John Tookey Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology Cyclone Gabrielle caused chaos one year ago. Repairs due to that storm and the Auckland floods have required substantial time and resources. Hawkes Bay, parts of Auckland and the Coromandel all still bear the scars of
Mike Butler Mike Butler wrote ‘The Treaty: Basic Facts,’ which is available at trosspublishing.com Complaints that the Luxon coalition Government is about to re-write the Treaty of Waitangi are a bit rich considering that the treaty was quietly re-written under another administration nearly forty years ago. In
Have any of you been looking for employment? How difficult is it to look at the public sector when you continue to see statements like this in public sector advertisements: Ideally you will also have a good understanding of tikanga (Maori customs and protocols), with the ability to weave te
Oxford Dictionary defines anarchy as “a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems” which pretty much sums up our current political state. Our democracy is under attack but not from overseas; this is an internal attack from a tiny minority sector of
Brian Tamaki It’s time that Kiwis come together…Maori and European. Our enemy is not each other, it is those who are still trying to invade our shores and trying to take us over. As the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 to stop other nations from invading
On Waitangi Day it was the NZ Herald gaslighting us that they are honest, impartial and independent when they are as far removed from all of those as possible. Yesterday it was Newsroom’s turn to gaslight us, this time about disinformation. Newsroom are quite correct, except they aren’t
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Dear Editor The request, by Hone Hawira’s Te Ropu Tupeka Kore, for the Waitangi Tribunal to rule that, because Maori are disproportionally affected by smoking related illness, the repeal of Labour’s tobacco sales ban is contrary to Treaty obligations, will set some interesting precedents if successful. Obesity disproportionally
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Consider the following, dear reader; you’re engaged to a very rich yet perverse man; you’re desperately unhappy and you’re sailing on an ocean liner. Along comes a young fellow who befriends you. He teases the richest man in America, charms numerous other super rich people, and gets
When did you last read a headline in MSM about more children being raised on welfare? Yet latest Ministry of Social Development benefit statistics (1) show at the end of 2023 the number reached a new high of 222,500. I predicted this would happen when Jacinda Ardern became Prime
One of my favourite truisms in politics is “explaining is losing”. Yet that is exactly what the NZ Herald did yesterday with a Waitangi Day article explaining to us all why it is that they are impartial, honest and independent. Yes, they really went there. Explaining is losing. If you
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon Prime Minister 5 February 2024 [ First paragraph in Maori redacted] Thank you Nga Puhi, Te Tai Tokerau iwi and the Waitangi National Trust for once again hosting these ceremonies commemorating the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Waitangi Day is an opportunity to pause and reflect
AI nzcovidresponse.substack.com Thanks to a coalition agreement promise – the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 response will finally open up for public consultation on their terms of reference this month. Much of what happened in Covid has gone un-questioned by both government and media which
AI nzcovidresponse.substack.com Former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the States, Dr Anthony Fauci testified behind closed doors recently to the House Coronavirus Select Subcommittee. A statement by the Chair summarised Fauci’s testimony as “The social distancing recommendations forced on Americans ‘sort
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
