The Big Lie at the heart of this country’s proposed new school History curriculum: “It is clear that Maori did not cede their mana to the Crown, and that they signed in the belief that it would give them power to govern in partnership with the Governor” The above
Antarctica has been ice-bound for the last 34 million years. During the preceding Eocene epoch (56 to 33.9mya), Antarctica was quite a pleasant place: summer temperatures around 25°C, with palm, conifer and beech forests. But Antarctica’s fate was sealed with the final breakup of the remnants of
The adage ‘From the mouths of babes comes truth’ is so old and common to every culture that it even appears some 3,000 years ago in the Old Testament. Lying isn’t an instinct: it’s a learned behaviour, created on the horns of honesty’s somewhat uncomfortable dilemma
As part of our drive to keep our comment section the best in New Zealand we showcase each week an example of a top-notch comment that adds value to The BFD. Today’s comment was written by George. Thank you George for taking the time to craft such an interesting
Australia has long had a fascination with “Big” tourist attractions: the Big Pineapple, the Big Banana, the Big Merino (possibly popular with Kiwi tourists), the Big Gumboot (and Big Ugg Boots), even a Big Bogan. Australia also has a, not just big, but colossal, naked warrior holding a stick. “Marree
rt.com ‘The History Makers’, a 784-page book about famous historians from the past 2,500 years, has reportedly been canceled in the United States by publisher Random House for not featuring enough black academics. According to the Guardian, which cited unnamed sources in New York, publisher Random House canceled
Henry Ergas The Australian. bassettbrashandhide.com Henry Ergas AO is an economist. is an economist who has worked at the OECD, Australian Trade Practices Commission as well as at a number of economic consulting firms. He writes for The Australian. “To concede nothing to those who would erase the past
Bruce Logan Back in the 1950s (my childhood), before instant news on television, short movies (shorts) were shown in cinemas before the feature film. They varied between news items and documentaries. Often the documentary would finish with a voice-over, “just another step in man’s conquest of nature”. I was
Chris Baillie ACT Education spokesperson and former teacher The Government’s New Zealand history curriculum threatens to indoctrinate students in left-wing ideas and requires a radical overhaul. The draft New Zealand history curriculum, which is out for consultation until 31 May, requires students to learn a narrow set of highly
Eliora Stepping out of line as a Speaker of the House could land you in hot water. It could even get you murdered or executed. Some were imprisoned and even beheaded. No, I am not writing about Iran. Seven Speakers between 1394 and 1535 in Britain were executed, killed in
Australia’s taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda network, the ABC, actually takes Bruce Pascoe’s ludicrous Dark Emu seriously: so seriously that it commissioned a “documentary” series based on it. This is, I might remind BFD readers, a book by an “Aboriginal” (despite having no identifiable Aboriginal ancestors that anyone has been
As part of our drive to keep our comment section the best in New Zealand we showcase each week an example of a top-notch comment that adds value to The BFD. Today’s comment was written by deja vu Thank you deja vu for taking the time to craft such
Hobson’s Pledge Trust The headline said, “Maori party co-leader ejected from parliament after performing haka in racism row”. See Maori Party leader ejected. However, what the Leader of the Opposition said was not reported. To set the record straight, the missing content involved questions from National Party leader Judith
Back in the pre-European times, the local inhabitants of our fair land were fond of telling stories about, among other things, where and whence they came from. This of course is nothing new as all countries have oral traditions. Most of course had written traditions as well but in the
