Tag: Surveillance
Behind settler colonial NZ’s paranoia about dissident ‘persons of interest’
COMMENTARY: By Robert Reid
The Enemy Within, by Maire Leadbeater is many things. It is:
• A family history
• A social history
• A history of the...
Does Israel really want to open a two-front war by attacking...
ANALYSIS: By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University
Among the many sayings attributed to Winston Churchill is, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed...
Palestine a testing ground for Israeli ‘occupation war tech’, says author
Pacific Media Watch
Australian-German investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein argues Israel has used the Occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground to develop weaponry and surveillance...
Australia and New Zealand compete with China for Tongan influence
ANALYSIS: By Michael Field in Auckland
Within a day of the massive volcanic eruption that rocked Tonga and severed the archipelago's communications with the rest...
Gallery: What the NZ air crew saw at Tonga’s Nomuka –...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
An RNZAF P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over the small Tongan island of Nomuka showing the heavy ash fall from last Saturday's...
Tonga eruption: New Zealand sends two navy ships with supplies, water
RNZ News
Two New Zealand naval ships are being sent to Tonga to provide support, carrying fresh water, emergency provisions, and diving teams.
It comes as...
‘Suspicious’ fishing vessels spotted in Solomon Islands waters
By Priestley Habru in Honiara
A Pacific-wide maritime surveillance operation this week discovered a few suspicious foreign vessels in Solomon waters.
The Pacific Islands Forum Agency...
John Minto: Urewera 10 years on – recounting the lessons of...
On the 10th anniversary of the Urewera raids, we should recount the lessons – and we should remember.
Breathless police and media commentary about a...
Public interest journalism at a ‘crossroads’, says MEAA
Australia's Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) says public interest journalism is at a "crossroads" in its submission to the country's Senate inquiry into the future...
Greenpeace video shows NZ oil seismic blasts ‘betrayal’ over climate change
The Schlumberger seismic survey vessel, Amazon Warrior, seismic blasting approximately 120 nautical miles off the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island. Video: Nigel...
Murray Horton: Spies given more powers in spite of their failures
OPINION: By Murray Horton
The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) are being handed more powers by the New Zealand...
Selwyn Manning: More intrusive spy laws loom for NZ
Evening Report editorial by Selwyn Manning
The New Zealand government is considering the recommendations of a former deputy prime minister and lawyer as it embarks...
Pacific officials join global tactics workshop to combat illegal fishing
By Fatu Tauafiafi in Auckland
A large contingent of Pacific island country officials will be among delegates from 60 countries meeting in Auckland today to...
Raided journalist: ‘If you phone a source, you’re a bloody idiot’
From Pacific Media Watch
By Bill Goodwin in London
New Zealand investigative journalist Nicky Hager was working in Auckland when the police raided his Wellington home.
His...
New documentary gives fresh side to Tame Iti story
From the Pacific Media Centre
By Alistar Kata
Most audiences are used to seeing Wairere Tame Iti as the Māori activist, who most notably shot the...
