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• Feature - 'Terror in Our Midst? Searching for Terror in Aotearoa New Zealand', Huia Publishers, September 2008
• Feature - New Zealand 'terrorism': Summary of case transmitted to the government and their reply, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, S. James Anaya, 15 August 2008
• Feature - 'Terrorism' and the powers of the state, Native Affairs, 28 July 2008 [link to video]
• Feature - UN orders Govt to explain anti-terror raids, NZ Herald, 17 January 2008
• UN sends 'please explain' letter over terror raids, NZPA, 17 January 2008
• Government's human rights humiliation notched up another level, Te Ururoa Flavell, Member of Parliament for Waiariki, 17 January 2008
• UN to investigate Tuhoe’s anti-terror raids, TV3, 16 January 2008
• Feature - UN investigation into 'terrorism raids', Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust, 7 January 2008

    2007

• Feature - Burn This CD: Responses to October 15, launch in Wellington, 22 December 2007
• Feature - NZ 'terrorism': human rights violations, Contribution to 'Burn this CD: Responses to October 15', Peace Movement Aotearoa, December 2007
• Raid on Maori village opens old wound, Ray Lilley, 16 December 2007
• Talk about terror: Reflections on politics, history, law and media, public forum in Auckland on 15 December 2007
• Tuhoe's lawyer predicts long legal fight over raids, Yvonne Tahana, 15 December 2007
• Feature - Starship doctor slams police terror raids, Michael Field, 14 December 2007
• Watchdog to investigate police anti-terror raids, NZPA, 14 December 2007
• Tuhoe to sue police, Waatea News Update, 14 December 2007

