Using a narrative of a China ‘threat’, NATO is engaging civil society groups in a Pacific battle for hearts and minds.
Mick Hall
MICK HALL is an independent journalist based in New Zealand. He is a former digital journalist at Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and former Australian Associated Press (AAP) staffer, having also written investigative stories for various newspapers, including the New Zealand Herald. You can find him on Substack at https://mickhall.substack.com/
THE DANGER OF TELLING THE TRUTH
Correcting unfactual spin in the public broadcaster’s stories of the Ukraine and Gaza wars, cost one New Zealand journalist his job, but the public is losing far more.
NO PEACE IN THE PACIFIC
Challenges lie ahead for a peaceful Pacific, as leaders of Pacific Island nations face an accelerating Western push to get them onside against China.
SECRET U.S. MILITARY SPYING OPERATION HIDDEN FROM GOVERNMENT IN NEW ZEALAND
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