This Is Hogwash
Health NZ wastes yet more of New Zealanders’ dwindling money on a pointless and misleading advertising campaign.
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Not Being Held to Account
Does New Zealand have an accountability issue? Recent events suggest the answer is yes and our democracy is the poorer for this.
The Legless Pilot
Douglas Bader was not a perfect man: he was arrogant, stubborn, and frequently rude. Yet, it was precisely this difficult nature that allowed him to achieve the impossible. He proved that true strength lives in an unbroken spirit that looks at a wall of rules and decides to fly right over it.
CO2 Brings Huge Boost to Grass Growth
Global greening is being supercharged in the African savannah, new research published in Nature has found, with higher CO2 levels driving a 28 per cent increase in plant growth in just 32 years, writes Andrew Sibley.
Staff Assault Incidents Recorded at Justice Facility
The safety and wellbeing of young people and staff in youth justice residences is a priority, but young people in the facilities often have complex needs and high risk behaviours.
Janet Dickson to Lose Her License
Professional regulators need to stay in their lane, and end the forced compliance of political or cultural mandates that have zero bearing on a professional's ability to do their job.
Uni Students Are Faking Views
Nearly 90 per cent of students at two US universities admit faking progressive views for professors and friends.
Fauci Didn’t Create Faucism. He Exposed It
The deeper threat to liberty isn’t one powerful expert, but a society willing to surrender its judgment to prevailing opinion.
Waste Not Want Not
The money is real. The waste is real. The contempt for the people who provide the money is real. Until the political class is forced to treat taxpayer funds as scarce rather than infinite, the scam continues.
Mental Health and Therapy’s Victims
When the language of mental health becomes ubiquitous, imbued with victimhood, and accompanied by a loss of confidence in objective truth, the protective discipline of morality and the importance of character tend to be superseded.
To Be a Compliant Citizen
Aussie magpies decided surveillance is definitely (not) for the birds.