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Ettie Rout - Guardian Angel Of The ANZACs’ To Be Finally Honoured In NZ Parliament
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:58:02 +1300 | The New Zealand Remembrance Army
Recognising the contribution of pioneering sexual health activist, Ettie Rout – the Guardian Angel of the ANZACs’ - is a focus of the New Zealand Remembrance Army (NZRA) in 2024. “Ettie Rout is perhaps one of the most unvalued New Zealanders, ...More >>
Guterres Urges Disarmament Now As Nuclear Risk Reaches ‘Highest Point In Decades’
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:07:31 +1300 | UN News
Calling for disarmament now, he urged States with nuclear arsenals to lead the way across six areas for action that include dialogue and accountability. More >>
Statement From CTBTO Executive Secretary Dr Robert Floyd At The UN Security Council - 18 March 2024
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 06:54:32 +1300 | CTBTO
The Treaty envisions more verification tools. Tools to further boost transparency. To provide that certainty. To build trust. To dispel any suspicion or allegation about a state testing in secret. More >>
On Dune 2, And Images Of Islam
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:29:21 +1300 | Gordon Campbell
Depictions of Islam in Western popular culture have rarely been positive, even before 9/11. Five years on from the mosque shootings, this is one of the cultural headwinds that the Muslim community has to battle against. Whatever messages of tolerance and ...More >>
Coastguard Waihi Beach Rescues Yachtsman Overnight
Fri, 8 Mar 2024 16:02:32 +1300 | Coastguard
Last night, Coastguard Waihi Beach successful conducted a search and rescue operation after a keeler ran aground on Bowentown Bar. The incident occurred when a yachtsman misjudged the tide in the channel and contacted Coastguard at 10:24pm for assistance. ...More >>
US Diplomat Leaves 15 Minutes Into Her Victoria University Lecture After Peaceful Protests By Students And Activists
Fri, 8 Mar 2024 13:49:49 +1300 | Joint Press Release
Students and activist groups today protested a planned lecture by the USA’s Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Dr. Bonnie Jenkins, at the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). Dr. Jenkins is a senior official ...More >>
US Assistant Secretary Of State Pressuring NZ To Join AUKUS Will Be Met With Protest
Fri, 8 Mar 2024 09:38:47 +1300 | Stop AUKUS
The Stop AUKUS coalition will protest during a visit by the US Assistant Secretary of State Bonnie Jenkins to Wellington this morning. She will be greeted with a large banner saying " No thanks Bonnie, New Zealanders don't want war with China ". ...More >>
Tell The Truth About Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity
Thu, 7 Mar 2024 17:39:01 +1300 | Independent Media Institute
Western news bias in favor of Israel is more and more apparent as media outlets go out of their way to obscure the perpetrators of genocide. Israeli forces killed more than a hundred Palestinians and wounded more than 700 on February 29, 2024 during ...More >>
On The Supreme Court’s Collusion With Trump
Wed, 6 Mar 2024 11:49:28 +1300 | Gordon Campbell
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. In the week preceding the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, a US Supreme Court stacked with Trump appointees obligingly handed the former President a couple of huge victories. First, the Court helped Trump ...More >>
Govt Cracking Down On Serious Youth Offending
Tue, 5 Mar 2024 12:03:10 +1300 | New Zealand Government
The coalition Government is delivering on its promise to create Young Offender Military Academies, Childrens Minister Karen Chhour says. “As part of the 100-day plan, the government made it clear it was going to crack down on serious youth offending.. ...More >>
Mistakes, Misfiring And Trident: Britain’s Flawed Nuclear Deterrence
Mon, 4 Mar 2024 16:36:04 +1300 | Binoy Kampmark
Nuclear weapons are considered the strategic silverware of nation states. Occasionally, they are given a cleaning and polishing. From time to time, they go missing, fail to work, and suffer misplacement. Of late, the UK Royal Navy has not been doing so ...More >>
Nuclear Free And Independent Pacific Day 2024
Fri, 1 Mar 2024 13:02:54 +1300 | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Today, 1 March, is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, commemorated as Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in the Marshall Islands - the 70th anniversary of the 'Bravo' nuclear bomb detonation by the United States close to the surface of Bikini Atoll, ...More >>
Recognising The Bravery Of Private David Whawhai Stewart
Fri, 1 Mar 2024 12:10:09 +1300 | ACT New Zealand
ACT spokesman for Defence Mark Cameron has written to the Minister of Defence requesting that she consider a review of the New Zealand Bravery Medal awarded posthumously to Private David Whawhai Stewart following his heroic actions during the extreme ...More >>
New Sanctions Package Against Russia
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:02:34 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Winston Peters today announced a new package of sanctions as part of the ongoing international sanction response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The new sanctions are: Implementation of the G7-plus price ...More >>
NZ Designates Entirety Of Hamas As Terrorist Entity
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:01:31 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters have announced today the designation of Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist entity. “The terrorist attacks by Hamas in October 2023 were brutal and we have unequivocally condemned ...More >>
RNZAF Assists UK With Maritime Surveillance Of Pitcairn Islands
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:22:11 +1300 | New Zealand Defence Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has answered a call from the United Kingdom to support its Blue Belt marine conservation programme, deploying a new P-8A Poseidon aircraft to assist with monitoring of the Pitcairn Islands Exclusive Economic Zone ...More >>
UN Rights Chief Deplores ‘Entrenched Impunity’ By All Parties In Israel, OPT
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 18:44:39 +1300 | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious violations committed by all parties in Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. In a new report , the Office of the UN High Commissioner ...More >>
On The Perils Of Joining AUKUS Pillar Two
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:25:00 +1300 | Gordon Campbell
The lure for New Zealand to join the AUKUS military alliance is that membership of only its “second pillar” will still (supposedly) give us access to state of the art military technologies. As top US official Kurt Campbell said during his visit ...More >>
Retiring Chief Of Navy Thanked For His Service
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:47:03 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Defence Minister Judith Collins has thanked the Chief of Navy, Rear Admiral David Proctor, for his service as he retires from the Royal New Zealand Navy after 37 years. Rear Admiral Proctor will retire on 16 May to take up an employment opportunity in ...More >>
ACT Welcomes Govt’s New Support For Ukraine
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:40:32 +1300 | ACT New Zealand
“ACT welcomes the Foreign Minister’s announcement of additional support for Ukraine as we approach the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion,” says ACT Defence spokesman Mark Cameron. “Vladimir Putin’s aggression against a sovereign ...More >>