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Searching for Terror

By Danny Keenan | Mon, 21 Jul 08 | 3 comments

The Police Raids
On 15 October 2007, squads of New Zealand Police swept through a number of locations throughout New Zealand, dressed in full riot gear with machine guns, handguns and knives strapped to their black garments. They smashed doors and furniture, arresting people, confiscating computers, cameras, files and papers. They were searching for evidence in order to charge 17 suspects with ‘terrorism’ offences under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002.

A Twenty-First Century Vision

By Ngai Tauira | Mon, 21 Jul 08 | No comments

We’ve all heard the story of the legendary 28th Maori Battalion. In the First World War the members of its predecessor, named the ‘Native Contingent’ and initially held back by officials from frontline service, was transformed from a battlefield labour force to a respected host of young Maori braves by 1918. Again in 1939, when the call went out for men to enlist against Hitler’s brutal expansion, Maoridom’s best and brightest put aside their differences with Pakeha to participate in the making of history.

An Interview with Hone Harawira

By Tahu K Wilson | Mon, 21 Jul 08 | 1 comment

I waimarie atu a Ngai Tauira ki te kōrero tahi me Hone Harawira, tērā o ngā kaiporotēhi e mōhio whanuitia ana. I kōrero ia mo tana mahi ki te whare Pāremata, ki te reo Pākeha, ā, koira te tikanga kua tuhia pērā ki raro nei:

Mahi: He māngai o te whare Pāremata, Te Tai Tokerau
Rā: 3 Hōngongoi, 2008, 6pm.

Te Kaipatapātai: Tahu K Wilson: Ngai Tauira Apiha

Gang Land

By Tristan Egarr | Mon, 14 Jul 08 | 3 comments

Parts of Invercargill burn during a feud between the Mongrel Mob and Highway 61. The Mob carry out three brutal home invasions in Hawke’s Bay throughout June. And the trial of a dozen Mob members for the drive-by shooting of a Black Power member’s daughter in Wanganui continues. The mayors of Hastings, Wanganui and Invercargill have all said enough is enough, but Aotearoa’s gangs have been around for half a century and their numbers are growing. As more Victoria students move out of the gentrified and over-priced Kelburn and Te Aro areas, many of us will end up among the council flats and gang history of Newtown.

How to Become the Best World in the Writer

By Guy Armstrong | Mon, 14 Jul 08 | No comments

So you want to write some articles or a book, or a house, or whatever. The first thing you need is some ideas, right? But oh no! You don’t have any!
As well as ideas, you want good reviews, don’t you? Not silly, arty - farty, ambiguous reviews like “Magnificent, compelling” – that is such a crap review. You don’t want this one either: “A must - read for anyone in the field of hyperterrestrial ornithology” - no, you want tyre-burning flame-spitting ultimate shirt-ripping damsel-saving overdosing passionate reviews.