By Ian Wishart The French philosopher Voltaire is often misquoted as saying, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”. It’s a cornerstone principle of […]
A tiny Texas non-profit run by a self-professed social influencer and actress has signed the richest charity deal in world history – the sale of 300 BILLION rubber gloves for more than US$23 billion, accounting […]
Vitamin D and Pandemics: Reducing Coronavirus Risk By Ian Wishart(written pre-Delta) The question of whether vitamin D plays a role in protecting us from influenza and other pandemic viruses was raised earlier in my Vitamin […]
One of New Zealand’s richest men has been named as a possible suspect in the 1970 Crewe murders that saw Pukekawa farmer Arthur Allan Thomas convicted but later pardoned for – and in another shock […]
By Ian Wishart Are secret foreign groups and commercial cannabis barons interfering in New Zealand’s election this year by funneling massive currently-hidden donations through a taxpayer-funded charity? That’s the uncomfortable question being asked as the […]
By Ian Wishart One of the big unanswered questions about coronavirus is how big the second wave – if any – will be. Now, a new study puts forward a possible answer: three times worse […]
By Ian Wishart What’s the truth about Covid19? That depends who you are listening to. The debate about the pandemic spreading across the world from Wuhan, China, has become highly politicised – toxically so. To […]
By Ian Wishart New Zealand looks set to get through Round One of the coronavirus pandemic, but if you are expecting life to return to normal think again: nothing will ever be the same. […]
OPINION: BY STEVE COLLINS NZIER estimate the cost of Zero Carbon 2050 at $85b per year, about 28% of current GDP. This is economic suicide over New Zealand producing 1/588th of global man made greenhouse […]
By Ian Wishart New Zealand’s Labour/Greens/NZ First government appears to have seriously breached Article 2 of the Paris Climate Accord in its proposed Zero Carbon Bill. putting the credibility of the country’s climate change policy […]
This week marks the 250th anniversary of British explorer James Cook and his crew making landfall in New Zealand, and the media have been full of stories demanding Britain “apologise” for colonising the country and […]
We’ve all seen the annual “best of” lists of rugged phones. We’ve had a chuckle over some, because it looks like they have just tossed some model names into a hat and drawn them out […]
Blackview BV9500: 4GB/64GB Helio P23, 2.5GHz, Android 8.1, IP69K rugged phone Nutshell review: Three weeks after purchase, I’m impressed with this phone. The Blackview BV9500 is pitched at tradies, construction workers and farmers. It offers […]
The Catholic Hierarchy is letting its people down By Amy Brooke When visiting in England a while back, one of the highlights of our trip was finding the tomb of the great Anglo-French, […]
By Amy Brooke Operationally inadequate? AIR New Zealand, Southern Cross, Vodafone, the major banks, power and communication companies? Contrary to the mantra that competition is always good, the now constant practice of cutting corners in […]
New Zealand’s Coalition Government appears to have brushed aside security fears about using non-government email providers, after the third minister in as many weeks has hit the headlines for conducting government business through his private […]
By Ian Wishart Australia and New Zealand are trying to lead the world in banning so-called ‘single use’ plastic bags. The problem is, it’s a feelgood dumb idea. In NZ the supermarket chains are offering […]
A popular American crime podcast has turned its sights on New Zealand’s most perplexing double murder – the Scott Watson case. The Generation Why Podcast this week published its conclusions on the disappearance of Marlborough […]
By Ian Wishart Andrew Dickens had a fascinating segment on Church and State on Newstalk ZB today, as various lobbyists push for an end to prayer at parliament and council meetings. The average atheist thinks […]
The host of the dishonest million dollar TV docudrama “Doubt”, law lecturer Chris Gallavin, has been labelled “disgraceful” by the families that owned the so-called mystery ketch targeted by the show The mystery ketch sightings […]
