Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com City leaders have expressed disappointment over the Christchurch Cathedral’s dire financial troubles. The rebuild needs another $114 million and $30 million by August, otherwise
bobmccoskrie.com The mainstream media, left wing politicians and commentators say that the opposition to sexualised drag queens reading to children in libraries ( but not to elderly people in rest homes, interestingly) is just “imported American culture wars from the far right”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Even
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Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com Media, left-wing MPs, and progressives delighted in another School Strike for Climate Change last Friday. As I
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New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com A 13-year-old boy was found dead by his parents in his bed around dawn in 2021, 10 days after receiving his second COVID jab. This news came to us straight away, including his name. A coroner’s report has just been
Mark Freeman New Zealanders are being urged to buy shares in the company that owns the now-decommissioned Marsden Point Oil Refinery as part of a strategy to reopen the refinery. The refinery used to supply 65–70% of New Zealand’s refined fuel, but its owners, Refining New Zealand—now
Graham Adams Graham Adams is a freelance editor, journalist and columnist. He lives on Auckland’s North Shore. Former Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Chris Finlayson is known for his forthright and sometimes combative language. In 2022, in discussing opposition to co-governance, he referred to “the sour
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The latest media trust survey is out and there are no surprises in the results. What is surprising though, is the hand-wringing in media circles about the lack of trust in media, and how it is everyone else’s fault but theirs. The AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and
Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty and Smoking In a pioneering study by the Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking, researchers have unveiled nuanced public perceptions of New Zealand’s innovative tobacco ‘endgame’ policies. The study provides a critical examination of how New Zealand adults who smoke, particularly
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