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"Such statements are wrong, period; and it was additionally wrong to bring those politics into the anti-terrorism venue in particular." Gamal Fouda, the Imam of the Al Noor Mosque targeted in the 2019 Christchurch attacks, said on Facebook the comments stereotyped "New Zealand Muslims of supporting terrorism".   Politicians have also weighed in, including National MP Simon Bridges. "@JulietMosesNZ shouted at with 'free Palestine' etc when making moderate points on a panel at Govt Hui on countering terrorism and violent extremism," he said on Twitter. "Several protest and leave. While it was...

A new exhibition that revisits the anti-Springbok Tour movement through the work of local photographers is about to open at Waikato Museum.

One can only speculate if she will go for a fourth term. This could be signalling a possible mood for change among the masses, bearing in mind only 41 per cent of those eligible actually bothered to vote in 2019. Joseph Johnson/Stuff There are plenty of councillors eyeing up the $195,000-a-year role. Deputy mayor and third-term councillor Andrew Turner, fourth-term councillor James Gough and first-timer Phil Mauger all say they are seriously considering the move. Second-term councillors Mike Davidson and Sara Templeton have not ruled out a run for the mayoralty. Turner has made no secre...

He Puapua Report. Underlying the political stand-off in Samoa is the as yet unresolved tension between the democratic institutions inherited from New Zealand, and the much older set of political and cultural expectations inherited from pre-colonial Samoan society. So long as democracy was able to accommodate traditional leadership hierarchies and decision-making customs, the two traditions rubbed on together with minimal friction. The crisis now gripping Samoa is the product of an almost entirely unanticipated collision between the traditional Samoan way of doing politics, and the formal requ...

Jane Struthers obituary Jane Struthers’s role as director of undergraduate admissions at Oxford University required highly tuned administrative and diplomatic skills Jane Struthers’s role as director of undergraduate admissions at Oxford University required highly tuned administrative and diplomatic skills HelenMagee Fri 21 May 2021 11.28 EDT Last modified on Fri 21 May 2021 12.16 EDT My friend Jane Struthers, who has died of cancer aged 70, devoted her career in university admissions to expanding the educational opportunities of young people from less affluent and multi-ethnic background...