“They are here because you were there. There is an umbilical connection.” – Stuart Hall, Black Chronicles. The following is a reluctant journal of my…
Another attack, more innocent lives lost, gunned down during the Friday prayer, at a time when they should feel at their safest. The media, both…
Dear high school students of Australia, Over the last 24 hours, I’ve kept up to date with the the news following your Big School Walk…
Passport? Check. Camera equipment? Double check. Preparation for incoming intercultural tension? Whoops. Flying into Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta in April, I was met with a…
Like a redneck cockroach in a white hood, Pauline Hanson has well and truly crawled out of the woodwork, and continues to spout bile about…
I’m sat in an empty American-style diner on Melbourne’s Chapel Street when I hear the news. “We have a new PM,” she says, as casually…
With the situation that has been underway in America until today’s executive order – children being taken from their parents at the border as part…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve more than likely seen reports coming out of the Middle East showing violence and bloodshed from the…
Pre-dawn raids are commonplace in this part of the world. Doors are battered down in the wee hours of the morning and stun grenades are…
Another attack in a major city has left us needing to talk about the angry young man in the room, or better, in the hire…
The coffee is slightly too sweet, the windows hang heavy with legs of cured meat, the central streets are choked with sunburnt tourists, and I…
For some, Waitangi Day will be defined by beach barbeques, family picnics, a day off work or time-and-a-half pay. Kiwis will enjoy long-weekend road trips,…
