When Models and Reality Clash
A review of predictions of epidemic and pandemic mortality. Ginkgo Bioworks have now provided a more detailed report to the New Zealand Royal Commission on Covid-19 Lessons Learned.
NZ Politics
Does God Hate Dunedin?
I say that given the terrible punishments the bugger has laid on it in recent years.
Crackdown on Transgender Sports Participation in NZ
How far will Sport NZ go? The appropriate response is to simply categorize sport players by their sex at birth so that females compete with females and males with males.
Is There a (Really Big) Cover Up?
What was the NZ Navy ship Manawanui actually doing in Samoa?
Was Sovereignty Ceded in 1840?
The Crown is sovereign now over all New Zealanders. Frankly, there is no other peaceful way forward.
“Iwi versus Peewee”: A Good, Old-Fashioned Debate
It is the particular tragedy of contemporary New Zealand politics that, with the noble exception of Bradbury’s Working Group, the critical cultural, political and constitutional issues raised by the Treaty Principles Bill will not be fairly, frankly or fearlessly debated anywhere else.
You Really Want to Tell Me She Was the Best Choice?
Anti-misogynist and journalist Ryan Bridge comes to the defence of the former commander of the Manawanui, Yvonne Gray.
What About Accountability and Transparency?
Clearly, it’s time for reform in this area. But it won’t happen without public pressure on the politicians.
NZ Politics Daily: 14 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Why the govt's fast-track bill could turn into its own Three Waters debacle (paywalled) Jo Moir (RNZ): Revealed: All the 300 Fast-Track projects and ministers' conflicts of interest Thomas Manch (Post): Ten controversial projects
Goodness, Who Would’ve Thought?
Latest gun crime statistics show, unsurprisingly, that criminals are committing gun crime and not licensed firearms owners.
Latest Poll Should Give Luxon Kittens.
The latest Taxpayers’ Union/Curia poll shows a stark contrast to the Roy Morgan Poll. Christopher Luxon should be nervous.
Is New Zealand Destined to Be the World’s Fluoridiocracy?
Are our much vaunted scientists and public health policy makers just smarter than the rest of the world that is now abandoning this process?
