27 January 2023 | From Brian Sweeney
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM |8 February 2023 | #431 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of international …
4 January 2023
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 04 January 2023 | #430 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London) See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …
3 September 2022
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 22 February 2023 | #432 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …
6 April 2022
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 06 April 2022 | #428 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …
4 March 2022
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 04 March 2022 | #427 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …
6 January 2022
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 06 January 2022 | #426 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …
22 December 2021
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 23 December 2021 | #425 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 17,000 story archive of …
11 December 2021
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 09 December 2021 | #424 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …
11 November 2021
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 12 November 2021 | #423 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …
28 October 2021
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 28 October 2021 | #422 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …
1 October 2021
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 01 October 2021 | #421 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …
13 September 2021
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 13 September 2021 | #420 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …
12 August 2021
News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, publisher, NZEDGE.COM | 12 August 2021 | #419 | New York Researched, edited and produced by Jane Nye (Wellington) and Alexandra Burnside (London). See all stories and a 16,000 story archive of …
5 July 2023 | From Denis O'Reilly
The president of Black Power’s Whanganui chapter, Damien Kuru, is currently in prison for manslaughter. A jury found him guilty in the killing of Kevin Ratana, a Mongrel Mob member, even though he wasn’t there when the shooting happened, and there was no evidence to tie him to the killing, either directly or indirectly….
24 June 2023
I felt compelled to respond to Shane Jones – This mob mentality needs a short, sharp shock NZ Herald June 20th. I respect Shane Jones as a person of intellect and as an effective…
2 May 2023
Closing a Community Chapter. The Two Colossi of Ahuriri, Pat Magill and John Harre
On Monday 24 April Pat Magill, my kaumatua Pākehā, tangata Tiriti, called a few of us together for a coffee at…
15 March 2023
Denis O’Reilly’s community in Waiohiki, Hawke’s Bay, is one of many still reeling from Cyclone Gabrielle and the flooding. In this update, he writes about the continuing challenges, and why the census matters even…
2 March 2023
Situation Report, Waiohiki, 1st March, 2023
Ranginui is relentless. The scale of devastation is vast. Behind what’s left of my home and down Omarunui Road it looks like the Somme. Individually and collectively our community…
20 February 2023
( Waiohiki Flood Recovery-Givealittle )
I began this kōrero at Waipatu, Heretaunga, in Hastings, in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 18, 2023. The sun had not yet risen, but it will….
16 December 2022
With submissions on the proposed Charities Amendment Bill closing a couple of days ago, Denis O’Reilly argues against the changing attitude towards charities and what he sees as the move away from a pragmatic,…
14 November 2022
Cultural Reports under Section 27 of the Sentencing Act seek to address the entrenched asymmetry or negative disproportionality in criminal justice outcomes for Māori offenders. Its complex. Justice Sir Joe Williams holds that
“We tend…
14 November 2022
KNOX
The following sermon, a panegyric for William Knockers Allen, was delivered on 7th November 2022 by Denis O’Reilly from the mahau, the front porch, of the whare Taamaki Makaurau at Ihumatao, Auckland, to members…
18 October 2022
In late June 2022 I joined many other New Zealanders in celebrating Matariki. Maori-led and defined Matariki has emerged as our first recognised indigenous holiday, or if you prefer holy day, seeing that it…
14 July 2022
If we don’t learn from the past, we are doomed to unsuccessfully grapple with present and future social problems. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calls these problematics ‘wicked problems’. They are complex. Answers to…
29 June 2022
It’s a man’s game. Jacinda Ardern should take over the Warriors. After what was looking like becoming a troublesome season for the Labour team, she has made some tough calls over positional play. I’ll…
25 March 2022
In the year of my birth, 1952, a man from Timaru, and a student at the high school which I was later to attend, St Patrick’s Timaru, William Colin Mathew Durning (BDS, MDS, PhD),…
4 September 2014
by Peter V. Rajsingh to the University of Auckland Business School May 7, 2103, Aotea Center Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Members of Council, Members of the University, Graduands, Families and Friends… Kia ora koutou katoa! Heartiest congratulations to our Graduands – accomplished, …
3 August 2013
Brian Sweeney’s TEDxAuckland talk, ‘Punk Eek’ Seventeen years ago I experienced a revelation on the road to Karakare. I was driving with this man, who told me a story about New Zealand’s unique and powerful position in the world. A …
28 July 2013
Brian Sweeney speaks to RadioLIVE’s Sunday Business host Andrew Patterson about New Zealand’s branding and story. (17 minutes)