Zara Lomas

Participants in the Hikoi

A controversial and divisive bill that aims to undermine the rights of Aotearoa New Zealand鈥檚 M膩ori people had its first reading and brought parliament to a halt, reports Zara Lomas.

Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has described rich countries鈥 plansto expand fossil fuels as a 鈥渄eath sentence鈥 for his country. Zara Lomas looks at Pacific Island states鈥 push for a听international treaty to phase out fossil fuels.

NZ navy ship

Samoan residents are calling for compensation from the government of Aotearoa New Zealand, following the sinking of a NZ Navy vessel in their waters last month, reports Zara Lomas.

Pro-Palestine supporters at the council meeting

艑tautahi Christchurch city council voted on October 23 to cease doing business with companies building and maintaining illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), reports Zara Lomas,听making it the first in the country to do so.

Protesters with a banner

Pressure is building on Aotearoa New Zealand鈥檚 government to create a humanitarian visa pathway for Palestinians fleeing the genocide in Gaza, reports Zara Lomas.

Chevron rakes in billions of dollars a year from exploiting Israeli-claimed fossil gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which generate hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue for Israel. Zara Lomas reports.

Dr Shir Hever provided invaluable insights into a reality that Israel鈥檚 propaganda machine tries hard to obfuscate. Zara Lomas reports.

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Indigenous Maori in Aotearoa New Zealand are currently facing multiple attacks on their rights and wellbeing by the ruling conservative coalition government, led by the National party, reports Zara Lomas.