[SEE ALSO: free book on case released online, ‘damning evidence’] [READ THIS FIRST: Some people have not understood the legal significance of what follows. If this happened in Court, the lawyers would shout ‘Gotcha!’. A […]
Journalist and author Ian Wishart has released what he calls ‘damning evidence’ against convicted murderer Scott Watson, in a new book on the case published free online to mark the 20th anniversary of the killings. […]
A Consumer NZ test of kiwi sunscreen brands is misleading and dangerous, warns a Vitamin D researcher and author, because it ignores an elephant in the room – there’s growing evidence sunscreens don’t actually protect […]
Dr. Nir Shaviv’s Scientific Summary for his Cambridge Union debate: Dr. Shaviv: Let me begin by asking you a question. What is the evidence that people, like the proponents here, use to prove that we humans are […]
By Ian Wishart We all know about the Hollywood casting couch; well, the news business has one of its own. Young naive ignorant junior journalists are invited in, plied with freebies and told to bend […]
“There’s not one chance in a million that the future will unfold in the manner predicted by the NZ Royal Society’s report “Human Health Impacts of Climate Change in New Zealand”, said the chairman of […]
By Ian Wishart Only hours into their administration, the new Labour coalition government has already incurred the wrath of Aucklanders with its promotion of a ten cent per litre regional fuel tax. It will actually […]
Urgent review for New-Born Baby to Be Returned to Its Parents Wednesday, 11 October 2017 Update by Sue O’Callaghan Call for new-born baby to be returned to its parents A 5 day old baby taken from […]
By Ian Wishart If you open up any New Zealand school history textbook, it will proudly declare that New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote, back in 1893. […]
By Ian Wishart The scandal surrounding who leaked information about the overpaid pension of NZ First leader Winston Peters raises some fascinating questions. In recent weeks we’ve seen the Green Party implode and its voters […]
Several years ago, against the advice of many, restrictions on discussing suicide in the news media were lifted. Change advocates, with the best of intentions, argued that our suicide problem had to be brought into […]
LANDMARK FACEBOOK DEFAMATION CASE HAS ENDED, CLARIFIES LAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE A groundbreaking Facebook defamation case that’s changed the law around what you can say online has finally come to an end after a […]
BY IAN WISHART A long running conspiracy theory about the mystery ketch in the Scott Watson murder case has finally been debunked. A group of sailing enthusiasts calling themselves the Maritime Research Group have claimed […]
In April 2002, Investigate’s HAMISH CARNACHAN interviewed NZ First Leader Winston Peters. As a revised version of the Winston biography launches next week, it is timely to revisit that story: If you were to describe […]
From Investigate’s Facebook headlines this week: IT’S A MIRACLE! – leading atheist wants Bible In Schools to be expanded, calls religious education “crucial” IT’S UNSPEAKABLE – Katie Hopkins is savage over Grenfell tragedy GREEN TECH […]
The towering inferno in London’s Grenfell Tower was predicted by a local residents’ lobby group last year, when it warned Grenfell was a tragedy waiting to happen. Grenfell residents said in a November blog post […]
The range of useful tech products emerging from NZ’s free trade deal with China continues to grow in leaps and bounds, with the latest being a very useful tool for professionals, tradies or anyone who’s […]
FOR QUEEN OR COUNTRY? INVESTIGATE: APRIL 00 June 2017: Seventeen years ago a little-known conference of constitutional experts revealed New Zealand’s dirtiest political secret: that in 1986 the NZ Parliament seized control of the country […]
THE ROCKING OF THE DOME INVESTIGATE: Nov 03 IAN WISHART reports on the infiltration of New Zealand’s Muslim community by Islamic fundamentalists An Islamic “charity” involved in fundraising for Al Qa’ida and the South East […]
FLASHBACK: April 2003 By Hamish Carnachan “It’s a dogs life,” some people reckon, yet I can’t help but notice the irony as I observe Animal Control Services field officer Barbara Slade approach this wretched mongrel. […]
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