Lee Seabrook-Suckling asiamediacentre.org.nz The COVID-19 lockdowns in New Zealand have thrown a spanner in the works for face-to-face political campaigning. How are Asian New Zealand politicians reaching their audiences? Asia Media Centre reports on the challenges and opportunities on voter engagement in our Asian
Nick Munn University of Waikato The recent decision to delay the 2020 general election has given thousands more New Zealand citizens the opportunity to vote for the first time. But while it’s wonderful for those who turn 18 between the original election date and the new one, it does
Eleanor Wenman asiamediacentre.org.nz How are people feeling about travel in a post-COVID world? A new report examines travel confidence, a changing travel industry, and top destinations for more than 10,000 people surveyed across 17 countries. It will come as no surprise that globally, people’s confidence
John Rofe John Rofe is an experienced Fraud Investigator. Albert Einstein is reputed to have said: “The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” Please take the time to think this through for yourself: Is it logical to
Robert G. Patman University of Otago COVID-19 might have been challenging for populist governments, but that hasn’t stopped populist strains emerging in the run-up to New Zealand’s general election in October. Populism, as commonly defined, embraces an ideology that divides society between “the pure people” and
I thought you might all be interested in this spin from the (ARPHS) Auckland Regional Public Health Service. The bus trip where two people were likely to have contracted COVID-19 was reported on Monday in the NZ Herald “The trip in question: the 22N Service from Symonds St Overbridge
Geoff Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org/article A mystery for months is how it is that so many governments in so many different places on earth could have adopted the same or very similar preposterous policies, no matter the threat level of the virus, and without firm evidence that interventions had
On 2 August I wrote an article for the BFD called, ‘Kiwis do not want a jab’. About 30% of New Zealanders said they would not want a COVID-19 vaccination. I also heard from friends who would not accept one either. I wrote in my guest post … New Zealand
P.J. Gladnick papundits.wordpress.com A Republican governor who lifts a ban on the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 would understandably not be big news. However, what would be a major news development would be if a Democrat governor lifted such a ban. In fact,
John Rofe John Rofe is an experienced Fraud Investigator. As Albert Einstein said, “There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I am not sure about the universe.” Those of us who can’t distinguish between ignorance, delusion and fraud are likely to be
Bryan Leyland MSc, DistFEngNZ, FIMechE, FIEE(rtd), MRSNZ Bryan Leyland is a Power Systems engineer with many years of experience in New Zealand and overseas. Power prices are higher than they should be because the gentailers control the supply and the price. Nothing less than a comprehensive rethink of the
Prof. Udi Qimron Dr. Uri Gavish Prof. (Emeritus) Eyal Shahar Prof. Michael Levitt * Prof. Udi Qimron is the (elected) Head of Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University * Dr. Uri Gavish is a Physicist, an expert in Algorithm Analysis and a Bio-medical consultant * Prof.
Francis Forde I was filled with equal parts excitement and disappointment upon receiving Thomas Sowell’s latest book Charter Schools and Their Enemies. Sowell is known for his dauntingly long ventures into historic migratory patterns, cultural differences, and economic problems. Although many of his books strain to five hundred pages,
Maria O’Sullivan Monash University Prime Minister Scott Morrison took many people by surprise this week when he said a COVID-19 vaccine would be “as mandatory as you could possibly make it”. Although he later backtracked on the use of the word “mandatory”, he made clear the government is
boingboing.net Piloting a craft through Jupiter’s atmosphere would be very hard due to massive bolts of “shallow lightning” and the equally scary giant “mushballs” of water and ammonia that fall like hail. To celebrate the 9th anniversary of Juno, NASA shared some cool illustrations and a visualization of
