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Our Research Down on the Farm

Our Research Down on the Farm

bassettbrashandhide.com My name is Amy. My husband Hamish and I farm sheep and beef near Clinton in Southland. We use regenerative farming methods following the advice of a Dr Christine Jones. We spent months researching the options before taking the decision. Dr Jones is a leader in regenerative farming.

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The Govt’s New Fast-Track Invitation

The Govt’s New Fast-Track Invitation

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com The ability of the private sector to quickly establish major new projects making use of the urban and natural environment is to be supercharged by the new National-led government.

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The Weakest Link for EV’s

cfact.org Federal and state energy policies, now pushing electric vehicles on a reluctant public, are running in conflict with other social and environmental restrictions banning vital materials and component imports. As a consequence, U.S. and European auto companies are racing into Chinese rare earth monopoly and other supply

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The EV Market Hits the Brakes

The EV Market Hits the Brakes

cfact.org Mandating a change to EV ownership and further financial austerity onto those who can least afford it is facing a rebellion from those who need transportation. The problem is that manufacturers are loading up the ‘supply chain’ with EVs on dealer lots, but they’re not seeing the

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Disney Blames Woes on Fans

Christian Toto newsbusters.org Few would deny Disney is in serious trouble. Stock woes. Box office flops (Wish, Haunted Mansion, The Marvels). Theme park struggles. Beloved brands struggling for relevancy after years of culture dominance (Indiana Jones, Pixar, Star Wars, the MCU). There’s a cottage industry of alternative media

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Supreme Court Ruling Will Have a Chilling Effect on IVF Industry

Supreme Court Ruling Will Have a Chilling Effect on IVF Industry

Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator. mercatornet.com There are one million frozen embryos in IVF clinics across the United States and they are all “extrauterine children”. That is the stunning opinion handed down last week by the Alabama Supreme Court and it has sent shivers up and

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Government Investment into Vaccines Hasn’t Paid Off

Government Investment into Vaccines Hasn’t Paid Off

David Livermore David Livermore is retired Professor of Microbiology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. brownstone.org War spurs medical innovation. Ambulances to swiftly deliver the casualties of Napoleon’s armies to field surgeons were the brainchild of Jean-Dominique Larrey. Florence Nightingale established professional nursing in the Crimea. The Kaiser’

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This Is Just Asking for Trouble

This Is Just Asking for Trouble

cfact.org Feeling the heat from farmers dumping manure in front of government buildings across the Continent, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is pumping the brakes on a pillar of the European Union’s Net-Zero climate policy and withdrawing an EU-wide bill that would force farmers to reduce

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Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?

Harry Palmer Born in food-shortage Britain towards the end of WWII, I got used to my day starting with a bowl of porridge, made with water of course, unlike today’s Harraways product cooked in milk (and made in minutes in a microwave, too). So I was startled to see

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ACC Doesn’t Care About Facts

ACC Doesn’t Care About Facts

bobmccoskrie.com Exclusive ACC NZ released documentation to employees yesterday which requires employees to ‘support’ the transition of another employee, that a refusal to use preferred pronouns (not just the changed name) will constitute discrimination, bullying or harassment, and that the person changing their sex can use the toilet of

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Snobby ABC Journo Gets Sniffy About Booze

I have to say, I’m at a loss to understand what the point of this long-winded Jeremiad from Australia’s taxpayer-funded left-wing behemoth really is. In sum, they seem to be bitching about the fact that big retailers are selling booze that looks just like the hoity-toity stuff the

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No Company for White Men

One thing I like doing is visiting business websites, particularly those that claim to be inclusive, rainbow-ticked, etc. For example, one particular company that boasts about being inclusive is, according to its website, “Australasia’s largest homegrown tech company”. The first thing I see is a photo of a bunch

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Soros and His Media Influence

Soros and His Media Influence

Tom Olohan Tom Olohan joined the Media Research Center as a staff writer for MRC Free Speech America and MRC Business in April 2023. Previously Tom worked for America Rising as a field researcher and media monitoring associate and interned with Heritage Action and AIPAC. He graduated from the University

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The Amazing Achievements of Waka Konetahi

The Amazing Achievements of Waka Konetahi

Alwyn Poole 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. alwynpoole.substack.

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Help Woke Companies Wake Up!

Help Woke Companies Wake Up!

bobmccoskrie.com When companies go woke, they often go broke. And the reason they go broke is because people like you and me choose to purchase from companies and retailers who don’t lecture us with woke gender and sexuality virtue signalling as part of our purchase. But more and

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Trusts. Who Trusts Them?

JD Reading the accounts of a small Maori Land Trust with which I am familiar, I am struck by some interesting figures. Last year the trust received an income of slightly more than $160,000 as the net profits from farming activities run by a professional manager. From this amount,

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