Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury: I've always felt, as a Pakeha, that just below the surface of the civility of New Zealand culture, there bubbles something pretty bitter in the soul of many white Kiwis..Read more

Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury: I've always had an enormous amount of respect and aroha for SBW..Read more

Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury:As the UN Climate Vulnerable Forum ended last week, they put out a press release detailing the impact climate change will have on the poorest members of the most vulnerable countries.Read more

Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury: I looked at the photo, thought I must be seeing things, rubbed my eyes, looked again and just shook my head in disbelief. The photo of New Zealanders wearing blackface at the Hawera Community Parade outraged many righteously..Read more

Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury: The Hui did a remarkable job over the weekend of highlighting the extraordinary drop in the prison muster by 1000 since Kelvin Davis became the Minister..Read more

Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury: The Minister based his decision on Karel Sroubek using the best information from the Ministry..Read more

Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury :There is a fascinating debate happening right now around Māori health. The WAI 2575 Health Service and Outcomes Waitangi Tribunal hearing at Tūrangawawae marae is critically analysing the institutionalised racism embedded within Pākehā health providers and the outcome stats make for dire reading..Read more

Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury: Folks, I've been following politics for almost a quarter of a century, and I've never seen anything like the recent events that have engulfed the National Party..Read more

Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury: There's been a bit of debate online right now about what it means to have 'New Zealand values'. NZ First have brought the issue up by wanting a 'Values Test' for migrants and John Tamihere has written some thoughts in his latest NZ Herald column.Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: 2017 was an explosive year for Māori politics and the election reshaped the political landscape in a dramatic fashion wiping out Māori Party and MANA Party aspirations while leaving the Labour Party with an enormous obligation to Māori voters..Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Don Brash has reared his angry voice last week to attack the use of Te Reo on Radio New Zealand..Read more

MARTYN ' BOMBER' BRADBURY: It's not only the new Labour led Government who are finding the transition from opposition into power a difficult one to traverse, many activist groups seem to be struggling with how to engage constructively beyond mere opposition..Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: 4 days ago the Keystone pipeline leaked 795 000 litres of oil causing a shut down and testing for groundwater contamination. Indigenous peoples, farmers and environmentalists all warned the Keystone Pipeline had the risk of leaks, the company downplayed any such concerns..Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Since when did we dislike Pacific Islanders so much? I don't know about you, but this weird myopic media focus on Pacific Island 'violence' after the League games currently playing up and down the country seems bewilderingly racist and vicious doesn't it?.Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: One of the many challenges for the new Government is how to combat the racist Prison system in New Zealand..Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Could the largest Pacific Island and Maori city in New Zealand be unintentionally white washed by Labour's new affordable housing KiwiBuild project?.Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Labour Day became a national holiday in New Zealand in 1899. It was to commemorate and celebrate the rise of worker powers and how the earliest Pakeha settlers coming to New Zealand fought to create a fair balance of power between the boss and the worker..Read more

MARTYN BOMBER BRADBURY: As we celebrate a magnificent political win - let's remember those who could not survive National's 9 years in office We should be ecstatic. Big money, big corporate farming and big business interest....Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: There are times when the mainstream media coverage of two events manages to say more about the real bias at work within the media than the news worthiness of their focus..Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Statistics released by Statistics NZ show that the Asian-NZ population will overtake Māori by 2038....Read more

MARTYN BOMBER BRADBURY: The reverberations and ramifications of what has happened this election will be felt in many places, but most acutely I believe within Maori politics..Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Allegations of widespread Maori voter suppression made by Massey University Political Lecturer, Veronica Tawhai require an immediate response from the Electoral Commission..Read more

MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: There has never been an election that was so dependent on the Maori electorates.Read more

MARTYN ' BOMBER' BRADBURY: You know it's election time when National starts promising harsher and more punitive law and order policy.Read more

Martyn Bomber Bradbury: I've been lucky enough to get a look at the research that comes out of these focus groups and to be honest it almost makes me cry in frustration..Read more