocide as a crime sends a powerful message: the destruction of nature will no longer go unpunished."

"There should be more international reporting about the 'hidden stories' of the Pacific such as the unresolved decolonisation issues."