The findings on trust in media organisations is out and the left-wing dominated media have taken a flogging. It seems that the public is well attuned to their lying ways and are voting with their feet. Newsroom reports: Less than half the New Zealand public now professes ‘overall trust’
If you’re like the rest of us, you are sick and tired of reading the same load of self-congratulatory drivel every day that you open social media. If you are a professionally-minded writer this could be your opportunity to get your voice heard. With audience numbers soaring
Claire Breen University of Waikato Dr Claire Breen holds a BCL from the National University of Ireland (University College Cork). She also holds an LLM (International Law) and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. While the recent legal challenges to elements of the government’s COVID-19 response have
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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken from Sulphur Point, Lake Rotorua, with Hinemoa Point in the near distance on the right. Hinemoa swam out to Mokoia
Simon Angelo wealthmorning.com Electricity is changing. To reach ‘net zero’, countries will need to look at electrifying or decarbonising their entire transport fleet. But this possibility could be staggeringly expensive. I’m listening to Leighton Smith’s interview with Michael Kelly. Emeritus professor of engineering, University of Cambridge. Michael
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Visiting Wonderland 1967 A “time of famines” is predicted, and by 1975 the world will not have enough food to feed its growing population. 1969 By the year 1989 everybody will disappear in a cloud of blue smoke due to population growth and contamination of the planet. 1970 We are
familyfirst.org.nz It was once a kiwi habit to sit together as a family and watch the evening news. We trusted our news media. But now, in a time when we desperately need a media we can trust, the latest Curia Market Research poll finds the vast majority of
The findings on trust in media organisations is out and the left-wing dominated media have taken a flogging. It seems that the public is well attuned to their lying ways and are voting with their feet. Newsroom reports: Less than half the New Zealand public now professes ‘overall trust’
Dave Witherow Dave Witherow, who was a long time columnist with the Otago Daily Times, emigrated to New Zealand from Northern Ireland in 1971. He’s an author and script writer, and worked as a scientist for Fish and Game. Information Opinion About three times a week I turn on
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002 and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 A speech prepared for delivery at Massey University, 5 May 2022 Warning Long read. 3405 words. Ladies and gentlemen This was supposed to be the third speech in
I will always acknowledge that I have received a submission but I do not have the time to tell writers if it has been selected or why it has not been selected. This is due to the volume of submissions received. However, if you become a regular guest writer and
Newshub have been running a story that New Zealand may be over-counting deaths, and their rent-a-mouth, the Chicken Little of the talking head scientists, Michael Baker, thinks that the rest of the world is undercounting. Not yet we don’t, just wait. New Zealand is running six
