Alison Mau is worried that the cannabis debate will be lost in a campaign of targeted disinformation. As she is part of the media, she should know. OPINION: Carole Cadwalladr is my new hero. If you’re at all interested in the effect of fake news on pretty much everything
Tim Flannery is a Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, and a climate change true believer. According to him “climate changer deniers” are a threat to our children. In this age of rapidly melting glaciers, terrifying megafires and ever more puissant hurricanes, of acidifying and
Investing “Green” is always good. Yeah, right. Stuff reports on yet another “Green” idea that has predictably gone tits-up. Buyers waiting for delivery of innovative eco-products invented by a Nelson man have been told the enterprise has collapsed. Nelson man Mohi Healey attracted national attention earlier this year when he
This year Auckland Transport says it will build over 9K of cycleways in Auckland. But that’s not good enough for Simon Wilson who whines about it in a newspaper. Auckland Transport has “courageously” adopted the Vision Zero road safety plan, targeting 65 per cent reduction in deaths and serious
The BBC shows how low it has sunk by reporting on a bloke playing women’s sports as if there’s nothing wrong with it. Kelly Morgan is a trailblazer. Born Nicholas Gareth Morgan, she played representative rugby for east Wales as a teenager. Injury ended that initial involvement with
Last week I wrote about how Wokeness has infected Miss Universe New Zealand. It seems that the Ms America pageant is not immune either. Katie Williams is disappointed that just days before the Ms. America pageant she was stripped of her Ms. Nevada State 2019 title and denied the chance
It has ruined comics, turned Gillette into a mangina brand, almost infected gaming (but got its ass soundly kicked), and made Dr Who a woman. Yes, I’m talking about the cancer known as ‘Wokeness’. And of course, as this item from TVNZ shows, Miss Universe New Zealand has been
This week, short of a major change to abortion laws, the biggest social legislative change in at least the last decade happened. New Zealand joined the growing list of places that have decriminalised the use and possession of drugs. The passing of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment marks a significant
Open and transparent as usual, the government has quietly called for a review of our drug laws. Derek Cheng from ‘A newspaper’ reports. The Government has quietly ordered a review of its 44-year-old drug law, which will anchor its health-based response to drug use and form part of its long-term
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that New Zealand comedy is dead. That’s assuming that by “comedy” you mean stuff that is actually funny. But if by “comedy” you mean far-left politics and liberalism together with a good dose of fake outrage, Kiwi comedy
Colour me surprised. Breitbart reports on how LGBTQ acceptance amongst American youth has actually gone down. A survey produced by the Harris Poll in partnership with Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) finds young Americans’ comfort with LGBTQ individuals has plunged from 63 percent in 2016 to 45 percent
Radio New Zealand has reported on euthanasia activist Sean Davison. New Zealand-born euthanasia activist Sean Davison has been sentenced to three years under house arrest in South Africa for helping three people to kill themselves. Davison was convicted in New Zealand of assisting his terminally ill mother to die in
Shalom.Kiwi has slammed John Minto AKA ‘the screaming skull.’ Last week, John Minto, perpetual protestor and anti-Israel obsessive, sent an open letter to news editors, journalists and Members of Parliament, entitled “Don’t be caught out by ‘the trick’”. For reasons best known to him, Minto decided it was
Denis Prager gives some thoughts on the latest mass shooting. This past weekend, Americans learned of another mass shooting, this time by an employee who decided to murder as many of the people he had worked with for years as possible. As of this writing, the murder toll is 12
Apparently, Trump is threatening violence on Twitter and should be banned, according to Linda Sarsour. Women’s March co-chair Linda Sarsour claims that the President of the United States is putting people’s “lives in danger” when he tweets. Sarsour and other Women’s March activists are now lobbying Twitter
A bunch of kids decide to wag school but Auckland Councillor Penny Hulse reckons it’s all good. Quote. On the same day as the nationwide schools strike for climate change action, councillor Penny Hulse has announced the council’s Environment and Community Committee will have the declaration put in
