Christchurch writer and illustrator John Stringer has a new book out published by “Maiden NZ” and IngramSpark (USA). It is a 2019 art historical review of Tintin parodies, pastiches and lampoons. It has 180 pages and more than 120 colour plates of new Tintins. It is available on Amazon or
Wendy It’s unscientific, but the AM Show poll puts Bridges ahead of Ardern for the next PM. It seems that people are finally getting it. Policy is just as important as personality. Phew! Wednesday’s poll may be a snapshot in time and it’s early days but there
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Jacinda Ardern has just announced the election date: 19 September We have 235 days to convince New Zealanders to support parties and policies which protect our firearms sports and rural way of life – in particular, we need to fight for a Government that
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Oxford definition of propaganda: information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. The Prime Minister and her government coalition partners have opened the classroom door to vested interest groups to spread their propaganda. One such
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Most of us have little choice but to rely on statistics to build a picture of what is happening at Work and Income. Accordingly, anecdotal evidence has some value, especially when it is from the normally gagged front line. Despite it being secondhand I can
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchellblogspot.com Jacinda Ardern went to Ratana and told Maori she was working for their collective people and that the unemployment rate was dropping. Officially the latter is true. But that’s only half of the story. Here is the Maori unemployment rate from Statistics NZ data: However,
George Information Satire (Possibly) Some of us are unfortunate enough to be experiencing the turmoil of construction in downtown Auckland and we are not enchanted by the thought that this will continue for many years. With this in mind, I have applied to Immigration NZ for temporary work visas for
Jarrett Stepman PA Pundits – International “We can’t just drill our way out of the problem.” That was the oft-repeated phrase of President Barack Obama, who throughout his presidency argued that the key to beating higher gasoline prices was to subsidize alternative energies, such as solar and wind. The
Glenn Brown My journey began in November 2018. I had been losing weight progressively throughout the year and didn’t have the energy to participate in my usual sporting activities. I am a diabetic and had problems with high blood pressure so my Doctor was adjusting my various medications. However,
George Following Bill O’Reilly’s controversial departure from Fox News a few years ago, the channel was at a crossroads. Would America’s most popular cable news service continue to smash CNN and MSNBC with the huge and consistent ratings from The O’Reilly Factor? It turns out, there
George One of the greatest private enterprise success stories during the last two years has been the growth of Rocketlab. During the 2018/9 financial year, this enterprise added $1.75bn to the New Zealand economy and supported 12,000 jobs. There was an article in the Guardian with reference
Ian M. Mackay, The University of Queensland Katherine Arden, The University of Queensland The World Health Organisation has postponed its decision about whether to classify the new Wuhan coronavirus as a global health emergency. It wants to gather more information and will meet again at midday on Thursday in Geneva
Christie Aschwanden undark.org When she was 24, Susannah Cahalan developed a sudden psychosis. She grew paranoid — convinced her apartment was infested with bedbugs, that people were spying on her, that her boyfriend was cheating. She started to believe she could age people with her mind. As she recounted in
Gideon Lasco sapiens.org “It’s our vitamin,” 20-year-old Jarod (a pseudonym) told me, as he and his friends took out a tiny sachet of shabu (methamphetamine). It was late afternoon, and they were about to begin their work as food and beverage vendors at a port in
Dale Nimmo Charles Sturt University If you’ve been following the bushfire crisis on social media and elsewhere, you may have seen reports of benevolent wombats herding other animals to shelter into their fire-proof burrows. These stories went quickly viral – probably reflecting the appetite for good news after the
Octavia Bryant, Australian Catholic University Benjamin Moffitt, Australian Catholic University No doubt thanks to Donald Trump, Brexit, and a string of anti-establishment leaders and parties in Europe, Latin America and Asia, everyone seems to be talking about populism. But populism is nothing new. It’s long accompanied democratic politics,
