The Doctor My heart warms at all the impassioned articles and comments that defend the doctrine of free speech. People seem to have in mind what I call “gentlemen’s debate at the town hall” view of speech where we all respect each other and listen to each other’s
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is a lecturer in Government and Public Policy at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Lobbyists have never been under such intense pressure and scrutiny. There is currently a real momentum building to rein in New Zealand’
Viv Forbes Viv Forbes has studied science and grazing animal management. He started adult life believing all government health advice. He ate minimal butter, cheese and salt and chose lots of vegetarian options, including fake meat. Health for him and his family suffered. Slowly he came to his senses, returned
Family First familyfirst.org.nz A prolific sperm donor from the Netherlands who allegedly fathered over 500 children worldwide now faces a lawsuit over the potential increased risk of accidental incest. “If I had known that he had already fathered more than a hundred children, I would never have chosen
John Maunder A panel discussion on “Climate Change: Both Sides of the Story” was held at a Rotary Conference in Cambridge, New Zealand on June 28 2008. I was President of the Rotary Club of Otumoetai for 2007-08 at this time, and the Rotary District Governor John Tarbutt asked
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com This Australian story demonstrates what appears to be the same, possibly deliberate, failings that our monitoring systems in New Zealand have. There seems to be an international playbook in action. In times gone by, when medicine and science were to be
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. With the school curriculum dominated by radical gender ideology and critical race theory, and every class a Maori language lesson, small wonder there’s no time to teach numeracy and literacy. Achievement in NZ education is plummeting, with
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com If you or someone you know has experienced an adverse event following immunisation (AEFI), it is important to report it to CARM. Determining whether an adverse event has been caused by a pharmaceutical product is the role of CARM, who are
Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 8 of 18 New Zealand’s universities are responsible for much worse than screwing up the education of a few bank CEOs. As an illustration of just how poorly our
Cranmer cranmer.substack.com Lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. As part of New Zealand’s provisional approval
Lawrence W Reed fee.org Lawrence W Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, PhD is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. For origins see stemed.info/engineer_tackles_confusion.html. For over 100 prior articles for CFACT see http://www.cfact.org/author/david-wojick-ph-d/ Available for confidential research
Davis Taylor ronpaulinstitute.org That article about amnesty – the one so many found infuriating – fired me up too, but for a different reason than most. The hypocrisy of the mass, indignant reaction to it was almost too much for me to bear. A contingent has formed of the newly outraged
stats.govt.nz Over four million people have returned their Individual Forms for the 2023 Census, Stats NZ said on Friday. “This is a great milestone. We didn’t hit this milestone until 30 April in the 2018 Census. I would like to thank everybody who has been counted so
Toni Severin ACT Disability Issues’ spokesperson Reports that disabled New Zealanders are being denied replacements for vital equipment are unacceptable and need addressing. Stuff reports that Auckland man Stephen Dean has been denied a replacement wheelchair after his previous custom chair was stolen and temporary chair was damaged in the
Don Ritter cfact.org Don Ritter holds a science doctorate from MIT and served 14 years on the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce and Science and Technology Committees. He was a National Academy of Sciences fellow in the USSR, speaks fluent Russian and was ranking member on the Congressional
