Rachel Tate Our world is divided Like never before The need to be right Turned this plight into war Traditional weapons we sideline in favour Of words as an art form To one-up we savour Our friends are as foes Our whanau oppose This self righteous need For agreement
“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human” Aldous Huxley Word to the wise: when an Austrian locks down millions of people, and the Germans and Italians join in, it’s not likely to end well. But, European
Well, it’s certainly been a tumultuous few days in Australian pandemic politics. At the start of the week, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was all-but-guaranteed to pass his pandemic bill, described by that state’s Bar Association as “a blank cheque to rule by decree”. At the same
As I noted, some months ago, the very fact that politicians can brag about “freedom incentives” proves that we are not free. When politicians openly talk of “granting limited freedoms”, it is as clear an admission as any that we are not free. In fact, politicians are tacitly admitting that
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Information Opinion It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that all of our politicians have coerced, pressured and manipulated a good portion of the general population into taking the Pfizer vaccine. Love it or hate it (the vaccine, that is), this type of
Darryl Betts Comparing notes with like-minded people is comforting but I worry that it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the great echo chamber encompassing the New Zealand government, mainstream media, and many of my fellow Kiwis. So I bravely journeyed into what feels very much like
If there’s one thing Covid has increasingly illustrated it is how different Auckland is to the rest of the country. Without wishing to be insulting to those outside of Auckland they could probably be best described as our country cousins. This was very apparent in the current lockdown. Most
Dear Editor So this is apparently where we are as a nation. The government and our media (Stuff) allow this kind of harmful and frankly violent demonisation of their fellow Kiwis. The article shows a complete disregard of personal choice, personal health, mental health or doctor-patient care. What you
When leaving Auckland this Christmas you can be assured things will not run smoothly, or as promised, because the MoH are in charge. They earned the equivalent of a PhD in mismanagement through their extraordinarily bad handling of MIQ facilities. Southlanders are not fooled into thinking a digital vaccine certificate
Does the SARS-CoV-2 virus really primarily affect the lungs? I ask because it seems to me on the evidence that the first organ the virus targets is the brain. From the very beginning of the CCP pandemic, it seems as if most of the world has gone collectively
Oh, how the worms of Victorian Labor politics turn! One moment, Dan Andrews is set to pass his pandemic dictatorship bill as a matter of utmost urgency, the next, he’s rushing to delay the final vote in parliament. All because of one of his own disgraced MPs. In a
Jack Feehan Vasso Apostolopoulos Victoria University Jack Feehan has a PhD in gerontology, immunology and regenerative medicine. He is also a Research officer in the Immunology and Translational Research Group, within the Mechanimsms and Interventions in Health and Disease Program, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University. Vasso Apostolopoulos has
Family First A nationwide poll has found significant support from New Zealanders for regular testing to be allowed as an option so that kiwis can keep their jobs. In the poll of 1,000 New Zealanders surveyed by Curia Market Research, respondents were first asked: Do you support or oppose
Andrew Davis Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, I keep hearing the word ‘marginalised’. We are repeatedly told that the most marginalised people in society are those most affected by Covid. In New Zealand, this term is generally a euphemism for poor, brown people. The Cambridge Online Dictionary defines the
The Parlermaid Despite my loathing for our current Prime Minster and her Cabinet of Incompetents, I will grudgingly give them credit for one thing. At the outset of this pandemic, they locked down New Zealand for long enough for us to assess our position and begin to plan a way
Information Opinion David ‘Tainted‘ Fisher, hack journalist for ‘A Newspaper‘ and all around (allegedly) duplicitous scumbag, has been paid (presumably) to write a piece for his employer where he waxes lyrical about the probability (he wishes?) that there will be a domestic terrorist attack in our fair land some time
