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Christchurch terror: How did this happen?

Tyler West, Ani White, Byron Clark, Daphne Lawless — 2019-03-22T13:25:52Z

You've heard the news: on March 15th, 2019, Aotearoa/New Zealand experienced its largest mass shooting since the colonial massacres, a coordinated terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch. Throughout the day the death toll climbed; first 6, then 27, then 40, and finally 49 (with more passing away in hospital beds in the ensuing days). Victims included resettled Syrian children, fleeing terrorism in one place only to encounter it in another.

- IV530 - March 2019 / New Zealand, Racism and Islamophobia

New Zealand First and the global far-right

Daphne Lawless — 2018-11-30T08:45:36Z

The New Zealand First (NZF) Party was founded in 1993 by Winston Peters, formerly a cabinet minister for the mainstream conservative National Party. Since then, under Peters' continuous and unchallenged leadership, its share of the popular vote has ranged from 4 to 13% - large enough to be a significant player in all but one of New Zealand's parliaments from them until now, and to have participated in coalition governments with both of New Zealand's major parties, National and centre-left Labour. It is currently the junior partner in Jacinda Ardern's Labour-led coalition, also supported by the Green Party.

- IV526 - November 2018 / New Zealand, Far Right

Open letter from Socialist Worker New Zealand

Daphne Lawless — 2007-10-31T22:47:11Z

Your comrades in the International Socialist Tendency in Socialist Worker - New Zealand, have watched what appears to be the unfolding disengagement of the Socialist Workers Party (Britain) from RESPECT - the Unity Coalition with gradually mounting concern, anxiety and frustration.

- IV393 - October 2007 / Britain, New parties of the left