Grant Bayldon

Guest writer

Grant Bayldon is the National Director of World Vision New Zealand, leading the organisation’ development and humanitarian work in more than 25 countries as well as fundraising and advocacy work in New Zealand.

Sugarcane cutters are transported in cattle truck to work in ethanol production, Bahia State, northeastern Brazil, October 2010 (Photo: Ricardo Funari/Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Opinion

The KiwiSaver U-turn shows what happens when you piss NZers off. Don’t stop being pissed off yet

Rapid divestment decisions by funds with money in nuclear weapons, landmines and cluster bombs is a credit to people power. But the battle is far from over, writes Grant Bayldon

By Grant Bayldon | 30th September, 2016

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Mines Advisory Group employee Frederic Gras gingerly picks up an unexploded cluster bomb August 26, 2006 in Beit Yahoun, Lebanon. Cluster bombs, officially known as unexploded M42 submunitions, were used widely by the Israeli military in the recent conflict in Lebanon and often leave unexploded remnants that can explode when handled weeks or months later by civilians. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Not ‘a big enough issue’? Why inaction on KiwiSaver and cluster bombs is a betrayal of NZ values

NZ has been a world leader in eradication of cluster bombs, landmines and nuclear weapons. Where today are the moral principles the National government has shown before, asks Amnesty International's Grant Bayldon.

By Grant Bayldon | 23rd August, 2016

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Nauru processing centre. Photo: Amnesty International

Opinion

On Australia’s human rights shame, New Zealand is all but silent. Here’s what we need to hear

We have rarely seen such a sustained, and successful, attempt to hide abuses from the outside world as the Australian government is perpetuating right now in its ‘offshore detention’ policy, writes Amnesty International’s Grant Bayldon

By Grant Bayldon | 8th August, 2016

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Opinion

Justifying a meagre refugee quota because of the homeless problem is a terrible, terrible argument

Charity may start at home, but it shouldn't stop there, writes Amnesty International's Grant Bayldon

By Grant Bayldon | 3rd July, 2016

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The only serious question on a China extradition deal is how to say no

Opinion: John Key says he’s open to China’s request for an extradition treaty and has asked the Law Commission to investigate. But we’ve been monitoring the Chinese justice system for years, and the answer couldn't be clearer, writes Amnesty International’s Grant Bayldon.

By Grant Bayldon | 3rd May, 2016

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Opinion

You say tax haven, I say corruption port. Welcome to New Zealand

Opinion: NZ’s ranking as one of the least corrupt countries in the world counts for nothing if our good reputation is used to aid corruption elsewhere, writes Amnesty International's Grant Bayldon

By Grant Bayldon | 19th April, 2016

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The Spinoff

Grant Bayldon

The scourge of modern slavery – and New Zealand’s yawning inaction

Tough choices ahead for Syrian refugees effectively barred from NZ

Seeking asylum is a legal right. Could somebody tell Mike Hosking?

The KiwiSaver U-turn shows what happens when you piss NZers off. Don’t stop being pissed off yet

Not ‘a big enough issue’? Why inaction on KiwiSaver and cluster bombs is a betrayal of NZ values

On Australia’s human rights shame, New Zealand is all but silent. Here’s what we need to hear

Justifying a meagre refugee quota because of the homeless problem is a terrible, terrible argument

The only serious question on a China extradition deal is how to say no

You say tax haven, I say corruption port. Welcome to New Zealand

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