A former Department of Conservation ranger says plans to remove 55 backcountry huts in Te Urewera is “a shocking abuse of departmental power”. “What we’re witnessing is the biggest case of backcountry vandalism ever committed in New Zealand being promulgated by the government department charged with the role of
Belinda Brown mercatornet.com Belinda trained in social anthropology then studied the collapse of communism in Poland identifying family and religion as playing key roles in bringing this about. She has written extensively on the damage caused by feminism for The Conservative Woman, The Daily Mail, MercatorNet and other websites.
Nothing quite illustrates how far we’ve hurtled down the slippery slope of rainbow intolerance in just a few years than how so many popular and uncontroversial TV shows from just a decade or so ago are suddenly “problematic”. By which, of course, they mean that they trigger flappy-armed Tumblr
IINZ Israel Institute of New Zealand israelinstitute.nz The Israel Institute of New Zealand is an independent think tank dedicated to providing New Zealanders with a better understanding of the State of Israel through accurate analysis, insightful commentary, and effective advocacy. Following the 12 August attack on renowned author Salman
Casey Costello Trustee hobsonspledge.nz I am hoping you might indulge me as I write about the events of this week and how it demonstrates the dangerous path of division we are being forced down by a Labour Government controlled by its Maori caucus that is yet again demonstrating racist
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Are you, like me, getting sick and tired of being told that everything about our culture is inferior to Maori, and that we should learn to live with a constant diet of Te Reo? Turn on Radio New Zealand in the morning and Susie Fergusson, Guyon
Dan Chen Gengsong Gao University of Richmond Dan Chen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond. Her current research examines the versatile role of the media in authoritarian politics and governance. Gengsong Gao is an Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Richmond.
I previously wrote that the evil of wokeism and its destruction of humanity’s crowning achievement, Western culture, is only triumphing because too many conservatives are too gutless to stop it. But it’s not all bad news. Sure, if you’re reading this from Australia or New Zealand, it
It’s said that evil triumphs when the good do nothing to stop it. Whether or not wokeism is actually evil is a matter of perspective, but it cannot be denied that it is currently ascendant. Mostly, it seems, because conservatives aren’t doing much to stop it. At a
Ludwig von Mises mises.org Ludwig von Mises was the acknowledged leader of the Austrian school of economic thought, a prodigious originator in economic theory, and a prolific author. Mises’s writings and lectures encompassed economic theory, history, epistemology, government and political philosophy. It has already been pointed out that
Now I know how the Whovians and Trekkers feel. Despite being an SF fan for as long as I can remember, I never had more than a passing interest in Star Trek (too preachy). Doctor Who was a constant of the cultural landscape, but too often clashed with Dad’s
You know, for a mob who are always sneering about alleged “white fragility”, the brown woke left seems to be an awfully snowflakey bunch. Just this week, we’ve had Aboriginal activists telling us that the mere name of the late Queen makes them feel “culturally unsafe”. In New Zealand,
voicesforfreedom.co.nz I am flying to Auckland soon, which is my old home city, to attend a VFF event. My mother lives in Auckland and has a spare room. A month back, I alerted her to my possible journey and not having seen each other for a year or
Now, I’m as sceptical of conspiracy theories as anyone. As I often say, reading the Illuminatus! trilogy in my early teens inoculated me against the undoubted attraction of conspiratorial thinking. But I might need a booster, after the last few years. Because, if the last few years have taught
As I wrote recently, “fan-baiting” has become the go-to marketing tactic for the talentless dullards ruling the roost in modern Hollywood. Take a venerable, well-loved franchise, churn out a clumsy “reboot”, with race, gender and/or sexuality-swapped main characters. Then, when fans are inevitably aghast at what’s been done
