A recent BFD article reported new research suggesting that the first stars may have shone much earlier than we thought. Now we have an insight into how at least one of those first-generation stars died. Spectacularly, in a word. Most of you will be familiar with novae. These occur when
White Apologists, and those non-white people – the ones, you know the ones, those with an axe to grind… these groups seem to have a problem understanding history. They always believe that the problems they see or imagine are the fault of everyone else but themselves. Maori and Polynesian peoples from
Massimo Introvigne mercatornet.com Massimo Introvigne is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Finally, here we are. The party for the Party starts, and what
Is the excessive amount of fake news we’re subjected to daily the result of a left-wing plot to overthrow global democracy and destabilise the world? You’d think so from some of the opinions expressed about it, but cast your mind back through history and you’ll find that
Elizabeth Rata Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Professor Elizabeth Rata, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland The He Puapua Report proposes revolutionary change for New Zealand. The question of how we have arrived at a crossroads where New Zealanders will have to choose between an ethno-nationalist
Try to imagine the sky without stars. It’s almost inconceivable, yet we know it must have been true at some time. Stars today are formed when clouds of interstellar dust and gas condense under their own gravity. Eventually, the sheer force of gravity causes elements to begin to fuse
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 Rebecca . Thank you Rebecca for taking the time to craft such an interesting
There is nothing quite like a good thick satisfying soup on a cold winter’s evening; that’s the general sentiment expressed by most regarding soups. Personally I have never been a soup man, always party to the belief that soup just takes up valuable and limited space in your
Dear Editor Part-Maori Rawiri Waititi has dredged up the hoary tale of how the tribes ‘lost’ all but 4% of the land they once owned. Anybody less ignorant of our history than he appears to be knows that most of the 96% was sold eagerly by the tribal chiefs in
Chongyi Feng University of Technology Sydney Dr Feng Chongyi is Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology, Sydney and adjunct Professor of History, Nankai University, Tianjin. He is China’s first holder of PhD in contemporary Chinese history and served as head of China Studies at UTS for 11
Kai Tangata A war party, a war party! Footsteps pound the sacred warpath Many heads are sought Many slaves are sought This is the work of Tumatauenga.1 Behold The chisel of Mataora2 The strong back The base of the spine The buttock spirals The thigh The war belt The
He is not so mighty yet that he is above fear; nay, doubt ever gnaws him J R R Tolkien, “The Lord of the Rings” 100 years ago, the first step was taken on the road to tens of millions of deaths and decades of misery for nearly ¼ of humanity.
John Maunder sunlive.co.nz Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book Fifteen shades of climate… the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect. The following are extracts are from pages 203- 207. When I was in
It was in the 1980s that the left-elite were shocked by revelations that George Orwell had maintained a list of suspected British Stalinists. That anyone who’d read Animal Farm could be shocked by Orwell’s antipathy to Stalinism is an object lesson in Doublethink. Because Orwell, while still a
hobsonspledge.nz In a letter on Treaty Settlements Office Ministerial letterhead dated 9 September 2019, Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little, in regards to a pamphlet arguing that everyone ought to be treated equally before the law, stated: “The pamphlet….. curiously ignores the fact that Maori were not treated equally before
