Summer can be a bit perplexing. According to NIWA, “meteorological summer” begins on 1 December. But “astronomical summer”, marked by the summer solstice, falls on 22 December. Usually, natural summer, determined by weather patterns and the warmest 90-day period of the year, starts around 14 December. Yet, it can kick
Jeffrey A Tucker Jeffrey A Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social
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NZ Herald gets their Northbound and Southbound confused – the car in the picture is definitely on the southbound side of the motorway If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive
There has been no public announcement or discussion of the Minister’s intention to sign this agreement. In short, the Minister is signalling before the next government is even elected, an intention to ratify. Labour is putting globalists in charge of the high seas, and from here the NGOs will
So-called “fact-checkers”, as anyone with a functioning critical faculty is well aware, have very little interest in actual facts. Instead, they function almost universally as narrative-confirmation machines. Contrary to the media’s self-serving palaver about “speaking truth to power”, “fact-checkers” are in the business of telling lies for power. The
NZ Herald making it impossible to fail this question in their quiz. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your
Stuff doesn’t disappoint when it comes to lowering the bar for proofreading. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make
Someone was typing too fast (the m is next to the comma on the keyboard). A proofreader would have caught it. NZ Herald. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access
Imagine if Donald Trump had welcomed a former Nazi SS soldier with a standing ovation in Congress. The media would have gone nuts. They lost their minds badly enough over imaginary Nazis, the sheer, catastrophic meltdown over the Donald being seen in company with an actual, WWII-vintage Nazi would still
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The degradation of university degrees over my life-time, is tragic. Readers familiar with my novel of 20 years back, “Degrees For Everyone” will understand. Consider this. A regular contributor in the NZ Herald is a Canterbury University sociologist, (a bogus subject lacking any intellectual element) namely
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com As the election closes in, there appears to be an overwhelming mood for change. New Zealanders have had enough. The chickens are coming home to roost for Labour as disgruntled voters, sick and tired of the incompetence, the lies and deceit, search for alternatives. Election
It looks like the NZ Herald is following the education sector’s lead in dumbing down the tests. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just
When RNZ first began it was with the intention that there would be an honest and sole broadcaster in which the people of New Zealand could have confidence in what they were hearing was neutral, factual, and professional. Sadly, that worthy reputation for a member of the fourth estate has
The media need to start being honest with New Zealand’s voters. As heartbreaking as it must be to find themselves on the losing side of the political divide, they should not be in the business of taking sides. The job of a journalist is to report without fear or
