Evie Kendal, Deakin University Tesla’s new “Blade Runner-inspired” electric cybertruck has the world turning its head. The internet has had a field day since the vehicle’s launch on Thursday, with users finding creative ways to ridicule the truck’s eccentric design. This isn’t the first time
Dr Muriel Newman NZCPR.com While councils are a crucial target in the iwi march into governance, radical claims are being made across the board. Just last week, Dr Keri Lawson Te Aho of Otago University blamed colonisation for the suicide rate of Maori men being more than double that
Dr Muriel Newman NZCPR.com Under Jacinda Ardern’s progressive Government, the momentum for change is intensifying. A new radicalised narrative now claims that Maori have been oppressed since colonial times and their over-representation in disadvantage is the fault of the descendants of the colonisers. Meng Foon, Labour’s
Dr Muriel Newman NZCPR.com Earlier this month the Executive director of the taxpayer-funded Maori Council, Matthew Tukaki, attacked Pope Francis, calling on him to apologise to Maori for colonising New Zealand: this shameful blight on our history “fuelled white supremacy” and supported “dehumanisation, dispossession, murder, and forced assimilation”
Macca A very ‘English’ gentleman called Williams yesterday morning to say how gutless National are. The context of the conversation was the latest TePapa climate change display which was heavily weighted against the farmers and was interactive where the scone grabbers could push a button to reduce cow herds and
Information This is a letter from John Rofe, a self-declared “Concerned Citizen” to Professor Gerrard, the NZ Prime Minister’s Science Advisor. As it is quite long we have ‘serialized’ it over a few days. * Part one here. * Part two here. * Part three here. * Part four here. * Part five
Croaking Cassandra Economics, public policy, monetary policy, financial regulation, with a New Zealand perspective I’m not sure if it was planned but there was a distinctly dystopian tinge to the magazine section of the Sunday Star-Times yesterday. The Editor’s Note dealt with the pervasiveness of dystopian themes
Information This is a letter from John Rofe, a self-declared “Concerned Citizen” to Professor Gerrard, the NZ Prime Minister’s Science Advisor. As it is quite long we have ‘serialised’ it over a few days. * Part one here. * Part two here. * Part three here. * Part four here. I am
I received this email yesterday from my son’s school about a climate change re-education session run by Christchurch city council. What a dirty scam giving us no time to question this. I am giving my son the day off today! Dear Parents, just a couple of points for
Information This is a letter from John Rofe, a self-declared “Concerned Citizen” to Professor Gerrard, the NZ Prime Minister’s Science Advisor. As it is quite long we have ‘serialised’ it over a few days. * Part one here. * Part two here. * Part three here. You needn’t concern yourself
Mark Imagine a criminal trial where a lawyer threatened a witness with prosecution, bankruptcy, and humiliation if that witness did not say something about a defendant that the witness knew to be false. I would hope that if that actually happened for real today, the lawyer would be facing serious
Viv Forbes Viv Forbes has science and financial qualifications and long experience in mining, farming, weather cycles, bushfires and politics in Australia. He was an active member of the Mt Walker bush fire brigade for over 20 years. He remembers the terrible Millennium drought and he and his wife fought
John Rofe Dear Minister Shaw, You once wrote to me to tell me that you and PM Ardern want to be the global leaders in climate change. You admitted you were only pursuing your fraud because the UN IPCC wanted you to. A bit like “I only drink beer because
Information This is a letter from John Rofe, a self-declared “Concerned Citizen” to Professor Gerrard, the NZ Prime Minister’s Science Advisor. As it is quite long we have ‘serialised’ it over a few days. * Part one here. * Part two here. This year even suppliers of seed will be
David Theobald I am not a lawyer and the extensive professional training I had earlier in life was in a totally different field of endeavour. During this, I learnt that detail was incredibly important but only if laid on top of a thorough understanding of basic principles. And I then
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign We’ve just posted on our website answers from our lawyers at Franks Ogilvie to questions people have asked about prohibited ammo. For example, some want to know if they can hold off handing it in until the COLFO court case rules on
