NZ Herald Bryce Edwards 25 June 2014 Is New Zealand an independent global citizen, or a US ally in all but name? Answering that question has been the task of journalists and commentators as John Key visited New York and Washington last week. The visit was overshadowed to a degree by the domestic agenda –…
NZ Herald Jane Kelsey 25 June 2014 Wikileaks has done it again. The story of the past week in terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was not Prime Minister John Key’s visit to the White House. The more startling news is that our Government, with almost 50 other countries, is negotiating another secret…
NZ Herald Jane Kelsey 25 June 2014 Wikileaks has done it again. The story of the past week in terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was not Prime Minister John Key’s visit to the White House. The more startling news is that our Government, with almost 50 other countries, is negotiating another secret…
The NZ Herald 22 June 2014 Brendan Manning New Zealand is a destination country for foreign men and women subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking, a US State Department report has claimed. The department’s 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report has also labelled New Zealand as a source country for children subjected to sex trafficking…
NZ Herald 16 June Nikki Preston Hamilton’s measles epidemic is growing with 53 cases confirmed including one where the person was fully immunised. But the Waikato District Health Board says getting up to date with the two doses of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is still the best way to combat measles, despite one person contracting the…
The Dominion Post/Stuff.com 27 April 2014 Tony Wall A former Australian prime minister has warned Australia risks being pulled into a war with China because it has surrendered its strategic independence to Washington, but a security expert says New Zealand’s position is even more precarious. In what is being labelled the most serious questioning of…
NZ Herald 24 Nov 2013 Kathryn Powley Parents blame gastro outbreaks on lack of soap and hand driers in school bathrooms Children are becoming sick at one of the country’s most modern new schools, parents say, because for three years the board banned soap and hand towels, fearing that they harmed the environment. The roll…