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Tau Kē Tēnei Wiki: A New Refugee Centre for New Zealand

Heather Hastie — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 04:43:57 +0000

As a New Zealander, I’m proud to say that my country is not only improving the facilities for new refugees coming here, but increasing our capacity so we can take even more than we do currently. Pride wouldn’t normally be my response in this matter. As one of the wealthier countries in the world I […]

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Worry of the Week – 11 October 2015: Kunduz, Afghanistan

Heather Hastie — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 03:11:45 +0000

My number one worry is still Syria, but it’s not the only part of the world that needs to concern us all at the moment. Another is the province of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. The Taliban is resurgent there, and the people are suffering even more than usual as a result. On 6 October 2013 […]

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Worry of the Week – 4 October 2015: Syria

Heather Hastie — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 00:34:34 +0000

In reality, Syria has been a worry for years. Bashar al-Assad took over the presidency, the role of commander-in-chief of the Syrian armed forces, and the leadership of the ruling Ba’ath party on his father’s death in 2000. For several reasons, including his British education and wife, there was hope he would be a reformer. […]

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Free Speech is not Hate Speech

Heather Hastie — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 05:00:25 +0000

When free speech is attacked, we all suffer. So often in the past, those who have been attacked for speaking out haven’t attracted the support they should have either because of what they have to say, or who they are. We have allowed our opinion of the speech of those we don’t agree with to […]

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