• Renowned international civil society activist criticises NZ's terror laws, Scoop, 5 December 2007 - includes audio link
• Evidence delays annoy lawyers, NZ Herald, 4 December 2007
• Attempt to ban 'terrorist' tag, Dominion Post, 4 December 2007
• "Terror" raids: what's on where this week, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 3 December 2007
• Special report: A question of intelligence, Nicky Hager, 2 December 2007
• US website hosting Urewera 'terror' evidence shut down, NZPA, 29 November 2007
• Feature - Maori opinion of police plummets after raids, says poll, NZ Herald, 28 November 2007
• "Terror" raids: what's on where this week, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 26 November 2007
• Papers sent 'please explain' by Solicitor General, NewsTalk ZB, 23 November 2007
• Feature - Postscript on Operation 8, Paul Buchanan, 19 November 2007
• Feature - Video: Tuhoe's view of the terror raids on October 15th, TV3, 19 November 2007 - and the longer 60 Minutes interview
• Terror raids - charges linked to just 4 guns, NZ Herald, 17 November 2007
• Terror raids leak, Mike Morehu, 16 November 2007
• Urewera accused take on media, NZ Herald, 16 November 2007
• Key's Tuhoe trip questioned, TV1, 15 November 2007
• Leaks could taint Urewera 17 trial, Waatea news Update, 15 November 2007
• Lawyer files contempt proceedings against Fairfax, TV3, 15 November 2007
• Anti-terror police raid Iraena Asher's family home, NZ Herald, 15 November 2007
• Hikoi mo te Iwi: Taneatua to Wellington, schedule, 12 to 14 November 2007 - with links to photos
• Protest march reaches parliament and police headquarters, TV3, 14 November 2007
• Protesters march on capital, Erin Parke and Colin Espiner, 14 November 2007
• Hikoi carries protest voice to capital, NZ Herald / NZPA ,14 November 2007
• Terrorism law change boosts PM's powers, Dominion Post, 14 November 2007
• Confusing the line between journalistic freedom and lawful reporting, Dr Pita Sharples, 14 November 2007
• Investigation into publication of evidence, NZ Police, 14 November 2007
• Tuhoe hikoi heads to Parliament, Waatea News Update, 14 November 2007
• Terror Comes To Godzone (2), Sludge Report #181, Scoop, 14 November 2007
• Feature - The 'collateral damage' of Operation Eight, General Debate Speech, Tariana Turia, Co-leader Maori Party, 13 November 2007
• Did Police Ignore Threats leading to Assassination Allegations? Te Ururoa Flavell, 13 November 2007
• Police may get more scope to bug phones, The Dominion Post, 13 November 2007
• Police inquiry on news leak to TV3, NZ Herald, 13 November 2007
• Call for UN inquiry on raids, NZPA, 13 November 2007
• Police to begin preliminary inquiries into documents, NZ Police, 12 November 2007
• MP3 file: Interview with Moana Jackson, Radio Waatea, 12 November 2007
• Police actions under the Terrorism Suppression and Arms Acts, Human Rights Commission, 12 November 2007
• "Terror" raids: what's on where, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 12 November 2007
• Video: Tuhoe members set out on hikoi to protest police treatment, TV3, 12 November 2007
• Last of 'terror raid' accused released as hikoi starts, NZPA / Newstalk ZB, 12 November 2007
• Feature - There are questions that need to be asked: A primer on Operation Eight - further developments, Moana Jackson, 12 November 2007     - Web page   - Printable version
• A true monumental blunder, John Minto, 12 November 2007
• Humble apology called for, Waatea News Update, 12 November 2007
• Locke wants police to find, plug ‘terrorism’ leaks, Green Party, 12 November 2007
• Lawyer urges review of terror evidence, NZ Herald, 12 November 2007
• Top lawyer incensed TV3 leaked details, NZPA, 12 November 2007
• Maori Law Commissioner wants terror law repealed, Radio NZ, 11 November 2007
• NZ 'terrorism', the backstory, Nicky Hager, 11 November 2007
• Law enforcement digs big hole with Urewera 'terrorist' swoop, Matt McCarten, 11 November 2007
• Identifying the real radical, Bill Ralston, 11 November 2007
• Terror charges Cullen's job - law expert, Herald on Sunday, 11 November 2007
• Police go for trial by media, Global Peace and Justice Auckland, 10 November 2007
• Jackson resigns as police patron over raids, NZ Herald, 10 November 2007
• Top-level leak of arms case evidence, Dominion Post, 10 November 2007
• Former senior police officer: 'Broad should resign', TV3, 9 November 2007
• Ruatoki residents call for Broad's resignation, TV3, 9 November 2007
• Feature - Video: Police responsibility in Ruatoki - Moana Jackson discusses growing calls for police to pay amend for the raids in Ruatoki, ONE News Extra, 9 November 2007
• Letter re terrorism suppression legislation and police operation, Christian World Service, 9 November 2007
• Video: Tame Iti gets bail, TV3, 9 November 2007
• Ruatoki looks at redress over raids, TV1, 9 November 2007
• Tame Iti freed after terror ruling, Fairfax Media, 9 November 2007
• Feature - Tuhoe community greets news with relief, anger, NZ Herald, 9 November 2007
• My father is no terrorist, says Iti's son, Dominion Post, 9 November 2007
• Act too complex to use, says Collins, Dominion Post, 9 November 2007
