Classics : Tales from Moominvalley ( 1962) by Tove Jansson
The Moomins, and their gift of tolerance
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Star Wearing
Dressing in style on the Galactic outer rim
Talking Sport : King Roger, against the odds
Surprisingly, 2009 was Roger Federer’s year
The Complicatist : Make my week
Getting to grips with TUnEYaRdS
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 5, NOVEMBER 2009 * * * * *
The November edition of Werewolf published November 4th 2009
Margaret Bazley’s attacks on legal aid
The ‘gone by lunchtime’ response to legal aid that the Key government has chosen to adopt in the wake of Margaret Bazley report needs to […]
Phil Goff and the race card
Click to enlarge Playing the race card is one of those claims that is meant to shut down any further debate, and Phil Goff knew […]
Campbell: Using kids as guinea pigs (+ Hone, ETS)
Over the past 30 years, the public has regularly been treated as laboratory rats for this or that ideological hobby horse of government. Crash on […]
Putting the 9/11 Terrorists on Trial
Click to enlarge For years, human rights advocates have argued that terrorism is essentially criminal behaviour, and terrorists should therefore be tried under the rules […]
The selective targeting of Beenie Man
Reportedly, Big Day Out organizers have backed down from their original intention to include the Jamaican dancehall musician Beenie Man in the next BDO festival […]
Obama’s latest surrender to Israel, and drone warfare
President Barack Obama’s single most important foreign policy decision during 2009 has been his recent backdown over requiring Israel to abandon the building of settlements […]
The powers of search and surveillance
Does the Search and Surveillance Bill, as the NZ Herald has recently maintained, really give a web of state agencies ‘sweeping powers to spy, bug […]
The Harawira junket, and Sean Plunket
At least the coalition government has shown itself to be united this week – it seems intent on junketing at taxpayer expense across a broad […]
Doing the Transtasman tango
An interview with Commerce Minister Simon Power about how business will be governed in the single economic market
License to prey
The government needs to stop ignoring loan sharks
Politics in the P pipe
Evaluating John Key’s community crusade against P
Can science take pain and guilt off the menu?
How science could foster ethical eating
Here, there are no anonymous citizens
Portugal weathers the recession
When angels fall to earth
A Niki Caro interview about Vintner’s Luck
Left Coasting : Governor Jerry Brown, by default ?
The race to be the next Governor of California
From the Hood : Looking beyond the veil into news beyond our own
Looking beyond the veil into news beyond our own
Classics : The Pirate Twins (1929) by William Nicholson
Race stereotypes in children’s books
Taking stock with Disasteradio
An interview with Wellington musician Disasteradio
For whom the Nobel tolls
Regional bias and politics can decide the Nobel Prize for Literature
Travelling Light : Burma on a budget
Life in the grip of the generals
The Complicatist : The canonisation of J. Dilla
Unpacking the basis of a legend
Sporting Life : David Tua’s limited future…
Déjà vu with David Tua, and what’s golf doing at a green Olympics ?
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 4, SEPTEMBER 2009 * * * * *
Should the law protect celebrity privacy? Is Hassan Firouzabadi (who?) running Iran ? Why rape victims get a bad deal from the courts Changing the […]
Reviews and commentary #2… Tim Bollinger, Indira Neville, Leo Hupert & Robyn Kenealy
The Inhabitants (Volumes 1-4) The Sheehan Brothers Reviewed by Tim Bollinger The Sheehan brothers (writer Kelly and ink-meister Darren) of Blockhouse Bay, have produced some […]
Cartoon Alley: Indira Neville
Indira Neville is an Oats Collective contributor and ‘girly’ cartoon stylist now living on Great Barrier Island. Last updated: December 2, 2009