Spain

Let’s take a tip from Europe and prioritise plazas over car parks

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Having just returned from a trip to Spain, Avondale resident Maria Slade wonders what New Zealand can do to create more spaces for locals to gather and hang out.  The Spanish have a thing they call la hora de paseo – literally, the hour to walk. It occurs after the strangely quiet time of the … Read more

Independence in a post-settlement state: ‘Our system is designed to maintain colonising power’

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The violent suppression of the referendum in Catalonia holds lessons for iwi wishing to establish their independence in Aotearoa, writes Graham Cameron. In the main, the reporting on the Catalan referendum has been surface level: the Spanish state does not want the region of Catalonia to consider independence. However, for those of us committed to … Read more