Stories about New Zealand from December, 2008
Fiji and New Zealand engage in ‘Diplomatic Suicide’
Tensions between Fiji and New Zealand boiled over Tuesday when both countries kicked out each other’s chief diplomats. Bloggers and commenters in both New Zealand and Fiji have largely found fault with their governments’ actions.
Fiji and New Zealand Bloggers Debate Diplomatic Row
Bloggers from Fiji and New Zealand are discussing an ongoing diplomatic row between their governments that intensified when New Zealand refused to grant visas to three family members of senior officials in Fiji's government who came to power in a coup in December 2006.
Activist turned informant creates uproar in New Zealand
New Zealand’s blogosphere is a flutter with the possibility that a left-wing activist has been outed as a police informer. The informer was paid $600 a week (plus expenses) for monitoring groups like Greenpeace, Save Happy Valley, Auckland Animal Action, GE-Free New Zealand and Peace Action Wellington.
New Zealand: ‘Talkfest torpedoed’
A few right-of-center New Zealand bloggers have applauded the new Social Development Minister’s push to cancel a February summit planned by the Families Commission that would bring together 150 leaders and decision makers together at Auckland's Waipuna Lodge.
Fiji's military coup: Two years on
Fiji’s military coup hits its two-year anniversary, and bloggers around the region have spent the past few days gathering thoughts and opinions on the country’s past, present and future.
New Zealand: Pro-choice and Pro-abortion
The Hand Mirror from New Zealand explains why being pro-choice is very different from being pro-abortion.
