Claire Breen University of Waikato Dr Claire Breen holds a BCL from the National University of Ireland (University College Cork). She also holds an LLM (International Law) and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. Her research focuses on international human rights law with a specific interest in children’s
familyfirst.org.nz How safe are puberty blockers for our children? As our Government goes full speed ahead into banning so-called ‘Conversion Therapy’ (while at the same time seemingly endorsing the use of puberty blockers on pre-teens), we must conclude that the use of puberty blockers is also
familyfirst.org.nz Don’t think this isn’t happening in New Zealand too… Mega-broadcaster BBC used to be regarded as one of the world’s leading broadcasters, renowned for its intelligent and objective content. That reputation has become tarnished over recent years as the BBC ramps up a
covidplanb.co.nz Introduction 18 months on from the world’s fearful response to the arrival of SARS-CoV-2, we provide an alternative to New Zealand’s elimination strategy to one of ‘living with covid-19’. We are now back in level four lockdown indefinitely with escalating PCR positive
Taimutorabera In the weeks leading up to the current level 4 lockdown many New Zealanders had a gut feeling that something was brewing. The government Covid propaganda machine had been cranked back up to full, complete with stern warnings that any outbreak of the delta Covid variant would be met
Lucia Nalbandian Ryerson University Lucia is a passionate public servant and a curious researcher. By day, Lucia spends her time with the brilliant minds at the Policy Innovation Hub. Positioned in the Ontario Cabinet Office, the Hub has four practice areas, focused on strategy and strategic foresight, systemic design and
John Maunder sunlive.co.nz Rainfalls for the month of July have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The graph for the period 1898-2021 shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 348 mm in 1951, to a low of
Dr. Ananya Mukherjee University of Surrey Ananya Mukherjee is a Research Associate with the University of Surrey. She currently works on a resilience and climate change adaptation project of socio-ecological systems (food and water systems) in the global South with the University of Cardiff. Imagine if you could power
Jennifer Girotto University of Connecticut Dr. Girotto is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at The University of Connecticut. Her focus areas of practice are on immunizations and pediatric infectious diseases. Thirty percent of unvaccinated American adults say they’re waiting for the COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized
C Raina MacIntyre UNSW Professor Raina MacIntyre is NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head of the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, and Professor of Global Biosecurity at UNSW. Israel has one of the highest COVID vaccination rates in the world, having fully vaccinated 78% of people 12 years and over.
Darroch Ball Co-leader Sensible Sentencing Trust. The existence of a tobacco black market isn’t anything new. What is new is the fact it has grown so massively that tobacco is now quickly becoming the new drug of violence in our community. In many ways, the black market has
Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com I’ve figured out who the wealthiest man in New Zealand is. It’s not a property developer or a software billionaire or a dairy industry mogul. It’s the bastard who makes those orange-and-white traffic cones. You can’t drive more
theplumlist.com After having launched in South Africa in August 2021, BritBox brought the long-awaited sixth season of the critically acclaimed crime series about Anti-Corruption Unit 12 in the British police service to our screens. The group of men and women working for AC-12 have to investigate
Cheryl K. Chumley ronpaulinstitute.org US Customs and Border Patrol announced its officers at a port in Alaska recently seized thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards that came from China. The seizure opens the door for government to go forward with the technological tracking of US citizens. How so?
Andrew Moran libertynation.com Economics Correspondent at LibertyNation.com. Andrew has written extensively on economics, business, and political subjects for the last decade. He also writes about economics at Economic Collapse News and commodities at EarnForex.com. He is the author of “The War on Cash.” You can learn more
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. Many of my disagreements with the IPCC AR6 science Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) are just that, disagreements. I think their reasoning is faulty but at least I understand
