Al Al writes a substack based on OIAs and proactive releases looking back at the history of the New Zealand Covid response. nzcovidresponse.substack.com A video of current Prime Minister Chris Hipkins in a press conference has been doing the rounds for pulling a Trudeau, where he claims there
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Donald Davis The Urban Dictionary is a (frequently NSFW) crowdsourced online glossary of slang words and phrases. In George Orwell’s 1984, the Ministry of Truth maintained a Newspeak Dictionary: the officially sanctioned vocabulary of Oceania. Only ‘specialists’ could truly write in Newspeak as some words had mutually contradicting definitions,
Dietram A. Scheufele Dominique Brossard Todd Newman University of Wisconsin-Madison theconversation.com Are democratic societies ready for a future in which AI algorithmically assigns limited supplies of respirators or hospital beds during pandemics? Or one in which AI fuels an arms race between disinformation creation and detection? Or sways
Niven Winchester Auckland University of Technology theconversation.com Despite New Zealand’s record loss to South Africa in August, All Blacks fans can take heart from statistical modelling that has them as favourites to win the 2023 Rugby World Cup (RWC). According to Rugby Vision, a well-tested algorithm I
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com The Prime Minister has a cheek, doesn’t he? He said on Monday that there was no compulsory COVID-19
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com An advertisement on a commercial radio station fascinated me last week. I have no memory of what the product was,
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com We have written previously about Divya Simon, a 31-year-old nurse who died in Jan 2022, five days following her booster vaccine. She suffered a coronary artery dissection (internal tear) that caused sudden left ventricular (main pumping chamber of the
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com The thing about politicians is that you have to be able to trust them, and to gain trust it helps
Phil Green As the election gets closer the heat appears to be turning up on the comments of BFD readers about the merits of Winston’s participation. Winston’s rodeo may not be new in town but his message this time around certainly is. In my humble estimation, Winston’s
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com This is a big week for rugby with the All Blacks first match in the Rugby World Cup coming up
Victoria O’Brien thedailyexaminer.co.nz The new Firearms Safety Authority (“FSA”), a unit recently set up within the NZ Police to administer civilian firearms ownership in NZ, has revealed it will be spending $500k just on marketing and advertising in the year to June 2024, while new branded uniforms
nznewsessentials.com In brief * Defaming Julian Batchelor is an unlawful attempt to undermine his message, which he has the right to discuss. * The Centrist wants to reduce the many obstacles in NZ to making informed decisions when voting. * The Centrist is supporting Julian’s defamation suit and will support others.
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com Here’s some news the mainstream media don’t want to report: there is significant opposition to gender ideology being
Ranjana Gupta Auckland University of Technology theconversation.com The property market is New Zealand’s largest industry, adding NZ$41.2 billion a year to gross domestic product. But there is a debate over how we tax houses – particularly those sitting empty despite the ongoing housing crisis. Housing affordability is
Mark Sanderson Julian Thomas Kieran Hegarty Lisa M. Given RMIT University theconversation.com Monday marked an important milestone in the history of the internet: Google’s 25th birthday. With billions of search queries submitted each day, it’s difficult to remember how we ever lived without the search engine. What