• Locke calls for current Terrorism Bill to be halted, reviewed, Green Party, 9 November 2007
• Broad: call for resignation, Waatea News Update, 9 November 2007
• Iwi liaison use questioned, Waatea News Update, 9 November 2007
• Commissioner in the clear - but only just, John Armstrong, 9 November 2007
• Call for Tuhoe apology from police, Waatea News Update, 9 November 2007
• Video: Pita Sharples and Moana Jackson on the Solicitor General's decision, Campbell Live, 8 November 2007
• 'Scars Run Deep for Tuhoe', Maori Party, 8 November 2007
• Police-Maori dance one step forward, two steps back, Waatea News Update, 8 November 2007
• Claims of 'no terrorism' vindicated, David Small, 8 November 2007
• Church standing behind Tuhoe, Waatea News Update, 8 November 2007
• Decision of the Solicitor-General in Relation to the Prosecution of People under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 ("Operation 8"), 8 November 2007
• Solicitor General David Collins announces 'terror' charges decision, Scoop, 8 November 2007
• Wider Anglican support for Maori Anglican stand in the wake of the Ruatoki raids, Anglican Church in Aotearoa, 8 November 2007
• Sign-on letter to Attorney General Michael Cullen with signatories, Global Peace and Justice Auckland, 8 November 2007
• Terrorism Suppression Bill 3rd Reading Speech, Hone Harawira, Member of Parliament for Te Tai Tokerau, 8 November 2007
• Feature - Iwi supports protest resignation from Police College, Ngati Kahungunu Iwi, 7 November 2007
• Harawira accuses 'state forces' of terrorism, NZPA, 7 November 2007
• Police 'violated civil rights' at Ruatoki, NZ Herald, 6 November 2007
• Rights breached at road blocks, TV1, 6 November 2007
• Media release: 'Leave our people alone' - Maori Anglican Church angry at police anti-terrorist action in Tuhoe country, Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, 6 November 2007
• The Maori resistance: most outsiders think that New Zealand's indigenous people are well integrated into a liberal state, but the arrest of an alleged terrorist cell has put the focus on the injustices suffered by the Maori, The Guardian, 6 November 2007
• How to decide who is a terrorist?, Nicky Hager, 6 November 2007
• Terror threat to refuge, Waatea News Update, 5 November 2007
• New Zealand's anti-terror laws are those of George Bush, John Minto, 5 November 2007
• Silence of the MPs irks Tuhoe, Waatea News update, 5 November 2007
• Police 'terror' raid tactics illegal - QC, NZPA, 5 November 2007
• Feature - Podcast link: What's the difference between Te Mana Motuhake o Tuhoe and Terrorism?, Te Ahi Kaa, 4 Whiringa a rangi 2007
• Letter to the Editor, on Maori sovereignty, Tim McCreanor, 3 November 2007
• Feature - Tuhoe nation will not go away, Michael Lane, 4 November 2007
• QC Williams probes Ruatoki truth, Waatea News Update, 3 November 2007
• Terror suspect set to hang art, Waikato Times, 3 November 2007
• Violence and protests mark Labour Party conference, TV3, 3 November 2007
• Urewera 16 In Court - 2 More Bailed, Aotearoa Indymedia, 2 November 2007
• Research confirms strength of Maori concern about police actions, Te Ururoa Flavell, Member of Parliament for Waiariki, 2 November 2007
• 'Terror' prosecution, name suppression and open justice hit a 'two trial' snag, Scoop, 2 November 2007
• English skeptical on terror charges, Waatea News Update, 1 November 2007
• 'Terror' raids: human rights in Aotearoa hui, 3 and 4 November, at Tapu Te Ranga Marae, Wellington
• "Repeal the terrorism legislation": add your name to the Dominion Post advert, deadline is 3 November 2007
• Feature - Self-determination is not apartheid, David Williams, 1 November 2007
• Tuhoe hires QC to look at lawsuit, Dominion Post, 1 November 2007
• Maori gagged by raids, Waatea News Update, 31 October 2007
• Helen Clark - arrogant abuse of the rights of accused, Global Peace and Justice Auckland, 31 October 2007
• Reply to letter on 'terrorism' raids, Annette King, Minister of Police, 30 October 2007
• 'Terror' raids: what's on this week, 30 October 2007
• Six new discrimination complaints over anti-terror raids, NZPA, 30 October 2007
• Separatism a right for Tuhoe, Waatea News Update, 30 October 2007
• Arms accused wants normal life, NZ Herald, 30 October 2007
• Women outraged by police behaviour, National Council of Women, 29 October 2007
• Editorial: Secrecy is the enemy of justice, NZ Herald, 29 October 2007
• 'Anti-terror' raids leave a battered democracy in their wake, John Minto, 29 October 2007
• Police push for anti-terror charges political, Global Peace And Justice Auckland, 29 October 2007
• Terror raid evidence with Solicitor-General, NZPA, 29 October 2007
• Lawyer for Wellington 'terror' accused issues press statement, Michael Bott, 29 October 2007
• Defiant Horomia: I will not resign, NZ Herald, 29 October 2007
• Call for Horomia to resign over raids, Waatea News Update, 29 October 2007
• Loggers blame police raids for latest setback to plans, NZPA, 29 October 2007
• Plea to Maoridom phrased in humble terms, Rawiri Taonui, 28 October 2007
• Video: Interviews with Tamiti Kruger, TV1, 28 October 2007
• 1000 march on jail over police raids, NZPA, 28 October 2007

