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Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. sportingshooters.nz The persistence with which police are delaying the issue of new firearm licences and the renewal of existing ones (a whole year to just renew!!) has spurred a Member of Parliament to question the Police Minister about the delays. We applaud
Ali Iqbal Aliya Khan McMaster University Ali Iqbal is a transplant nephrologist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and an Assistant Professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He works with patients who have chronic kidney disease at all stages of their transplant journey, from pre-transplant assessment to
One of the most influential books on my teenage mind was Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea’s Illuminatus! (I’m in good company, as it happens: its mind-bogglingly psychedelic science-fiction satire was likewise a major influence on Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, aka The JAMs/The KLF.
During the 1960s there sprang up what was known as “Swinging London”; it was the city to be in: for the pop stars, the fashion, and a sense of freedom. The ‘Jet Set’ always put London high on their list of places to visit. Also worth noting is that during
Auckland hospitals hit the headlines recently over their inability to treat patients in a timely manner, a problem resulting from reduced staff numbers because of the ‘flu or Covid. Yes, that’s right, 100% vaccinated and boosted doctors and nurses are succumbing to Covid. The latest incident was a woman
After his dual reality holiday, you would think the man would do his best to keep himself out of the foot-shooting arena. But no, this week he has reneged on a promise to keep health funding in line with inflation, should he become Prime Minister. “Luxon previously committed to
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Jack Tame’s Q&A interview on 31 July with the Prime Minister is compulsory viewing for
Christopher Luxon is showing us all what many of us already knew: That he is far from the smartest man in the room and certainly isn’t a shadow of John Key. God knows why Key has been promoting Luxon, especially when his policy positions show that he has more
New Zealand First Media “At a time when many Maori, like many other Kiwis, suffer from a crisis in housing, health, first world education, and decent wages, Labour is busy dismantling New Zealand’s democracy,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “A dangerous precedent has been
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Policy Correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education. Hardly a day goes by without some viral international incident reminding us why we’re so lucky to have the First Amendment. The latest such lunacy comes courtesy of the
Australia is governed by children. Shrieking, squalling, attention-seeking, and very, very, very silly children. And that’s just the Prime Minister. Anthony Albanese was criticised for his “shouty” behaviour during debates, before the election. Since finally returning to Australian soil after the election, he’s quickly earned the sobriquet,
Remember when Kevin Rudd was going to end the climate wars? Then it was Julia Gillard’s turn. This time, they insisted, they were on “the right side of history” (a phrase I indelibly associate with the uber-Aryan Hitler Youth of Cabaret, singing “Tomorrow Belongs to Me”). We all
The Golem is an ancient Jewish folk belief which has reverberated in Western culture from Frankenstein to the myriad of “robot-rebellion” science fiction stories. Like all such stories, Golem tales follow a familiar trajectory: man (in the Golem’s case, a Jew) creates a monster, monster inevitably turns on
