Bernadine Oliver-Kerby takes extended period of sick leave from AM due to Bell’s palsy Newshub What is Bell’s palsy? Bell’s palsy is an unexplained episode of facial muscle weakness or paralysis. It begins suddenly and worsens over 48 hours. This condition results from damage to the facial
The NZ Herald obviously needs a map in the office. If you are North Korea, and fire a missile that lands 3000km east of Japan over Hokkaido – it wasn’t heading anywhere near ‘towards’ South Korea. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Back in the 1990s when our once largest circulation newspaper Truth finally went belly-up. I bought the bound pre-war copies from the receivers for $15,000. These large volumes of broadsheet size papers make wonderful reading about an age when values were certainly different. For
What and where is When? How does When enter the rising seas with the islands, when islands are already in the sea? Who will let When know about its citizens? If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the
Mark Hubbard Information Opinion I ran my own blog, Life Behind the Iron Drape, until 2015 when I stopped as I was merely repeating myself. So while still up, that blog is little read, and there is something I want to say. Sean Plunket’s The Platform is not the
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Can you imagine a New Zealand in which independent media is gone and all that remains is a small group of large media organisations muzzled by funding from the government? It’s not some faraway dystopia. It is already happening. With the rapid corporate consolidation of traditional news outlets and
Public Interest Journalism Propaganda has received an $18m boost with the announcement of funding for an additional 110 journalists across New Zealand with “a specific mandate to produce stories that keep New Zealanders informed and engaged, and support a healthy democracy”. Don’t you just love the Newspeak? War is
Last year Stuff reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media
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As the trial of Bruce Lehrmann, accused of raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019, remains on hold, the social media left are in full flight. Higgins has been “unavailable to take the stand”, mid-testimony, all week. That hasn’t stopped her supporters screeching day and night. How dare
The landscape for conservative media is getting darker and darker. The BFD is faced with competitors that are hock deep in Government funded troughs and social media giants that stifle freedom of expression. Last year The BFD copped a second 30-day ban on Facebook. Our first one was for posting
Jeffrey Lord newsbusters.org Jeffrey Lord is a contributing writer for NewsBusters. Lord is a former White House political director in the Reagan White House and aide to HUD Secretary Jack Kemp. Oh the agony! The horror! With polls predicting that there will, in fact, be a “Red Wave” by
Neville Dodd President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc The ‘othering’ of a minority group is as old as society. Throughout the ages groups have been picked on, singled out (‘othered’) and marginalized, stigmatized for their differences, invariably to deflect attention from some other flaw in society. Licensed firearm
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984-1990 governments. Watching Jacinda Ardern respond to the local body election results has been scary. Teeth flashing, hands waving, exhortations to
Stuff has reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media Minister
