Crime
The Gun Debate
GUN SHY The Firearms Debate Reignites In the wake of the Virginia Tech killings, fresh questions are being asked about gun control. The answers, however, may surprise you when we put New Zealand’s crime rate […]
Political Correctness
Australian edition
The Boy Racer Problem: March 05
OUT OF CONTROL Horrific road smashes involving young drivers are increasingly dominating news coverage on both sides of the Tasman. In New Zealand, we’ve introduced ‘boy racer’ laws and extensive restrictions on young drivers, prompting […]
Islamofascism
The Rise of the Neo-Coms
RISE OF THE NEO-COMS The Socialists Are Back New Zealand’s new communists wear designer jeans, frequent Ponsonby and Thorndon, are hypocrites-extraordinaire, and have far more influence than Karl Marx ever fantasised. IAN WISHART discovers the […]
Feb 07 issue
Keynglish, Part 1
THE JOHN KEY INTERVIEW They say New Zealand politicians can’t be bought, but tell that to the person who, just before Christmas, shelled out more than $4,000 to have lunch with new National Party leader […]
Feb 07 issue
Keynglish, Part 2
BILL ENGLISH INTERVIEW INVESTIGATE: In terms of what you see as the biggest issues for National over the next two years, what would they be? ENGLISH: As the finance spokesman, the biggest issue for me […]
Jan 07 issue
Media intrusion into private lives: Jan 07 issue
WHEN PRIVATE BECOMES PUBLIC How far should the media go into the lives of public figures? A few days ago Investigate Online posted a restricted access story on its website making fresh and serious allegations […]
Jan 03 issue
BIAS: does the media play fair? INVESTIGATE: JAN 03
IAN WISHART hunts for subtle slants in our daily news coverage Back in the late 1980s, as AIDS hysteria swept New Zealand and the world, and virtually every second newspaper headline screamed warnings that “on […]
April 03 issue
PC THINK POLICE INVESTIGATE: APR 03
Political-correctness, just a mild nerdy aberration or the new face of socialist mind control? HAMISH CARNACHAN talks to British expert Frank Ellis Cricket is a simple game. The object is to score more runs than […]