1. Where does this idea that NZ is neutral come from.
2. Independent foreign policy isn't the same as being unaligned.
3. We've hardly "escalated military spending". We got some new planes to replace old ones. Our defence spending is falling well behind
Sinophobia and the drumbeats of war are getting louder here - mainly from the Govt and various IR commentators. But cozying up to the US comes at a cost to principles & standards of living: https://t.co/WG968SIkYm
So it's the first time in history that #NZ commercial fisheries killed orcas. And it comes in 2s.
One of the 2 killed is within a whale sanctuary where commercial fishing is unrestricted. It comes as commercial fisheries are emboldened & Jones has restricted access to footage
Gee, NZ Government must really hate the environment.
Look how much of its pristine tourism and natural areas it wants to privatise and sell. These include Coromandel’s Cathedral Cove, Wellington’s Remutaka Ranges, Dunedin’s Tunnel Beach. It includes the Hauraki Islands #kiwi
If you were to write this headline or article in a variety of US, UK, German or French media outlets, your career might be on the line and you’d probably be accused of antisemitism.
And yet the author of this piece is a former prime minister for Israel.
https://t.co/xUqPAHxsab