Owen Jennings Owen Jennings is a former ACT MP. “Dear sir, your tax bill this year is $15,000. Please pay immediately. Kind regards IRD”. Imagine getting that demand, out of the blue. One of your first questions would most certainly be, “Just how much income are you assessing that
Joseph Vazquez Joseph is the MRC Associate Editor for Business & Free Speech America. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from The George Washington University in 2018. In June, 2019, he completed an exclusive fellowship with the Hertog Foundation, where he participated in their
Craig Rucker Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. Widely heralded as a leader in the free market environmental, think tank community in Washington, D.C., Rucker is a frequent guest on radio talk shows, written extensively in numerous publications, and has appeared
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author. 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. mercatornet.com “It is shocking to see Western countries — the same
David Hall PhD Candidate in Korean Studies, University of Central Lancashire University of Central Lancashire North Korea has demolished the Arch of Reunification, a monument that symbolised hope for reconciliation with the South. The decision to demolish the monument came shortly after the regime’s leader, Kim Jong-un, delivered
John Tookey Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology Cyclone Gabrielle caused chaos one year ago. Repairs due to that storm and the Auckland floods have required substantial time and resources. Hawkes Bay, parts of Auckland and the Coromandel all still bear the scars of
Mike Butler Mike Butler wrote ‘The Treaty: Basic Facts,’ which is available at trosspublishing.com Complaints that the Luxon coalition Government is about to re-write the Treaty of Waitangi are a bit rich considering that the treaty was quietly re-written under another administration nearly forty years ago. In
Have any of you been looking for employment? How difficult is it to look at the public sector when you continue to see statements like this in public sector advertisements: Ideally you will also have a good understanding of tikanga (Maori customs and protocols), with the ability to weave te
Brian Tamaki It’s time that Kiwis come together…Maori and European. Our enemy is not each other, it is those who are still trying to invade our shores and trying to take us over. As the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 to stop other nations from invading
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com As I approach my 70th birthday, it’s an unbelievable privilege to have a living parent. My old Mum (born
Caleb Anderson First published on NZCPR In the eighteenth century, the idea took root among the thoughtful classes of the “noble savage”. Genevan Philosopher Jean-Jacque Rousseau was prominent in painting a picture of indigenous societies as inherently peaceful and equal. Many of the eighteenth-century European explorers set sail
HASTINGS TOWN CLOCK RALLY IN SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL & THE HOSTAGES FOUR MONTHS ON A Rally will be held today in the centre of Hastings City on Wednesday at 7:30 PM at the Hastings Town Clock. It is a rally of solidarity with Israel as it marks the completion
voicesforfreedom.co.nz People often ask us for tips to speak more effectively with others on controversial, tricky, or sensitive topics. We certainly don’t have all the answers, but over the past few years, we have noticed a few things that appear to work. Read on to discover some
Matt Judd I don’t want to write this article. I want former President Donald Trump to be the next President. I think he should be the current president. I think he was cheated out of victory in 2020. Even if you don’t believe there was nefarious early morning
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there
AI nzcovidresponse.substack.com Thanks to a coalition agreement promise – the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 response will finally open up for public consultation on their terms of reference this month. Much of what happened in Covid has gone un-questioned by both government and media which
