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Thanks Susan Devoy, I think you’re doing a great job
When Dame Susan Devoy was appointed as Race Relations Commissioner in March 2013, I was critical. Along with others, I was outraged at other highly qualified candidates being overlooked. I sat forward...
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Schoolyard fights: an excuse for murder?
This is the audio of Stephen Dudley’s father’s reaction (00:50-01:05 will give you enough) to the Discharge Without Conviction of the 18 year old who assaulted their son who subsequently died. It is...
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Nicky Hager’s Dirty Politics: Why John Key will be pretty relaxed about that
Critics and supporters alike spend an inordinate amount of time talking about John Key’s smile. But it’s the eyes that have it, not the smile. The eyes are the secret to his success. But more about...
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Dirty Politics: it’s not about getting rid of them, but getting rid of the us...
Since the release of Dirty Politics, my timelines in various media have been full of activists and party workers from the Left enjoying the discomfort of the National Party and forlornly encouraging...
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Keep ‘em hungry, keep ‘em poor: fear of revolt & the outrage about Internet...
The belief that Internet Mana has sold out to the nefarious Kim Dotcom has become orthodoxy in this chaotic election campaign. From the below the belt ‘sugar daddy’ accusations by John Key to the urban...
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Disapproval Voting: When there’s no-one worth voting for, we need to be able...
I watched the circus of Judith Collins’ resignation as a Minister today. It was an overwhelming input of tweets, posts, commentary and live television that must leave us more disturbed than consoled at...
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Confessions of a moderate Maori voter…(If that’s OK with you, that is).
grahamcameron:Take a breath in this rush to the polls to read this post and reflect on what it means to be a voter, and in this instance, a Māori voter. And in that breath, let’s try and accept that...
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Remember, remember the 5th of November: Parihaka’s silent vigil for...
Last night, as part of the Wellington Doicese’s Anglican Schools Youth Pigrimage, we stayed in Te Niho o Te Ati Awa on Parihaka Pa. We were hosted by my whanaunga, the redoubtable kuia Maata, who has...
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How I failed the community of Merivale & how that was the best outcome for...
I was the manager of the Merivale Community Centre from 2008 to 2013. The community centre was opened in 1996 by the residents of Merivale to support their young people and whānau who struggled. At the...
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Key plays up ISIS to betray our freedoms for a Security Council seat
John Key’s deliberately murky statements about New Zealanders who want to be “foreign fighters” and who are sympathetic to ISIS in late September have now led to a Cabinet briefing today suggesting...
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Controlling men
To continue the annus horribilus that is 2014, the at least 35 young men who called themselves the Roastbusters and sexually assaulted and raped at least 110 young women were not charged after a three...
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A letter to my friends from Leadership NZ: being the leader I need to be, not...
During 2012 I was part of a cohort of community, organisational and business leaders doing monthly blocks with Leadership NZ. From all over the country, we met in different locations throughout...
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So yeah, that thing you say about us signing over sovereignty… Stage 1, Te...
The Waitangi Tribunal released a landmark ruling on 14 November as stage one of their two stage inquiry into Te Paparahi o te Raki (which covers all areas north of Auckland not previously investigated...
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Paora Maxwell is here to neuter Māori Television
Paora Maxwell’s interview on Mediawatch (starts at 15.40) this week was a solid piece of key phrases and deflection. He doesn’t strike the listener as a person who has all that much to contribute;...
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Ferguson, the SIS, IS & Kōhanga Reo: signs of an incoming storm for the 1%
It’s been a bad news week so far. The Ferguson Grand Jury has decided that Darren Wilson, the US policeman who shot an unarmed black youth, Michael Brown, will not stand trial for that shooting. This...
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Thomas Merton: Letter to a Young Peacemaker
grahamcameron:Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk who died in 1968, was a prolific writer focusing on social justice, spirituality and pacifism. His letter to Jim Forest is epistle replete with compassion,...
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Fear and loathing of the black stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens has landed: I love Star Wars. It has been a minor obsession since I saw Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope in the Waiouru movie...
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#Icantbreathe: Eric Garner is another casualty in the war on colour
Racism has many faces….These faces may be grouped into three main forms – personal racism, cultural racism and institutional racism. Cultural racism is… entrenched philosophy and beliefs. Its most...
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Ruatara’s Mission: 200 years since the first Christian service in Aotearoa...
Article originally written for the Salvation Army’s War Cry Issue 6606 Christmas 2014. On 12 April 1799, the Society for Missions to Africa and the East (later renamed the Church Missionary Society)...
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Pāpaki tū ana: ruāhine as female spiritual experts & our misreading of...
Pāpaki tū ana ngā tai ki Mauao I whakanukunukuhia, I whakanekenekehia, I whiua reretia e Hotu a Wahinerua ki te wai, ki tai wīwī, ki tai wāwā, Ki te whai ao, ki te ao mārama, Tīhei mauriora. This is a...
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