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  • New Zealand state’s oppressive international role shown in Cook Islands

     Heleyni Pratley, Workers Party, Wellington branch In 1901 administration of the Cook Islands was handed over to New Zealand from the British with some conditions. One was that there would be no sale of land to New Zealand, with the British saying they were dissatisfied with the New Zealand government’s handling of Maori land. This Read more

  • Review: ‘Remains to be Seen: Tracing Joe Hills Ashes in New Zealand’ Jared Davidson, Rebel Press

    When Swedish born union organiser and radical song writer Joe Hill was executed in the United States in 1916, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) sent packets of his ashes all over the world- to every state in the US (except Utah where he died), Asia, Europe, every country in South America, Australia and Read more

  • Read the August issue of The Spark here

    On top of normal sales and subscription copies Workers Party members sold an additional 50 copies of the July issue of The Spark at a number of one-off events in Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington (see page 6 for an account of those activities). This month’s issue includes commentary on the Christchurch rebuild, along with articles Read more

  • Class imbalance will determine nature of Christchurch recovery

    Byron Clark, Christchurch branch organiser for Workers Party The public consultation for the rebuild of central Christchurch – done though a combination of public meetings and the web 2.0 ‘Share an Idea’ website has thrown up some great plans. The summary of submitted transport ideas outlines a walkable central city with greater cycle facilities, integrated Read more

  • Science, technology, and Maori

    By Mike Kay, Workers Party The ACT party receives little support from the actual capitalist class, therefore we argue that opposing Act (on the basis that they appear to be the worst of the bunch) should not be a key focus of activity for working class and radical activists. But their latest advert alleging “Maori privilege” has Read more

  • Thirty years on: The 1981 Springbok tour and protest today

    The following article is written by John Edmundson, a member of the production team of The Spark and Christchurch Branch of the Workers Party. John was highly active in the anti-apartheid movement and was arrested during the Gisborne match of the 1981 tour. This year New Zealand hosts the Rugby World Cup and TV viewers all over Read more