When Helen Clark and Michael Cullen introduced Kiwisaver in 2007, the best thing about the scheme was that it was independent of government interference. Sure, contributions are collected by IRD, along with other payroll deductions if you are an employee, but the contributions are then transferred to your fund untouched.
No matter how many times they get it wrong, climate alarmists make the same mistakes over and over again.
Arrogant elitist hypocrisy is a byword for the Green-left. The modern-day nomenklatura take it as their right to flit about the globe, from their collections of mansions to luxury resorts, in Business Class and private jets, while sternly lecturing the rest of us to make do with less. Indeed, surveys
As I’ve written several times before, climate alarmists show an alarming tendency to be absolutely convinced about things which are not only completely false but easily shown to be so. Media climate alarmists more than anyone. Not only have the legacy media almost completely surrendered to hysterical group-think but
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There are, of course, lots of differences between conservatives and progressives (I hesitate to say “liberals”, because most are, in fact, thoroughgoing authoritarians), otherwise, they wouldn’t be in opposition to one another. But one of the big differences, some argue, is that progressives are more focussed on emotions than
Craspedotropis haudareuae Newly discovered species of snail named after teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg usatoday.com
Bernie has a plan to shut down the US energy supply, at a cost of only $160,000 per family. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Arctic melting hysteria is about to collapse, so climate alarmists have moved their travelling show to the other pole.
It was approximately a month ago that The BFD featured this graph, so it is time to check in again on Dr David Viner’s prediction that children soon won’t know what snow is. Dr Viner predicted in 2000 that “within a few years winter snowfall will become a
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This poem was a winner in a competition run by Resilienz Ltd. “In a world striving to understand and respond to climate change, Resilienz Ltd. provides high quality information and advice to public and private organisations and individuals needing to deal with climate change issues.” On Earth, love, and a
A paywalled article in the Financial Times reports the musings of Cambridge Professor of Engineering and the Environment, Julian Allwood. His conclusion is that the only way for aviation to hit net zero by 2050 is to stop flying. Yeah right! Dreaming of electric planes and planting trees will not
