Regina Scheyvens Apisalome Movono Massey University Regina Scheyvens is Professor of Development Studies at Massey University, where she combines a passion for teaching about international development with research on tourism and sustainable development. Dr. Apisalome Movono has an undergraduate background in Marine Management and Tourism Studies and completed his Master
NZTSOS Inc. New Zealand Teachers Speaking Out with Science Incorporated NZTSOS Inc. (New Zealand Teachers Speaking Out with Science Incorporated) is SHOCKED and DISAPPOINTED that their challenge of the mandatory mandating of the Education Sector has been unsuccessful. Mike Shaw Deputy Chairperson of NZTSOS said. “We are shocked that our
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Two years ago a website was set up to measure media bias in New Zealand. Both Kiwiblog and The BFD were mentioned and rated, as were left-wing blogs and all mainstream media. Back then Newshub was rated as the most biased (towards the left) of all the mainstream media.
Democracy Action democracyaction.org.nz Do you remember back in 2013, when the Government of the day undertook a constitutional review? This review featured the role of the Treaty of Waitangi and Maori representation in Parliament and local government. Feedback from around the country was such that the Review Panel
If you are a Bronze level member or higher you have access to MyBFD which includes a marketplace where everyone can list whatever they like for free. You can sell products, advertise jobs and services and promote your business to other members. You can advertise a house for rent, you
New Conservative New Conservative asks, “Two years on from the first lockdown, how well have lockdowns served us?” The initial Covid elimination policy had the goal of limiting pressure on our hospital system from covid patients. This has been successful. Even now with high numbers of Omicron cases we are
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Data from Retail NZ showing retailers expect prices to rise 7.5 per cent in the next three months should be a wake-up call for the Government, says National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis. “This price-hike warning will send another wave of anxiety through squeezed Kiwi households already
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’
Dr James McDowall ACT MP New research showing the apprehension Kiwi academics have to speak freely at New Zealand universities highlights the urgent need for my Member’s Bill requiring tertiary education institutions to protect freedom of expression. Curia research commissioned by the Free Speech Union showed almost half of
Capitalist In recent weeks there has been an ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The Russians invaded and the gallant Ukrainian people grabbed guns, knives, baseball bats and probably rolling pins in order to repel the invasion. They put the Froggies circa 1940 to shame. The Ukrainian President, when contacted and told
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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
When editing an Insight: Politics article, Do you feel in control? written by Nathan Smith, the penny dropped for me when he explained about “frame control”. Frame control is a game every 7-year-old knows how to play. One day they hold up a pen and tell their parent
