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Well, it used to be Kiwi as, but now it is German owned.  80 years ago today, the first issue of the NZ Listener was published. Free to all radio licence holders, the New Zealand Listener soon expanded beyond its original brief to publicise radio programmes. Today it is the

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Air Powered: Oh la la!

Air Powered: Oh la la!

Press Release: [A ghastly translation from French it would seem.] On June 22, 2019, MDI delivered to Veolia the Air’Volution for the metropolis of Lille. This non-compacted waste collection vehicle is the first industrial vehicle powered by compressed air on public roads in the 21st century. It’s a

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The Sunday Roast

The Sunday Roast

It seems that the Human Rights Commission has gone off half-cocked and made a bit of a balls-up.  It seems that they really do not understand their own name.  The clue is right there Human Rights Commission. The definition above is from the Cambridge Dictionary.  (Please ignore the obligatory planet

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They Are Us?

They Are Us?

A woman who scammed cash from a fund set up to aid the victims of the Christchurch earthquakes was jailed: A woman was described as “cynical, calculated, and manipulative” by a judge who jailed her for fraudulently claiming Red Cross hardship grants after the Christchurch earthquakes. The woman, Donna Marie

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AOC Weeps at Border Horrors

AOC Weeps at Border Horrors

Why, oh why does this woman not stay out of the spotlight?  She appears to be a walking disaster area with her comments and actions. Newly uncovered photos from the border protest attended by a tearful Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez show that she was crying over an empty parking lot. Many have

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How to Fix KiwiBuild

How to Fix KiwiBuild

Someone who builds houses for a living and understands the market has spoken to Morning Report about some of the issues with the whole KiwiBuild fiasco. Is it slightly possible that he may have a better understanding of the issues than someone with a doctorate in History? Matthew Horncastle, managing

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Computer Climate Models Have Biases

Computer Climate Models Have Biases

Tell me it isn’t true!  Surely the models are not programmed to show a warming world as a result of increasing CO2? State-of-the-art climate models predict that as a result of human-induced climate change, the surface of the Pacific Ocean should be warming—some parts more, some less, but

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Political Fantasy Like Levitation & Time Travel

Political Fantasy Like Levitation & Time Travel

End the use of ‘fossil’ fuels to solve the climate emergency! No worries, we can do that. Just need to build a few alternatives. Like: * Here in NZ, 4.5 windfarms per year. * Canada needs 2.5 huge hydro dams per year. * Globally it is only a 1.5-gigawatt nuclear

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Don’t Sell Your Beachfront Property Yet

Don’t Sell Your Beachfront Property Yet

In spite of all the alarm being forced upon those living near the coast as a result of Local Authorities drawing scary lines on their LIM reports, it seems that doomsday is a little way off yet. We can postpone the coastal climate emergency for a week or two. A

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Why Stop Then?

Why Stop Then?

Our favourite ‘science’ reporter is out on the bandwagon again, telling us that a climate scientist says global warming is making the rainfalls in New Zealand more intense. Scientists have confirmed what many people in rain-soaked regions have long suspected: climate change has been driving a widespread rise in big

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10,000 New Homes per Year

10,000 New Homes per Year

That was the starting point for the bold Kiwibuild election bribe promise. 100,000 new, affordable homes for first-time buyers, built over 10 years. Easy-peasy. You can say anything you like in opposition. No one cares and no one has to deliver. Then along comes Winston and drops you in

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Kiwi as

Kiwi as

It was 32 years’ ago this week that A J Hackett dived into the world’s consciousness  by leaping off the Eiffel Tower with a bungy cord tied around his ankles and became our keen individual who inspires and surprises. The speed skier and bungy pioneer planned the 110-m leap

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The Sunday Roast

The Sunday Roast

There is vegan mince, vegan bacon (fried banana peel – yuk), vegan sausages, vegan chicken and now – welcome to the first vegan roast; none other than self-appointed saviour of the planet – James Cameron.  Tuck in. https://www.thebfd.co.nz/2019/06/everyone-has-to-change/ Unsurprisingly the full blooded meat eating fraternity at

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Ladies, it is not your Fault

Ladies, it is not your Fault

As a male I am a little weary of the males in many TV shows being shown as useless losers who can’t get anything right. Hopefully these new rules in the UK about stereotypes in adverts will spill over into the TV sitcoms as well. Men can’t cook,

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UK Government Server ‘Hacked’

UK Government Server ‘Hacked’

When is a ‘hack’ not a hack?  Although the National party achieved some embarrassment for the Treasury IT staff they seem to have failed in their attempts at Question Time to score any hits over the ‘hack’. It seems someone used a search box on the Treasury website and the

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And Someone Suggested He Was Leadership Material?

And Someone Suggested He Was Leadership Material?

The Minister of Forestry was asked a question in the house about land use conversion. After being flippant with his responses he finally used some data. Todd Muller: Is he concerned that the regulatory impact statement for the zero carbon bill assumes 20 percent of New Zealand pasture land is

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