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. […]
New Zealand’s governing National Party is unchanged with 43% support in May virtually level with the opposition Labour/Greens on 42.5% (unchanged) before this week’s New Zealand Budget delivered a second straight annual surplus. The tight […]
Search and rescue helicopter crews had only a signal location for each incident when responding to two separate rescue beacon alerts from South Island mountains yesterday afternoon. The Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand arranged […]
Scientists discover extreme geothermal activity in South Island A collaboration by scientists who drilled nearly 900 metres into the South Island’s Alpine Fault has revealed surprisingly high temperatures and the potential for large geothermal resources […]
The Conservative Party of NZ has ditched decades of political tradition and chosen to kick off its 2017 Election campaign in a virtual launch online, rather than a damp city hall on a cold winter’s […]
New Study Confirms: The Warming ‘Pause’ Is Real And Revealing By Dr David Whitehouse, GWPF Science Editor A new paper has been published in the Analysis section of Nature called Reconciling controversies about the ‘global […]
Antarctic Peninsula ice more stable than thought University of Leeds media statement: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Glacier flow at the southern Antarctic Peninsula has increased since the 1990s, but a new study has found the change […]
By Conor Coughlin of The Lid Last year our US Attorney General was threatening to file criminal racketeering charges against private citizens for mockery of state science. Last week the new administration announced the repeal of […]
OPINION By Ian Wishart The current moral panic in the news media over “quack” water Te Kiri Gold – claimed by its inventor to treat cancer – illustrates a wider problem facing daily news journalists: […]
New Zealand has issued a blunt ANZAC travel warning: there could be a terror attack at Gallipoli. “Terrorists may seek to target Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula,”warns Foreign Minister Murray McCully this afternoon. […]
OPINION By Ian Wishart There’s an old Arabic curse which loosely translates : ‘May the fleas of a thousand camels invade the crotch of the person that ruins your day. And may their arms be […]
OPINION By Ian Wishart The New Zealand Defence Force appears to have destroyed the journalistic reputations of Hit and Run authors Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson at a news conference today, confirming that the fatalities […]
IS NICKY HAGER AN UNETHICAL HYPOCRITE? YOU BE THE JUDGE: By Ian Wishart I hope Nicky’s work in his new book Hit and Run attacking NZ SAS in Afghanistan is a step up from his […]
There are Aussie pelicans in the Kaipara, but is the Maori ‘taniwha’ or Ngarara based on encounters with another Aussie migrant? An old scientific study from the 1980s indicates Australian saltwater crocodiles are occasional summer […]
A new political poll carried out by the Conservative Party finds Labour’s new deputy Jacinda Ardern could potentially carry Labour to victory if she took over from Andrew Little as leader. The poll, carried out […]
Federated Mountain Clubs, as representative of New Zealand’s outdoor community, is calling upon American media personality Matt Lauer to restart negotiations with the community regarding his purchase of the Hunter Valley Station. Federated Mountain Clubs welcomes […]
Arguably New Zealand’s most dramatic offshore powerboat crash is being remembered today, 21 years after it nearly claimed the life of acclaimed racer Graeme Horne. Horne was captaining “Fleetlease” with two crew at 150 km/h […]
A new political poll doing the rounds of social media is asking which way people would vote if new deputy Jacinda Ardern was actually the Leader of the Labour Party. The “Great Kiwi Poll” asks […]
Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says the implementation of a new nationwide channel for sending alerts about emergencies to mobile phones is on track to be up and running by the end of the year. […]
The Government will progressively lift the age of eligibility for NZ Superannuation from 65 to 67, starting in 20 years’ time, Prime Minister Bill English announced today. “New Zealanders are healthier and living longer so […]
The Maritime Research Group’s project to free double killer Scott Watson has collapsed tonight after it issued yet another false report on the controversial murder case. The MRG, stung by revelations it got its facts […]
Some of you will have wasted hours of your life watching Warwick Jenness and Mike Kalaugher’s supposed ‘expert’ MRG videos on the Watson case. Now I am going to save the rest of you hours […]
New health book slams Australian low salt diet push “Show Me The Money, Honey” book reveals cholesterol, saturated fat and salt are good for most people’s health EMBARGOED TO 4 DECEMBER 2016 — The […]
THE NEW JIHAD The struggle to keep the lid on radicalisation As the ripples from the Charlie Hebdo and Lindt Café terror attacks continue to spread, questions are being asked in cafes, workplaces and […]
GNS Science has revised the magnitude of the large earthquake that struck at 12:02am on Monday from a 7.5 to a 7.8, Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says. “GNS Science informed my office of […]
Senior members of the self-styled “Free Scott Watson” social media support group have made appalling comments accusing Olivia Hope’s grieving father of possibly being involved in her murder. The group, which today opened a hotline […]
A new poll shows this week’s TV documentary “Doubt: the Scott Watson Case” has taken a shock credibility hit from a movie length video by Ian Wishart responding to it, with a massive slide in […]
As an exercise in cinematography there were some great shots. As an exercise in investigative journalism, director Yvonne Mackay and presenter Chris Gallavin delivered no shots at all. At a cost of a million dollars, […]
NEW WATSON DOCO A WASTE OF A MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS SAYS AUTHOR AUCKLAND: The author of three books on the Scott Watson case says a new docudrama on the mystery is a waste of […]
The 3 deadliest pieces of advice your doctor will ever give you – explosive new health book challenges NZ healthy diet claims “Show Me The Money, Honey” book reveals cholesterol, saturated fat and salt are […]
An award-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author has lent his weight to MKR celebrity paleo chef Pete Evans and his warnings about sunscreen use this past week. Ian Wishart, whose book “Vitamin D: Is This […]
The Minister of Health needs to explain to taxpayers how $3million is sitting in the account of a defunct charity when the money was supposed to be used to help smokers quit. Radio NZ reports […]
The author of a soon to be released new book on salt, cholesterol and chocolate has slammed today’s Auckland University recommendations to cut salt intake by 30%, warning they could kill New Zealanders. Investigative […]
By Ali Shakir Iraqi-born architect and author of A Muslim on the Bridge (Signal 8 Press, 2013) and Café Fayrouz (ASP INC, 2015) member of The New Zealand Society of Authors. It’s been eight […]
Yeah, I know I said I was taking the summer off for some overseas research, but I can’t resist commenting on Saturday’s Australian election, which proved to be as big a fiasco as one could […]
By Ian Wishart Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is a skilled politician. I know this, because of all the hand-wringing and angst that’s emerged in the wake of the Brexit vote, hers takes the cake. […]
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST BLASTS POLICE OVER “FATALLY FLAWED” ELEMENTARY BOOK REPORT [IN BRIEF]: this news release makes three key points. 1: the police are wrong on point one…statements from Ted Walsh confirm Scott Watson travelled to […]
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