Johanna Thomas-Maude Sharon McLennan Massey University Johanna Thomas-Maude is aPhD candidate in Development Studies at Massey University. Dr Sharon McLennan is a senior lecturer in the School of People, Environment and Planning at Massey University and teaches global citizenship in the Massey BA core courses. New Zealand’s critical shortage
Information Opinion I am a hospital specialist who is grudgingly double-jabbed with the mRNA shot. I was coerced into it by our draconian Labour Government under threat of losing my job and income. I had two shots late last year, and that was ‘the deal’ at the time – a third
Gary Moller garymoller.com Apply for a Vaccine Exemption If Any of the Following Conditions Are Familiar to You: * Has had a suspected adverse reaction to the jab, no matter how minor. Bear in mind that, like a bee sting for some people, the immune system may become hypersensitive, and
At long last, the truth is coming out. Where to from here, one wonders? As you can imagine, the hardy folk at ACC are tasked with investigating all claims thoroughly to avoid any benefit fraud. Vaccine injury falls under their jurisdiction, so ACC staff have, uniquely in NZ, been immersing
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.
Dear Editor “Go get the booster” demand all our politicians, yet not one single one of them have acknowledged my issue. I watched Chris Luxon speaking with reporters a week or so ago about our traffic light system. Whilst he came across well and seemed to have given a lot
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Sebastian Rushworth M.D. sebastianrushworth.com I work as a junior physician in Stockholm, Sweden. I studied medicine at the Karolinska Institute and graduated in January 2020. I am a proponent of evidence-based medicine. In other words, I think that medical diagnosis and treatment should be guided by the scientific
Guy Hatchard PhD HatchardReport.com Guy Hatchard PhD is formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID, a global food testing and certification company (now known as FoodChainID) Information Opinion Jacinda Ardern has redefined ‘kindness’ into something unrecognisable. As a result, New Zealand has become a lawless nation. You cannot live
I have seen a number of articles recently that have suggested that we are expecting huge numbers of positive cases of Omicron in the next few weeks. Here is the headline from the first article from Newshub, published on January 27th: There’s that ‘modelling’ again. As an accountant, I
Vera Stanton Nowhere else in the world has the zeal for ZeroCovid taken a more dystopian bent than in China and, by extension, Hong Kong. The once-international financial centre of more than 7 million has been cut off from the entire world – including mainland China and neighbouring SAR Macau. The
Liam Petterson Deputy Editor, Health + Medicine, The Conversation Is it time to rethink vaccine mandates for dining, fitness and events? We asked 5 experts The requirement to show proof of two doses of a COVID vaccine to do things such as eat out, go to the pub and visit sporting
Vera Stanton February 3rd was a day long-awaited by those locked out of their own country, as new announcements from the Podium of Truth would reveal if and when they could finally return home. Unsurprisingly, the announcements were couched in the usual self-congratulatory rhetoric and failed, yet again, to acknowledge
Ananish Chaudhuri ananishchaudhuri.com Ananish Chaudhuri is Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland and the author of “Nudged into lockdown? Behavioural Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19.” As we approach the second anniversary of WHO’s designation of Covid 19 as a pandemic in March 2020, many countries around
As time moves forward those of us who resisted mandates, stood strong, and thumbed our nose at the divisiveness promulgated by the evil regime of the tyrant Ardern, are getting to multiple ‘I told you so’ moments. The more people who are double or triple vaxxed catching the WuPox the
