Daniella McCahey Assistant Professor of History Texas Tech University When the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ended on March 2, 1958, it marked what many called the last great adventure possible on Earth: an overland crossing of the Antarctic continent. Sixty-five years later, it’s remembered in New Zealand chiefly
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com As other countries wind back vaccination programs, NZ is going full-steam ahead despite a conspicuous absence of “the science” to support such a decision. Covid vaccination commenced recently for under 5s, at this stage for high risk babies only, despite
New Zealanders like to think of themselves as resourceful, egalitarian, independent and free. Much of that is, it might surprise many of you, a comforting lie. Far from being independent, more and more New Zealanders are signing up for generational dependence on the state. A goodly slab of what used
Dear Editor The protestors at parliament had journeyed from the furthest regions of the country, cheered on all the way by thousands of other New Zealanders in complete agreement with their objective, to protest the repressive actions of a government way out of touch with its mandate. That things were
It is right about now that the Government will start realising that the worst thing they could have done was to sack Rob Campbell. He’s dropping bombs and they are hitting home. The agency at the heart of the Government’s health reforms, Te Whatu Ora – Health NZ, is
Just more died-in-the-wool Labour supporters who want hate speech laws specifically to prevent any criticism of their beloved party, and criminalise dissent. slanderous and mayhap venal attempts to denigrate and undermine the status and power of the government of Aotearoa / New Zealand […] Any reasonable society would label
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Dear Select Committee Members, Thank you for reading this objection to the proposed Therapeutic Products Bill. As the doctors and the midwife in this committee will tell you (should you be interested) you are a bunch of molecules. Molecules made up
Old Age Pensioner I complained about ACT’s approach to several issues and the below e-mail is their response to me. Dear Old Age Pensioner Thank you for your feedback. You may be interested in David’s recent FB post in response to the topic of COVID. There’s
The Government knows that its divisive co-governance agenda is electoral poison. Part of the reason why Jacinda Ardern had to go was her inability to rein in ministers and sack troublesome people. Chris Hipkins has moved with alacrity to disabuse us all that he is just like Jacinda Ardern.
When it comes to comes to analysing a man who has already described himself as some kind of an ass it gets rather tricky. His surname though gives some insight into his actions. The man is as thick as a short plank. Perhaps a piece of 4×2 is more
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Verrall and Town Discuss Bivalent Booster Ayesha Verrall and Ian Town took to the Podium of Truth recently in a press conference to precede the rollout of the bi-valent Covid-19 booster to people over thirty years of age. New
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Dear Editor Can I prompt you to cajole Maureen Pugh to once again ask James Shaw to provide the definitive evidence of man-induced Global Warming as the cause of Cyclone Gabrielle? In the interests of her constituents and now the thousands of us here on The BFD that are
Dr Muriel Newman tnzcpr.com On June 22, 1633, at a time when heretics were being burnt at the stake, Galileo, the Astronomer, Physicist, and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pisa, was charged by the Inquisition with heresy for writing a book that claimed the earth orbited the
