28th April 2021 The view of Mindat shows how difficult the terrain can be for the Junta troops to assert their authority. It is why a guerrilla war could keep going for years, as it has done for 70 years, but with more intensity. Following on from the intensive firefight
Health reforms: Maori Health Authority Jo Moir (Newsroom): Collins ignores facts for political point-scoring Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National leader Judith Collins’ ‘segregation’ remark earns her Maori Party rebuke RNZ: Collins says her party won’t stand for ‘racist separatism’ New Zealand Michael Neilson (Herald): Judith Collins calls Maori
Housing crisis Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Emergency housing costs weigh on Government books, costing hundreds of millions a year Jane Patterson (RNZ): Government ‘ducking for cover’ over emergency housing – National Rotorua Daily Post: Millions spent weekly in Rotorua on supplements to help pay rent (paywalled) Sophie Cornish (Stuff): Immigration NZ looking
26th April 2021 The Tatmadaw has upped the destructive capability of the weapons being deployed against the civilians. It took a couple of weeks for the army and police to start getting serious about violence against the demonstrators when they realised that the demonstrations weren’t going to stop. As
NZ-China-Australia relations Luke Malpass (Stuff): New Zealand isn’t ‘sucking up’ to China by learning from countries’ mistakes Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Outrage over Nanaia Mahuta’s speech is really about Jacinda Ardern Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Where’s the real criticism of NZ and
We’re focused on the issues that matter to Kiwis. Catch up on the latest in politics with our Week in Review below. * Labour adopts National policy at the border * Emergency Housing costs up to half a billion dollars * Health reforms about ideology over delivery * Time to take the guns
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25th April 2021 Stanley Baldwin, the British Prime Minister said in 1932 “The only defence is in offence, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you want to save yourselves.” He was referring to aerial bombardment, but it is a
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com News: Kelvin Davis launches new Maori Pathways prisoner rehabilitation scheme The Government is hoping “a for Maori, by Maori approach” will reduce reoffending and the over-representation of tangata whenua in prison. Maori make up about 15 per cent of the general population but more than 50
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NZ-China-Australia relations Chris Trotter: The Kangaroo encounters the Taniwha Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Speculation Five Eyes will become Four Eyes is completely ridiculous Richard Harman: Mahuta has to defend her Five Eyes comments Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Commentators need to calm down over Five Eyes, NZ
Health reforms: Analysis Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government’s DHB overhaul is the latest salvo in the Wellington vs local control war Stuff: Editorial – Healthcare change needed but crucial staff shortages need to be addressed Audrey Young (Herald): Little’s Cabinet paper shows how Heather Simpson was rolled (paywalled) Herald: Editorial:
19th April 2021 As reports are getting evermore difficult, it is a miscellany of incidents today. Today, Kyawt Kay Khine, a 17-year-old girl studying at BESH (3) Bahan was abducted by the Military from Thurein Aluminum, BoSeinHman Street. She is just one of many as the military has
