DTNZ KiwiRail’s board chair, David McLean, has announced his early retirement, effective July 31, after notifying Finance Minister Nicola Willis and State Owned Enterprises Minister Paul Goldsmith. McLean, who was appointed to KiwiRail in 2021 after a tenure at Westpac, stated that stepping aside at the start of the
Owen Jennings Owen Jennings, a former Member of Parliament and President of Federated Farmers, maintains a keen interest in ensuring agricultural policies are sensible and fit for purpose. Imagine arguing over the difference between four millionths of one degree of warmth and five millionths. Something that can’t be measured
Maryanne Demasi Maryanne Demasi, 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is an investigative medical reporter with a PhD in rheumatology, who writes for online media and top tiered medical journals. Fresh off the back of Anthony Fauci and his former agency being accused of lying to lawmakers and covering up the origins of
Sally Q Davies Sally has a background in writing for performance. When not at her desk, her hobbies include knitting, gardening, and going to the cinema. A Sunday roast, prawns on the barbie, a Bunnings sausage sizzle. All Aussie staples, and for many of us, it’s difficult to imagine
Alwyn Poole Founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. Justifiably, Louise Upston was
Joseph Vazquez PA Pundits – International Joseph Vazquez 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. NBC News is having a nervous breakdown over the Biden administration not doing
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator. “We failed to keep these children safe. We failed to listen when they spoke out. We failed to act to ensure that it did not happen again.” Familiar words in the mouths of bishops apologising for sexual abuse by priests. But this
NZDSOS The New Zealand Myocarditis study is STILL a work in progress. We have written about it several times previously. It was initially due to be published in early 2023, and then the researchers were very close to being able to share the results in March and then again in
Kineta Knight Kineta Knight is a highly experienced journalist in North Canterbury. She has worked as a reporter for radio, TV, digital and print, as well as an editor of lifestyle magazines in NZ and the UK. Kineta is the Head of Content Development at Chris Lynch Media. Contact: kineta@
Kurt Mahlburg is a husband, father, freelance writer, and a familiar Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He is the Senior Editor at Australia’s largest Christian news site The Daily Declaration and a Contributing Editor at Mercator. Why is the FBI covering for trans mass shooters? Over
Wanjiru Njoya Mises Wire Those who have (wisely) not been following the “decolonization” debate may be surprised to learn that decolonizers characterize reason and rationality as cultural constructs that ought to be rejected, as these are said to be “based upon epistemological assumptions deeply rooted in the Western philosophical tradition”
Suzanne Nielsen, Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre Richard Armour, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University Lens/Monash University A new group of drugs called nitazenes has been detected in Australia. They’ve been sold as heroin, as well as other drugs like ketamine. Concerns about the potential harms
Gary Bauer PA Pundits International Around 1:30 AM Wednesday morning, New York City police officers pulled over an SUV with obstructed license plates. When officers searched the vehicle, they found an arsenal of weapons: a loaded gun with nine loaded magazines, NYPD gear including body armor, knives, handcuffs, a
NZCPR “As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance, and equality of all citizens before the law prevail.” Those were the words of Albert Einstein, who fled Nazi Germany in 1933 to live in the United States.
Ian Brodie, Cape Breton University and Moira Marsh, Indiana University “Dad, I’m hungry.” “Hi, hungry. I’m Dad.” If you haven’t been asleep for the past 20 years, you’ll probably recognize this exchange as a dad joke. The term dad joke is credited to a June 20,
Guy Hatchard Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID,
