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Notes on burning: a stunning, apocalyptic essay by Kiwi crime writer JP Pomare

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JP Pomare is a Kiwi living in Melbourne, and a stingingly great writer. His new thriller In the Clearing is set in the Australian bush, with fire forever licking the horizon. We asked him to tell us about the view from over there.  1  Notes on burning When my family read my new novel In The … Read more

What does Islamophobia look like? Allow UK and Australian media to demonstrate

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It’s all relative, sure, but New Zealand’s media has clearly done a far better job at holding the line against Islamophobia than their UK and Australian counterparts, writes Elle Hunt from London. The danger of speaking relatively about race relations is that it risks excusing wrongdoings already being committed and in doing so allowing them … Read more