What role will the food + fibre sector play in ensuring New Zealand can afford the standard of living we all expect in the years ahead? That is the question at the heart of the latest Mahi a Rongo | Helen Clark Foundation discussion paper launched today, with Helen Clark helenclark.foundation/publications-a…

Declassified documents reveal official enthusiasm for New Zealand involvement in AUKUS Pillar Two and the tightly-curated public messaging it has produced.

So who is being “misled” on AUKUS?

w/ Robert Patman

theconversation.com/have-new-zeala…

🚨We need a financial system that supports progress!

As the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings begin, read the #DearG20 open letter, signed by our co-chairs Helen Clark & Soumya Swaminathan, along with 100+ former leaders, activists, academics & artists.👇

bit.ly/DearG20

“I think we will see more and more cocktail colonels on parade telling us where “our interests” lie. Speaking of lying, they will disavow any intent to militarism. But we should not believe this. We are gradually being enmeshed in a web of technology and political alliance that…

1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is still too silent about the war in Gaza. Following my viral tweet last month, this is the updated & expanded version of how I see things based on >1000 articles and 1000s of videos/images of the war. 🧵of summary conclusions:

Helen Clark

📈Air pollution contributes to more than 7 million premature deaths a year, as per World Health Organization (WHO).

As the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings commence, read #OurCommonAir 's call for global collective action on air pollution.

🔗bit.ly/OCACalltoAction

#WBGMeetings

‘It’s possible to create a #foodsystem that is #climate positive, nature positive, people positive, can feed the world, make it healthy for citizens… and result in not too much pressure on prices consumers have to pay’ Paul Polman
Mahi a Rongo | Helen Clark Foundation #thinktank #aotearoa

My latest for Foreign Policy on Iran, Gaza & Israel:

Biden’s support for Israel is often described as a continuation of a long-standing US policy. In reality, it is a break with tradition. Previous presidents regularly twisted Israel's arm if needed.

foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/15/isr…

'Tackling air pollution will have benefits that go beyond cleaner air - boosting health, cutting emissions, accelerating technological development, enabling sustainable economic development, and reducing poverty and gender inequality.'

Helen Clark Soumya Swaminathan

Leaders Need to Break the Chokehold of Debt and Austerity. Our Health Depends on it.

An urgent, vital, call to leaders who are meeting this week at the IMF & World Bank Spring Meetings, by Jaime Atienza Jaime Atienza Azcona @unaids ipsnews.net/2024/04/leader…

We are very pleased to welcome two new NZ China Council members: Nathan Flowerday, the incoming Chair of Zespri; and Andrew Holmes, the new CEO and Senior Parter at PwC New Zealand. More on the Council’s website nzchinacouncil.org.nz/2024/04/two-le…

Really exciting to see this coming down the chute. Green shoots in tough times for media. And this will be both great video and audio, available wherever the audience is.
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Value of #CleanAir ?

eco-business.com/opinion/the-wo… via Soumya Swaminathan Helen Clark

#OurCommonAir

A thoughtful, comprehensive analysis of the lurch that appears underway in New Zealand foreign policy. Clearly being led by the Foreign Minister, who heads a party that gained only 6% of the vote in our recent general election. The Prime Minister has made some statements…

NZ has had a consistent policy of condemning the military coup in Myanmar, and urging the restoration of democracy. Hosting offcials from this illegal regime in NZ is inexplicable, and risks giving the junta a legitimacy they don't deserve. Has NZ's policy changed?

A threat mentality stifles opportunity and independent thinking about our varied world when it comes to foreign policy, Diplosphere’s Dan O’Brien writes newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/14/sof…

So the estimated cost of the proposed monster tunnel to Wellington airport would pay for new inter-island ferries and terminals three times over, with change. It just feels like satire. nzherald.co.nz/nz/disbelief-g…

Even super hawk Colby thinks these guys are nuts.