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Official talk of Independent Foreign Policy is farcical

Written By: - Date published: 8:25 pm, July 6th, 2026 - 39 comments

If we are a “force multiplier” we are not independent. We are meant to multiply force for the US. Against China. Madness.

Talking to the “enemy”: an interview with Russian Ambassador Stanislav Krans

Written By: - Date published: 5:21 pm, June 26th, 2026 - 20 comments

The reason I chose to interview the ambassador is because I accept as self-evident the truism that all wars end with diplomacy and the sooner we return to diplomacy the better.

Strike back against the Empire rally today

Written By: - Date published: 11:00 am, June 13th, 2026 - 3 comments

Notice about an anti war protest this afternoon at Aotea Square in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland.

Hegseth accuses New Zealand of freeloading because we don’t want to arm for war

Written By: - Date published: 9:24 am, May 31st, 2026 - 32 comments

Pete Hegseth has claimed that New Zealand is freeloading because it is not spending enough of weapons of war at a time of international chaos created by the United States.

New Zealand And Palantir

Written By: - Date published: 3:13 pm, May 21st, 2026 - 7 comments

Palantir, founded by Alex Karp and New Zealand citizen Peter Thiel, is at the centre of an array of A.I. driven kill programmes for the US, Israeli and other militaries, including the NZDF.

Smash Left populism, get Right populism

Written By: - Date published: 11:41 am, May 11th, 2026 - 76 comments

That’s Starmer’s achievement, as the local elections show. He always was a muppet puppet; his string-pullers are much more sinister.

“Interest rates, oil and gold”

Written By: - Date published: 4:23 pm, May 7th, 2026 - 11 comments

That RNZ tricolon has always been infuriating fluff. In the real world, analysts warn we are heading for a cliff.

Who’s best on Foreign Affairs?

Written By: - Date published: 1:58 pm, May 1st, 2026 - 6 comments

When Ambassador Chen Mingming sent Zhang Wei in 2005 to ask me whether Winston Peters would follow government policy, I said I didn’t know but would ask. I did, and he did.

Trump v Pope Leo

Written By: - Date published: 10:10 am, April 18th, 2026 - 6 comments

Following threats against Canada, Greenland, Denmark and engaging in attacks on Iran, Venezuela, Latin America, Nigeria, Syria and Iraq Donald Trump has now attacked the Pope.

Divide and Prosper – the evil genius of the UAE

Written By: - Date published: 9:47 am, April 16th, 2026 - 23 comments

Israel is the UAE’s close ally. They collaborate on the War on Iran and in heartless state-destruction campaigns for greater geopolitical weight in the region
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The Iranian Imbecile crisis

Written By: - Date published: 4:48 pm, April 11th, 2026 - 67 comments

The Cuban Missile crisis was solved by intelligent leadership acting in the best interests of their nations. The current Iranian crisis shows no sign of quality leadership.

Towards an independent Foreign Policy

Written By: - Date published: 9:07 am, April 8th, 2026 - 16 comments

Vanushi Walters has outlined a stark contrast between the Government’s appeasement of Donald Trump and Labour’s desire to have an independent principle based foreign policy.

What If Trump Is Right?

Written By: - Date published: 4:35 pm, April 5th, 2026 - 38 comments

What if Donald Trump is right and the West should reopen the Strait of Hormuz?

Winston Peters signals willingness to send military assets to assist USA

Written By: - Date published: 7:49 pm, March 23rd, 2026 - 24 comments

Is NZ going to join the Iran war?

Our Willingness To Earn US Approval, Via China-Bashing

Written By: - Date published: 7:10 pm, March 19th, 2026 - 7 comments

The Chinese Embassy is right. The recent joint statement by Australia and New Zealand condemning China’s actions in the South China Sea reads like a relic from a bygone colonial era.

Why scrapping Labour’s climate change policies has made the oil crisis worse

Written By: - Date published: 1:38 pm, March 17th, 2026 - 10 comments

Driven by ideology, this Government has worsened the country’s prospects to reduce oil dependance by axing policies that would have cut greenhouse-gas emissions.