• Major concern over raid at Refuge House, National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges, 27 October 2007
• Statement at the conclusion of the Maori Party Hui-a-Tau at Omahu Marae, Hastings, 27 October 2007

• The plot sickens, Jane Clifton, NZ Listener, 27 October - 2 November 2007
• Deep in the forest: Ross Meurant, Sunday Star Times, 27 October 2007

• Wellington marches against police 'terror' in rain, Scoop, 27 October 2007 - includes audio clips

• Auckland marches against 'terror suppression' raid, Scoop, 27 October 2007

• Thousands of anti terrorism protesters march, TV3 News, 27 October 2007

• Anger grows over police raids, TV1 News, 27 October 2007

• Maori must not define selves as 'terrorists' party told, NZPA, 27 October 2007
• Nationwide protests against anti-terror op, Sunday Star Times, 27 October 2007
• The State is the Real Terrorist - Free the Urewera 18! Radical Youth, 27 October 2007
• Mass raid stuns veteran unionist, NZ Herald, 26 October 2007
• Women’s refuge raided, Waatea News Update, 27 October 2007
• Maori Women's Refuge in Taupo searched by police, Scoop, 26 October 2007

• A letter from 'terror' accused Tame Iti, TangataWhenua.com / Scoop, 26 October 2007

• Police terror boss has activist harassment history, Scoop, Friday, 26 October 2007

• Maybe the latest police raids will find those elusive rocket launchers, Brian Rudman, 26 October 2007
• Tame Iti's case to be heard in Auckland, NZ Herald, 26 October 2007
• National, Labour 'bad as each other', NZ Herald, 26 October 2007
• New Zealand's police accused of repressing indigenous Maori, McGill Daily (Montreal), 25 October 2007
• Over 500 hundred march against police suppression, Tame Iti denied bail and trial transferred to Auckland, TangataWhenua.com, 25 October 2007 - includes photos
• Anti-terror law change 'fascist', Dominion Post, 25 October 2007
• Counter-terrorism law changes pass second reading, Radio NZ, 25 October 2007
• Maori leaders' computers seized, Waatea News Update, 25 October 2007
• Why was Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Rotoiti at the hikoi in Rotorua? Tumuaki Hawea Vercoe, 25 October 2007

• Video: Was the police roadblock near Ruatoki legal?, Campbell Live, 24 October 2007

• Online petition: Respect indigenous peoples' rights! Free the arrested Maori! Asia-Pacific Indigenous Youth Network, 24 October 2007

