Josh Van Veen Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Josh Van Veen is an Auckland-based writer and political analyst. He is currently the Chair of Progress New Zealand, an independent research and advocacy group established to promote democratic citizenship and social cohesion. A former member of NZ
Just when you think you’ve heard the most ridiculous Covid fear-porn you could imagine, along comes some attention-grabber, shrieking, “Hold my mask!” Add a good dash of identity politics, and you’ve got a made-for-NZ-MSM headline. Delta could be as deadly as the Spanish Flu! Not only that, the
Don Brash hobsonspledge.nz To: Cheryl de la Rey Subject: Your press statement announcing the University’s Office of Treaty Partnership Dear Dr de la Rey, As a graduate of the University of Canterbury, I was dismayed – indeed, horrified would not be too strong a word – to read your press
As well as stopping the pernicious plot by stealth to convert the governance of New Zealand to 50% control by a coterie of Maori extremists and their Pakeha Marxist followers under their He Puapua Plan, we need to call a halt to changing the name of our country to Aotearoa,
You’re a star-belly sneech, you suck like a leech … Well, you’ll work harder with a gun in your back for a bowl of rice a day The Dead Kennedys, “Holiday in Cambodia” As Orwell wrote, “All left-wing parties in the highly industrialised countries are at bottom a sham,
Bruce Moon hobsonspledge.nz Bruce Moon is a former member of the staff of the University of Canterbury. He was a member of the Professorial Board with the same status (reader) as an associate professor. Information Opinion “No historian, however detached, works without an ideological framework.” Charles Freeman, “Egypt. Greece
Science is never “settled”. No matter how certain something might seem, its certainty is merely provisional. Whether it’s that everything in physics has already been discovered (as Lord Kelvin is apocryphally, but falsely, said to have proclaimed) or that a meteor impact wiped out the dinosaurs. However likely the
Obituaries usually follow a fairly standard template: sadly missed, beloved husband/wife/father/mother/child, and so on. Round it up with a few homely anecdotes, and you’re done. Then there are the people who just say, “f- that: I’m telling it like it was!” For instance, the
Like the rings of Saturn, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of the most famous sights in the solar system. How long the Spot has existed is unknown, but observations from as early as the 17th century indicate that it may be at least nearly 400 years old. But
Pâte à Choux /Choux Pastry I find myself delving into more traditional recipes, many from my memories of the 1970s. While a lot of these foods never really went out of fashion in the patisseries and eateries of Europe, the fusion and molecular cooking that have swept the world more
Marc Grey In previous articles, we have covered nuclear reactor designs, accidents and the mechanics of nuclear reaction physics. However, the way the nuclear industry got started was in the manufacture of nuclear weapons, not to provide nuclear power! In this article, we look at how the first nuclear weapons
Stuart Smith MP for Kaikoura Spokesperson for Climate Change, EQC and Viticulture Information Opinion Last week I wrote about the significance of Te Reo as a language in New Zealand. There is also no doubt that Maori culture should be valued and cherished in New Zealand. But it should come
We really enjoyed doing one thing to annoy the local policeman. The opportunity to truly piss him off only presented itself maybe once, maybe twice a year. The wind had to be due west.
Don Brash hobsonspledge.nz Polls show that the great majority of New Zealanders don’t support a change in our country’s name. John Tamihere is correct that the Maori language became an official language in1987. And correct in asserting that people are entitled to assert the name Aotearoa. But
Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D. Stephan received the B. S. in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. Following a year of graduate study at Cornell, he received the Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta as an RF
Grant Finch It’s difficult, impossible even, to objectively look back at the totalitarian governments of the last century. From our vantage, we only see the evil and inhuman systems they became and presume they always were. But were they intended to be as abusive as they became? In reference
