Information Opinion Once again the New Zealander of the Year Awards are upon us and the semi-finalists have been announced. Despite Maori being 17% of the population six out of ten of the finalists are Maori. Also, all the nominations except one are about helping a bro – hungry bro, P-bro,
Piers Morgan is livid that the sports world continues to allow men who claim to be women to compete in women’s sport. He’s absolutely right. British broadcaster Piers Morgan blasted transgender college swimmer Lia Thomas after she dominated earlier this week in collegiate meets, smashing records previously held
Let’s face it. The lockdown levels were awesome and the traffic light system looks set to be even awesomer. But I’ve come up with something that’s even better: five gold stars. Remember when you were at primary school how you got gold stars, ranging from one to
As this senator from Ireland argues, it’s the logical extension of current logic. A Senator in Ireland has said that the government should consider banning those without a vaccine passport from public transportation and supermarkets, in one of the most extreme Covid proposals to date. “Why not supermarkets? Why
History student and law graduate Hayden Thorne is worried that with the recent protests too much attention is being given to individual rights and more focus should be on the collective good. He opines: In recent days, as vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and teachers have come into effect, there’
Sarah Taylor from Blaze Media reports on what Jordan Peterson thinks about Covid mandates. In an interview with Dave Rubin, Peterson said that he believes the U.S. is quickly moving to a state of totalitarianism due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “The thing that surprised me the most, probably,
During the first lockdown. The then Minister of Health, David Clark, was caught riding his bike. The end result? He got to keep his job because, according to the PM, “we cannot afford massive disruption in the health sector or to our response.” Hundreds of Kiwis waited patiently to get
Jacinda Ardern has admitted that she is creating a two-tier society and she doesn’t care. Why? Because it’s about treating us all like kids to get us to do want she wants. Reclaim the Net has the details. The Prime Minister of New Zealand has admitted that vaccine
Let’s start with the classic definition of libertarianism in a nutshell. Basically, it’s you can do whatever you like so long as you cause no harm to others. Fairly simple, right? But note that under the classic definition “do” means actually doing something. That means I can refuse
Would it surprise you if I told you that the government’s response to Covid is being driven by modelling that has not been submitted for any kind of peer review? Kate MacNamara from the NZ Herald reports. The Government has now spent or contracted to spend more than $6
It may be hard to believe, well actually it’s not that difficult, but there was a time when smoking was cool. It wasn’t because of advertising or Hollywood but because, by smoking, you were sending the message “Yes, I know I’m doing something that can kill me
Reclaim the Net reports on the unvaccinated being banned from business premises. Australia’s often draconian measures in response to the epidemic continue to intensify, with reports now saying that one of its states, New South Wales (NSW) is threatening to jail unvaccinated people who try to enter business premises
Information Opinion Let’s start with Andrew Little. The referendum should have been a simple question, something like “Do you agree that cannabis should be kept as an illegal substance.” or “Do you agree that cannabis should become a regulated substance.” Instead what we got was retarded legislation. Why do
It should come as no surprise, but since lockdowns began, attempted suicides by young people have skyrocketed. A study of Ministry of Health data has shown that Covid19 lockdowns significantly increased mental distress in NZ children. The study, published in the international Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, shows that
The LynnMall stabbing has provided us with an interesting study on media bias. Compare how they reported on the Christchurch shooting with how they reported on the LynnMall stabbing. According to Marc Daadler (Newsroom), our main focus should be on preventing people from becoming radicalised. Fair enough. But the way
Our neighbour Australia has woken up to the fact that trying to get rid of Covid doesn’t work. Even places like NSW and Victoria have woken up. NZ Herald reports. There have been 107 Covid-related deaths since the Sydney outbreak began in mid-June, and there are currently 957 people
