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Mushroom Lady is back in the news. Australia’s latest gripping possibly-true-crime drama got a fresh boost this week when Erin Patterson was arrested for questioning in Victoria. Although Patterson was, at the time of writing, not charged with a crime, Australian legal precedent has established that “arrested for questioning”
Boohoo! A mass murderer who killed his three young sons during a rampage fuelled by a relationship breakdown has taken the New Zealand Parole Board to court, raising the possibility of bias after being denied release from prison 14 times. Raymond Wahia Ratima, 55, was jailed for life in 1992
I came to New Zealand in the 1980s, and it was a very decent place to live back then. At a time when Britain was starting to deal with race riots due to immigration, New Zealand was a broad contrast. The people were great, the culture was familiar and, above
The toddler at the centre of a homicide died without an official name. Despite being known by whanau as Ruthless-Empire Souljah-Reign Rhind Shepherd Wall, Stuff understands the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) rejected the name and was working with the family to find a suitable alternative when he was killed.
Well, it’s official, now: Australia’s worst-kept secret is finally, legally, public. The “high profile Australian man” facing rape charges in Queensland is Bruce Lehrmann. Lehrmann was, famously, accused of rape by former fellow parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins — a case which collapsed without a verdict ever being reached. The
Former NZ Idol winner Matthew Saunoa has been jailed for over six years for a deliberate hit-and-run that nearly killed a police officer who was trying to stop him. The 38-year-old previously pleaded guilty to aggravated grievous bodily harm, unlawfully taking a motor vehicle, burglary and a string of motor
Alexandra Sims University of Auckland theconversation.com The use of artificial intelligence (AI) by New Zealand police is putting the spotlight on policing tactics in the 21st century. A recent Official Information Act request by Radio New Zealand revealed the use of SearchX, an AI tool that can draw connections
It’s become a depressingly familiar ritual, every summer, in one of the most wildfire-prone region on Earth. The instant there’s so much as a whiff of smoke, the brain-dead cultists of the legacy media jerk themselves into a frenzy, bellowing, “CLIMATE CHANGE!” That almost all of the bushfires
Joe Schaeffer Political Columnist at LibertyNation.com Joe Schaeffer is a veteran journalist with 20+ years’ experience. He spent 15 years with the Washington Times, including 8+ years as managing editor of the newspaper’s popular National Weekly Edition. Striving to be a natural health nut, he considers staring at
familyfirst.org.nz There’s increased violence in our schools. Students stood down or suspended for physically assaulting staff or students is on the rise. Some schools even have “fight clubs”. What’s the cause, and what are the solutions? Is family breakdown the underlying cause? What about the influence
When the Biden administration came to office, one of its first acts was to institute a thoroughgoing purge-and-re-education of the American military. Of course, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin justified it as “rid[ding] our ranks of racists and extremists” — but then, Stalin justified his purge of the Red Army
For months in 2013, the Australian left-media was practically glued, en masse to the Gillard Government’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The ABC was especially salivating, dedicating hours per day to broadcasting testimony (by contrast, it barely mentioned the concurrent Royal Commission into trade union
Two months ago, the news broke of the arrest of a former childcare worker accused of possibly the worst career of serial child abuse ever discovered in Australia. The 45-year-old is accused of more than 1,600 offences, including rape, against nearly 100 children, over 15 years. His arrest was
Linda Mussell Jessica Niurangi Maclean University of Canterbury theconversation.com The promise to “get tough on youth crime” is a New Zealand election perennial. This year, parties on both the left and right have pledged to crack down on young offenders – despite a lot of evidence that such approaches do
In the leaders’ debate there was a single question on foreign policy – about AUKUS. I am a US citizen and one of the true oddities of being an American abroad is the astonishing similarities to being a ‘made man’ in cosa nostra. Let me explain. In 1986 the US Congress
righttolife.org.uk Censorship zones that could make praying and offers of help near an abortion clinic illegal with fines of up to £2,500 are set to be introduced in Northern Ireland this Friday. The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill was passed by Members of the Legislative Assembly
