By Alwyn Poole The ANZAC Day piece by Glenn McConnell, Anzac day should be a time of reflection not celebration or patriotism is the most woefully ignorant piece of writing, philosophically and historically that I have ever read. I could take it apart word by word but highlighting just one
By George As you must be painfully aware, there have been two major terrorist attacks over the last two months. One in New Zealand and the other in Sri Lanka. You received international acclaim for the way you responded to the attack in New Zealand. And so you should have,
The ever-present threat of Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Change is in your face where ever you look these days ? almost as bad as the bad old days prior to the release of the two tranches of ClimateGate emails, which demonstrated the perfidy of the Global Warming adherents for all to
By Patriot Realm Has Sir David Attenborough gone too far this time?? His documentary ? Our Planet ? features a disturbing scene shot from an aerial view that shows Walruses plummeting off a 250-foot high cliff, apparently chased by Polar Bears. It seems that the Polar Bears chased them or maybe
By Macca Cometh the hour, cometh the man, and it looks like Nigel Farage is the man who hath cometh! Just when you were starting to think all hope was lost for the UK, Nigel has started a new political party called the Brexit Party which within days has surged
By Patriotrealm The Story of the judgement of King Solomon is well known. Two women, each claiming to be the mother of an infant, appealed to the king for his judgement. He ruled that the baby should be cut in half and one half given to each woman. One woman
By Brian Rogers Sunlive Newsie It’s odd that skateboarding has become an Olympic event. This week we learned of a young girl who is a hopeful for the British skateboard team to Beijing. While I have a lot of admiration for skateboarders, or anyone travelling on ridiculously small wheels
By George A word of warning: The written image I?m about to describe is not for the faint hearted: Imagine Grant Robertson, the Minister of Sports, clad in lycra, squatting over his starting blocks in lane one of a hundred-metre race. In lane two is Usain Bolt. They
I?d love to know the brand of Kool-aid Audrey Young has been drinking because reading her column in the Weekend Herald makes it seem like it could bring on hallucinations. The heading for the article was… No reason for Ardern to be martyred over CGT. Yes, there are.
By Ron Scovell About the author: Rob Scovell is a graduate of Edinburgh University with degrees in Astrophysics, Theology, and Mathematical Modelling. His interests are in political analysis and in bridging the illusory gap between Faith and Science. He is a classical liberal in a world where that position is
By Brian Rogers Sunlive Newsie The parade of silly hats: We?ve noticed an increasing trend amongst politicians to dress up for the camera for the purpose of dramatic effect. No longer is it enough to turn up to an event or announcement wearing a pin stripe suit or flattering
Ecomaniacs (Ecofascists?) ?Extinction Rebellion? have posters up at Canterbury University, calling for action this week in line with their parent group in the UK causing havoc in London recently. (Why do New Zealand academics, activists and lawmakers still follow the failed UK models? Aren?t we a proud independent Asian
By Nick Hyde Chairman of the Board On December the 7th 2018 Vanguard Military School held its graduation ceremony just as it had for the previous four years. We celebrated the success of our recruits, acknowledged the hardships they had overcome, their resilience in changing their lives for the better,
By Rob Scovell Rob Scovell is a graduate of Edinburgh University with degrees in Astrophysics, Theology, and Mathematical Modelling. His interests are in political analysis and in bridging the illusory gap between Faith and Science. He is a classical liberal in a world where that position is under attack from
On the face of it, the latest One News Poll should be of some concern to those on the political right. The gap between the two major parties widens to eight per cent. The Greens are safe on six and NZF on four are perilously close to the survival figure
Brian Rogers Sunlive Newsie First published 5/04/19 A very disturbing email arrived from my vet. He reckons that if my cat is in a mood, it could be mimicking its owner. This is troubling from several perspectives: Firstly, that cats could be so astute and sensitive. Secondly, nowhere
