Taihoa on AUKUS Pillar 2
Andrew Little says our government is willing to “explore” participating in AUKUS Pillar 2, but “foreign or local voices would not be a factor.” Our leaders will decide he says. I say “taihoa.”
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Anzac Day
Anzac Day
A more sombre and quieter Anzac Day today with planned ceremonies being pared back in this post Covid world.
What Do We Keep?
The things we don’t regret keeping are a strong measure of what we don’t value. COVID’s 2 year anniversary asks us this simply through what events we commemorate.
This Is Who We Really Are
As we prepare for ANZAC Day, the Kapiti RSA has been viciously attacked for wanting to show solidarity with NZ’s Muslim community. Maggie writes about what that means and suggests who we really are.
Anzac Day
There is a list of Anzac Day services here, and a list of peace vigils here.
An appropriate day to contemplate “the meaning of honour”.
Anzac Day 2016
Today is Anzac Day, 101 years since ANZAC forces began the Gallipoli campaign.
Thoughts about a poppy
Back in my youth I decided that there were things that were worth fighting for when it became necessary. It is a viewpoint that I have never had to change, and it shows in what I do. If you want a society worth living in, then you need to make sure that it either stays that way, or moves towards it. Less memorials and more effort is a better way to remember our dead and maimed.
Christianity doesn’t compromise with other religions
Christianity doesn’t compromise with other religions or has the World Finally Gone madder?
Anzac Day – 100 years
100 years ago today ANZAC forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. They are remembered.
Image from NZ History.
RSA oppose flag change
Key’s proposal to change the flag is an expensive and unnecessary circus, and this should be the end of it.
Anzacs and Afghans
Today is the day that we remember our old soldiers. But perhaps it should also be a day when we consider our current soldiers, and how they are being used.