Many organisers of ANZAC Day events like to read out a message from the Prime Minister or the Governor-General as part of their service. Here is the ANZAC Day 2021 message from the Prime Minister. The Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand ANZAC Day Message 2021 On
In the long-gone days of the Jim Crow South, racist Democrat voters and their demagogue politicians used to intimidate juries by parading outside courthouses in their pointy hoods. In the new era of Jim Snow, racist Democrat voters and their demagogue politicians show up in hoodies and face-masks. Throughout the
Hannah Cutting-Jones University of Oregon Hannah Cutting-Jones is a food historian. Her research focuses primarily on the impact of colonialism on foodways in the Pacific and North America, and She is also fascinated by how religion and philosophy have shaped humans’ relationship with food and the natural world. Dining out
Person of colour The draft for consultation is open at Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories in the New Zealand Curriculum. You can read it and make your own mind up but here are my thoughts. The three ‘big ideas’ are insufficient to understand New Zealand’s history unless this also
Simon Black sovereignman.com James (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and
We are running another yet fantastic book giveaway for our subscribers. The prizes are copies of Keith Mexsom’s latest book Gas Pedal to Back-Pedal – The Second Century of Auckland Transport which is Part Two of a planned trilogy that builds on the founding and development of Auckland’s transport
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 Free to speak. Thank you Free to speak for taking the time to
We are running another yet fantastic book giveaway for our subscribers. The prizes are copies of Keith Mexsom’s latest book Gas Pedal to Back-Pedal – The Second Century of Auckland Transport which is Part Two of a planned trilogy that builds on the founding and development of Auckland’s transport
“Lost cities” are an enduring trope of popular culture. The very name conjures visions of Lara Croft, Nathan Drake or Indiana Jones discovering vast ruins beneath the vines of steaming jungles. But lost cities are occasionally very real. Indiana Jones is in fact based on Hiram Bingham, who, while his
I often refer to Communist China as the Nazi Germany of the 21st century. This is not intended as mere hyperbole, but a solemn warning. A new book on Chinese history and Chinese Communist Party ideology lends weight to the warning. In the Politeia, Plato urged the Ideal State to
Lahma Bi Ajeen! Yah what? As promised in my last post, I am diving back into the Middle East and dusting off another obscure dish to whet your appetites with. The Ancient Kingdom of Aram is mentioned in the Old Testament, a kingdom that flourished around the same time as
We are running another yet fantastic book giveaway for our subscribers. The prizes are copies of Keith Mexsom’s latest book Gas Pedal to Back-Pedal – The Second Century of Auckland Transport which is Part Two of a planned trilogy that builds on the founding and development of Auckland’s transport
Every August we go through the same dreary ritual: a bunch of hand-wringing journalists and academics witter about whether the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were “justified”. To the people who lived and fought Imperial Japan, though, the issue was beyond question. For many of that generation, the bitterness
Keith Mexsom keithmexsom.pubsitepro.com Keith Mexsom has magazine and newspaper experience in both New Zealand and Australia as a publisher, editor, sub-editor, journalist, feature writer, and copywriter. He has a Graduate Diploma in Journalism Studies from Massey University. As history records, it took more than a century for the
The idea of a “Deep State”, a cabal of state employees or other persons to manipulate or control the government outside of the accepted channels of leadership, is nothing new – nor is it conspiracy theory. In modern times, deep states have operated from the Soviet Union to Italy. But it
