familyfirst.org.nz Family First NZ warns that the declining fertility rate should be of significant concern to our Government. According to statistics just released, the total fertility rate for 2023 was 1.56 births per woman, down from 1.66 in 2022 – the lowest on record. New Zealand’s
Harry Palmer Born in food-shortage Britain towards the end of WWII, I got used to my day starting with a bowl of porridge, made with water of course, unlike today’s Harraways product cooked in milk (and made in minutes in a microwave, too). So I was startled to
Harry Palmer A recent BFD article by Sir Bob Jones mentioned the floating crane Hikitea, which was once indispensable to the operations of Wellington Harbour Board. The article took me back to the days when I worked on the waterfront, myself, and to a dog who is memoralised in a
Lawrence W. Reed Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s Interim President, having previously served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). fee.org Tucker Carlson’s recent, two-hour interview of Vladimir Putin generated massive attention around the world. Carlson deserves credit for the exclusive, although he
Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat, South China Morning Post, Jamestown Foundation
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at FEE. fee.org There’s a famous scene in Seinfeld in which George passes on a TV pilot deal with NBC, only to later accept for less money than originally offered. “In other words, you held out
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.
Steve R Should we be concerned about 5G? Most people don’t know much about 5G and EMF generally. Let’s learn a bit about it. 5G stands for the 5th generation of technology for transferring information electronically. The first was 1G created in 1979. A common denominator of all
Michelle Bentley Reader in International Relations Royal Holloway University of London Donald Trump has not been elected the next president of the United States. He is not even the official Republican candidate. But Trump’s presence in the 2024 electoral race is already dictating domestic and foreign political agendas – without
Geoff Parker First published on the NZCPR BreakingViews forum. New Zealand historian Paul Moon recently stated that 25% of the entire Maori population had been killed in the inter-tribal musket wars of 1806-1845, and that “it’s a bit disappointing that the biggest war in New Zealand’s
bobmccoskrie.com Last week we did a McBLOG on the mainstream media’s obsession with the coalition agreement between National and NZ First which scraps and replaces the controversial and radical RSE curriculum. If you think that what we’re saying is all conspiracy theory, think again. The media are
John Porter Bay FM Hello, it’s John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m asking: Do you agree that Maori should have sovereignty over New Zealand? Because that is the publicly proclaimed agenda and goal of Maori activists, leaders and their separatist supporters. Find that unbelievable? Well, look
bobmccoskrie.com Exclusive ACC NZ released documentation to employees yesterday which requires employees to ‘support’ the transition of another employee, that a refusal to use preferred pronouns (not just the changed name) will constitute discrimination, bullying or harassment, and that the person changing their sex can use the toilet of
Ming sojournal.co.nz “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.” PSALM 139:13 It is not a controversial fact that life begins at fertilization.1 For instance, a Princeton University webpage lists fifteen academic sources that support this point. One of
NewZealandDoc Philadelphia-born psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and author who emigrated to New Zealand in 2006. He retired from psychiatric practice in 2021, refusing to be inoculated, after working in the public sector in New Zealand. newzealanddoc.substack.com Recently I attended the funeral of one of my former patients, a remarkable
Stephen J. Harper aish.com A two-state solution will not emerge while so many Palestinians still reject the existence of a Jewish state. During the night of Oct. 7, my wife Laureen woke me to show horrifying images from Israel appearing on her cellphone. Like millions in Israel and