The oil crisis – What would Jacinda do?

Written By: - Date published: 11:52 am, March 14th, 2026 - 43 comments

Jacinda Ardern led the country through some of the most taxing international crises imaginable. How would she deal with the potential oil shock caused by the Iranian war and how does this compare to Christopher Luxon’s response?

Will Israel/US wreck the Gulf States & Iran?

Written By: - Date published: 2:59 pm, March 13th, 2026 - 14 comments

We are now in the opening days of what may be the decisive war to determine either the survival of the Iranian state or the expulsion of the US from the Arab lands.

The smallest coffins are always the heaviest.

Written By: - Date published: 8:55 pm, March 7th, 2026 - 39 comments

The US-Israeli killing of children must be stopped.

New Zealand needs regime change

Written By: - Date published: 11:56 am, March 3rd, 2026 - 22 comments

A prime minister who does not understand how vulnerable New Zealand’s economy is to a Middle Eastern war as we have now, is a Prime Minister who should be removed from office.

On The Iran War

Written By: - Date published: 8:00 pm, March 2nd, 2026 - 55 comments

Funny…when Russia invaded Ukraine, New Zealand didn’t wait for Putin to tell us whether his aggression was legal under international law. Different story when it comes to the Americans.

The United States and Israel attack Iran, again

Written By: - Date published: 8:27 am, March 1st, 2026 - 42 comments

Trump’s attack on Iran has a high risk of turning into another Afghanistan in which the United States was utterly humiliated.

Israel only country in history to ban Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontière)

Written By: - Date published: 11:44 am, January 1st, 2026 - 67 comments

Israel bans 37 NGOs from Gaza including the world renowned medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontière)

Pirates of the Caribbean and the Indo-Pacific. The White House National Security Strategy. 

Written By: - Date published: 2:06 pm, December 19th, 2025 - 18 comments

the US administration stresses that countries like Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan will need to militarise as never before in peacetime to keep China in its place. 

The Old Left is Wrong about Russia

Written By: - Date published: 10:24 am, November 20th, 2025 - 151 comments

This weeks’ sabotage of a Polish rail line that enables freight to get to Ukraine is a big step in the undeclared war by Russia against European countries that support Ukraine.

Some Number 8 Fencing Wire in Gaza

Written By: - Date published: 4:01 pm, November 7th, 2025 - 10 comments

The importance of a New Zealand focus
on the rebuild of Gaza.

On Our Looming Spending Spree On Japanese Frigates

Written By: - Date published: 2:40 pm, October 31st, 2025 - 22 comments

Like the Americans, maybe we should re-name our Ministry of Defence as the Ministry of War. The frigates New Zealand wants to buy can carry long-range Tomahawk Cruise missiles, with lethality so beloved by Judith Collins.

Judith gets her marching orders

Written By: - Date published: 4:04 pm, October 24th, 2025 - 90 comments

Lauded at the CIA and lectured at the Department of War, Judith Collins last week got her marching orders – prepare New Zealanders to join the next US war against China.

Do not feed the Droll

Written By: - Date published: 11:05 am, October 7th, 2025 - 57 comments

Martyn Bradbury’s attacks on Winston Peters and an attack on his home has allowed Winston to claim victimhood status and hog the media spotlight.

The Department of War

Written By: - Date published: 5:34 pm, October 2nd, 2025 - 60 comments

The United States Department of Defense has been renamed as the Department of War. Nobody can be under any illusions anymore. More war is coming.

Gaza peace proposal ignores the terrorism of the Zionist state

Written By: - Date published: 1:00 pm, September 30th, 2025 - 36 comments

In 1947 the Palestine as an area held under mandate by the UK was divided in resolution 181. The creation of independent Arab and Jewish States plus Jerusalem outside both. Trumps’ new ‘peace plan’ isn’t one because it doesn’t deal with the problem of Zionist terrorism that prevents the creation of a Palestinian state. It merely creates a temporary ceasefire without looking at the problem. New Zealand and other UN members should just start treating Israel as a terrorist state.