Mary Media reports on opposite sides of the Tasman on the same day illustrate the stark contrast in treatment of the reporting of covid infections and hospitalisations. While Australia is moving slowly to living with covid, New Zealand appears intent on milking every last drop of fear out of the
Matt Judd So it’s the salad days between Christmas and New Year’s. Half of New Zealand is at the beach. Politics has declared a ceasefire. (Not that anyone was actively presenting opposition to government narratives anyway.) Many companies are closed, and it’s picnics and barbeques until February.
Vinay Prasad brownstone.org Vinay Prasad MD MPH is a hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco. He runs the VKPrasad lab at UCSF, which studies cancer drugs, health policy, clinical trials and better decision making. He is
Darroch Ball Leader Sensible Sentencing Trust. The issue of ‘pill testing’ at festivals has been debated over the past few years and now with a parliamentary majority, Labour has passed legislation to make it legal for this upcoming season. It means having ‘testing tents’ set up at festivals that test
Harry Hunt If you’re like the rest of us, you are sick and tired of reading the same load of self-congratulatory drivel every day that you open social media. If you are a professionally-minded writer this could be your opportunity to get your voice heard. With audience
Rosalie Ashby **This article has been republished. It is one of the most popular articles from 2021. Dear Murray I and all my family and associates have remained consistent supporters of the NZ Herald. We all have always trusted your independence and objectivity. There is now widespread disquiet and deep
HR Hi everyone. The BFD is humming even more than usual with 1.7 million or so people being in lockdown until recently and highly likely to be locked down again. The hot topics are, of course, covid, the government and the media. Emotions are high and commenters obviously want
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Team Information Opinion Next up on the chopping block…parental consent! This government is now looking to jab little Junior in January. Big plans are already afoot as they prepare mobile vaccination units and ice cream trucks to roll them into your children’s schools
Guy Hatchard Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID, he has expertise in the interpretation of data A definitive preprint study of 25 December 2021 analysing data from 42,000,000 cases in the UK finds that the risk of developing myocarditis among young males after
Lotte Silverman Information Opinion **This article has been republished. It is one of the most popular articles from 2021. I really believe there is something that needs looking into here. At the first sitting of the House after 2 weeks, I heard the PM say, once again, that the first
Matt King Northland is home. As a former police officer, detective and small business owner, I understand the local issues. I had the privilege of serving as the MP for Northland from 2017-20, which allowed me to connect with people from all walks of life across the length and
Luke John Murphy University of Iceland Heidi Fuller Keele University Monte Gates Keele University Luke John Murphy is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeology at the University of Iceland. His research focuses on “material religion” – the physical objects and activities that help humans practice their religious beliefs – in pre-Christian and
Eoin Lettice University College Cork Dr Eoin Lettice is a lecturer in plant science at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) and the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at University College Cork, Ireland. He is the academic advisor to the University College Cork Arboretum. Right now, Christmas nativity
Michael Riches brownstone.org Michael Riches is a Canadian writer and editor based in Taipei. As the concept of vaccine certificates began tickling the fancy of certain segments of the public last spring and summer, opponents reliably invoked Orwell in response to what came to be called “freedom passports,” “green
Dimitris Xygalatas University of Connecticut The mere thought of holiday traditions brings smiles to most people’s faces and elicits feelings of sweet anticipation and nostalgia. We can almost smell those candles, taste those special meals, hear those familiar songs in our minds. Ritual marks some of the most important
Joe Perry Georgia State University In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an excited crowd. According to undercover police observers, 4,000 supporters cheered when Hitler condemned “the cowardly Jews for breaking the world-liberator on the cross”