• Rights ignored in police crackdown, Waatea News Update, 24 October 2007
• Tuhoe suppression act backfires, Waatea News Update, 24 October 2007
• No mana in police raids, Waatea News Update, 24 October 2007
• Activist arrested in terror raids beaten in prison, NZPA, 24 October 2007
• PM remains neutral on raids, NZ Herald, 24 October 2007
• Maori Party criticises goverment for raids, TV1 News, 23 October 2007
• Feature - Back in the mists of fear: A primer on the allegations of terrorism made during the week 15 - 19 October 2007, Moana Jackson, 23 October 2007
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• Background on Wellington terror arrestees, Friends Of Wellington Terror Arrestees, 23 October 2007
• Guantanamo On The Pacific? Paul Buchanan, 23 October 2007
• We agree with Ross Meurant, Global Peace and Justice Auckland, 23 October 2007
• Bugs record bravado, Waatea News Update, 23 October 2007
• Bryan Innes's account of police home invasion, 22 October 2007 [scan down the page, second story]
• Ross Meurant says police raids were over the top, TV3, 22 October 2007
• The ultimate act of resistance, Tariana Turia, 22 October 2007
• Montreal solidarity action against NZ state terror, Montreal Maori Solidarity Committee, 22 October 2007 - read the report     - photos
• Feature - Terror Comes To Godzone, Alastair Thompson, 22 October 2007
• In support of imprisoned activists: Protest New Zealand's bid for UN Human Rights Council, Maori Solidarity Committee (Montreal), 21 October 2007
• Editorial: Whatever cards police hold had better be a winning hand, Herald on Sunday, 21 October 2007
• Forget terrorists - it's the secret police the public needs to fear, Matt McCarten, 21 October 2007
• Ready for the men in black, Bill Ralston, 21 October 2007
• Feature - Guerrillas in our midst? No! Rawiri Taonui, 21 October 2007
• Feature - A highly unsuitable candidate: New Zealand government is not fit to sit on UN Human Rights Council, Aziz Choudry, 20 October 2007
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• Terror Act: more 1984 than 1969, Fran O'Sullivan, 20 October 2007
• Post Colonial? Yeah Right! Leigh Cookson and Joe Davies, 20 October 2007
• Media coverage sensationalised - gun shop owner, Radio New Zealand, 20 October 2007
• Editorial: Confidence in our law put to test, NZ Herald, 20 October 2007
• Big gamble for police, John Armstrong, 20 October 2007
• It's just not fair to anybody, Tom Scott, 20 October 2007
• Survival skills training camp, Kaimai Ranges, Labour weekend: 20 to 22 October 2007
• Feature - This average Kiwi bloke has had enough ... Aziz Choudry, 19 October 2007
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• Video: Auckland protest against terror raids, NZ Herald, 19 October 2007
• Hundreds protest against terror raids, NZ Herald, 19 October 2007
• CTU Runanga calls for police action to stop, Te Runanga O Nga Kaimahi Maori o Aotearoa, 19 October 2007
• CTU Calls for repeal of Terrorism Suppression Act, Council of Trade Unions, 19 October 2007
• Anger mounts at police terror op, NZPA / Stuff, 19 October 2007
• Police put 'on notice' over raids, Dominion Post, 19 October 2007
• Search warrant 'had no signature', The Dominion Post, 19 October 2007
• Whakatane march against ninja raids, Secret trials possible under terror act, and Counseling needed for kohanga kids, Waatea News Update, 19 October 2007 [scan down the page for the three updates]
• Terror net spreads wide, TV1 News, 18 October 2007
• Scoop Talks To Raided Organic Vegetable Grower, Scoop, 18 October 2007
• Raid police's mangled attempts to speak Maori, NZ Herald, 18 October 2007
• Lockdown traumatised families says elder, Dominion Post, 18 October 2007
• Raids set Maori-Pakeha relations back 100 years - Sharples, NZ Herald, 18 October 2007
• Horomia doubts Tama Iti is a terrorist, TV3 News, 18 October 2007
• Terror bill to be debated despite anger over raids, Dominion Post, 18 October 2007
• Police seeking excuse - Green, Waatea News Update, 18 October 2007
• Greens appeal to police to show more respect, Keith Locke, 18 October 2007
• Tots protest against ninja raid, Waatea News Update, 18 October 2007
• Pensioner feels violated by police raid, NZ Herald, 18 October 2007
• Urgent Action Communication to the United Nations Human Rights System: Raids and arrests against Maori by the New Zealand government, International Indian Treaty Council, 17 October 2007
• What are you hiding? Tom Scott, 17 October 2007
• Global oppression intense as Indigenous Peoples rise up and organize, Brenda Norrell, 17 October 2007
• GI Joes smash down door, Waatea News Update, 17 October 2007 [scan down the page, second update]
• Why Thursdays’ anti-terrorism bill is bad for New Zealand, Global Peace and Justice Auckland, 17 October 2007
• Police move may anger moderates, Dominion Post, 17 October 2007
• Maori protest anti-terror raids, The Press, 16 October 2007
• Police criticised over anti-terror raids, TV3, 16 October 2007
• Police over-reaction feared, Waatea News Update, 16 October 2007
• Terrorist charges ill-conceived, Christian World Service, 16 October 2007
• Lawyer likens raids to 'invasions last century', NZPA, 16 October 2007
• On the underlying issues: Threats opportunities weaknesses and strengths, Mike Smith, 16 October 2007
• Terrorism and Ruatoki: an open letter to the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, Rev Wayne Manaaki Rihari Te Kaawa, 16 October 2007
• Valley locked down after dawn raids, NZ Herald, 16 October 2007
• Anti-terrorism law's impact on human rights questioned, NZPA, 16 October 2007
• Terrorism charges trumped up for political impact, Global Peace and Justice Auckland, 16 October 2007
• Time to debate political policing, Dr Warwick Tie, 16 October 2007
• Dressing in camouflage not terrorism, ex CIA consultant says, NZ Herald, 16 October 2007
• Innocent explanation for 'terror' training, Waatea News Update, 15 Otober 2007
• Community 'under siege' says Waiariki MP, Maori Party, 15 October 2007
• Suppression of terrorism or oppression of tangata whenua, Leonie Pihama, 15 October 2007
• Spycatcher calls police raids draconian and probably illegal, David Small, 15 October 2007