At the Centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1940 the speech of one of the most respected and prominent Maori individuals in NZ history, Sir Apirana Ngata, confirmed three things. 1. Maori activists back then were playing the exact same broken record that they are still playing today. At
Mixed Nuts and Chocolate Marquise This is one of those super tasty chocolate deliriums that you can’t resist, just can’t believe how tasty it was, but wish you never ate it. Even on passover after brushing the matzah crumbs from the table cloth, a meal isn’t complete
Dr Sheree Trotter israelinstitute.nz “Ten measures of beauty were bestowed upon the world; nine were taken by Jerusalem, and one by the rest of the world.”1 Babylon Talmud, Tractate Keddushin 49 This quote from the Babylonian Talmud of late antiquity conveys the magic and mystery of the place
Hendrik van der Breggen mercatornet.com Hendrik van der Breggen, PhD, is a retired philosophy professor who lives in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. Hendrik’s parents survived the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands. Lebensunwertes Leben is German for “life unworthy of life.” As a justification of killing, this idea led to
The notion of the “lost continent” of Lemuria was first put forward in the mid-19th century, attempting to explain the presence of lemur fossils in both Madagascar and India and nowhere in between. Zoologist Philip Sclater proposed that, like Atlantis, Lemuria had “sunk beneath the waves”, in what is
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
Jack Marx’s Australian Tragic might sound like the stuff of yellow journalism, but it’s far from it. Instead, Marx relates with compassion and empathy the stories “from Australia’s dark heart”, with an especial ear for the survivors and victims. One of the most tragic is the story
Ross Baker Unless you can answer the following questions, you have no idea of New Zealand’s true history. I wonder how the framers of the government’s soon-to-emerge New Zealand Histories Curriculum for school children would score in this one? Part Two. Questions 1. How was New
Mark Milke theorca.ca Mark Milke, Ph.D. is an author, columnist, policy analyst, and keynote speaker with six books and dozens of studies published across Canada and internationally in the last two decades. His newest book is The Victim Cult: How the culture of blame hurts everyone and wrecks
Ross Baker Unless you can answer the following questions, you have no idea of New Zealand’s true history. I wonder how the framers of the government’s soon-to-emerge New Zealand Histories Curriculum for school children would score in this one? Part One: Questions 1. Who smuggled 800
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 idbkiwi Thank you idbkiwi for taking the time to craft such an
The vicious ignorance of the identity politics-obsessed left was rarely better displayed than when it was announced that Israeli actor Gal Gadot had been picked to play Cleopatra in a new film. The tiny, cerebrally-challenged leftist puddle that is Twitter immediately erupted with its trademark brainless yapping. “Whitewashing!
Hal Snarr mises.org Hal W. Snarr is an assistant professor of economics at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Utopia is described as a society void of pain and poverty. It was sought well before Sir Thomas More coined the word in 1516 from the Greek words ou
It’s that Passover / Pessach / Spring Cleaning / Bondage and Freedom / Bad Food time of year. Threatened? I am. Its two weeks before Passover, everyone up here in this frenetic slice of paradise has launched into their manic cleaning and cooking of unusually tasteless foods for one of the two biggies
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
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. The recent call by The BFD for more “View from
