Phil Green When is a karakia (prayer or incantation) a karakia? As the Mayor of Kaipara is finding out, it’s whenever the self-appointed councillor for spiritual interests, in this case, Peri Paniora, decides. As New Zealand is rapidly discovering, many things about Maori culture which have earlier been exalted
Vijay Raj Jayaraj cfact.org Vijay Jayaraj is a research associate at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, VA and a contributor to CFACT. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK and resides in India. Imagine the entire US plunging into abject poverty.
Contrary to what the media-left narrative would have us believe, racism is all-but dead in the West. Surveys repeatedly show that racist sentiments have declined to the point of almost non-existence. Almost. Because, sadly, there’s one persistent and systemic racism that just refuses to die in the West. If
If you think there’s a “grooming” agenda that’s more and more taking hold in everything from media to education, well, you’re just a ‘right-wing nut job’ and a ‘conspiracy theorist’. Just ignore all the hyper-sexualisation of very young children, girls especially, in popular culture. Ignore the sex
Lindsay Mitchell bassettbrashandhide.com Lindsay Mitchell blogs here An ODT opinion piece recently parodied the rapid adoption of Maori names for government departments. It drew attention to the renaming of the Earthquake Commission as Toka Tu Ake EQC which apparently “reflects the whakapapa of our nation.” The name-change decision was
One of the more prophetic pronouncements I’ve read in the last decade was conservative blogger David Robertson’s 2017 prediction of the exact slippery slope we are currently plummeting down. Robertson wrote that, after SSM, it would be Transgender and then the removal of gender altogether… this would then
lens.monash.edu Many Aussies won’t pass up the chance to argue about “potato cakes”, “scallops” or “fritters”. Spare a thought for the linguists. We just want everyone to get along and accept the beauty that is deep-fried potatoes – whatever you want to call them. We agree with Darryl
Phil Green Obviously the next best thing to being obsessed with whether Jacinda will or won’t visit Sandringham, we’re all exercised about the latest drip-fed scandal of the three/five/ALL waters imbroglio. And so we should, as it’s the greatest scandal to erupt on these quiet,
Information Opinion Air NZ is celebrating World Pride 2023 with free trips across the Tasman under the banner ‘Aniwaniwa i te rangi’ (rainbow in the sky) with a RuPaul Drag Race Down Under celebrity on board for entertainment. Clever marketing to capture two very fashionable groups in one hit – Maori
Today’s face of the day embraced a cultural identity only to discover that it bore little reality to his actual racial heritage. Sadly instead of embracing his British ancestry, he is upset by it. When I found out I was 85 per cent white and only 15 per cent
Speech by Kate Hannah, director, The Disinformation Project, delivered at New Zealand International Science Festival 2022: [Introduction, in Maori of course] At the conclusion of the 23-day occupation of Parliament Grounds in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Prime Minister stated: “One day it will be our job to try and understand
Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is our teenage guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her high school education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology, and
Lawrence W Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as Real
Titus Gebel mises.org Titus Gebel is founder, President, and CEO of Free Private Cities, Inc. He is a German entrepreneur with a PhD in international law, and is the author of Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You. The battle for political supremacy in the West has been
Australia continues to revel in the diverse, vibrant tapestry of mass migration and capital-Multiculturalism. First we had the terror attacks, then the forced child marriages — now it’s time for the “honour” killings. A family accused of trying to kill a young Muslim woman in “an attempted honour killing” in
As I’ve been reporting, the left are suddenly all a-Twitter about this week’s Current Thing: appalling domestic violence in Aboriginal communities. Yet, this horrifying state of affairs has been well known for years — for anyone who bothered to notice. But, as some Aboriginal Australians have dared to point
