This day in history goes back to 1989 for the start of the United States invasion of Panama ("Operation Just Cause"), which removed Manuel Noriega from power.
It's Lachlan's final Wire of 2018! We look back on all the best bits of 2018 including colonial statues and creative libraries. Oscar brings us a new community garden and Ben looks at the invasion of Panama in 1989.
Lillian doesn't do best of but instead gives us an investigative piece on the restructure posed by CanTeen NZ in the past couple of weeks and the effect that will have on it’s members.
Lillian Hanly spent some time this past week looking into the restructures posed by CanTeen NZ. As she did so, the story grew and grew. It’s a complicated issue where funding shortages have resulted in restructures and those restructures may very well affect the way the organisation operates in difficult ways. As a warning, some of this content discusses suicide and mental health.
You can donate to CanTeen NZ on their website or over their phone line 0800 CANTEEN (0800 226 8336).
Thailand will be having an election next February, four years after a military coup. Justin looks into what was behind the coup and the man behind the current political divisions, Thaksin Shinawatra.