The Government has resolved to take a stronger line on the operation of foreign charter vessels (FCVs) in New Zealand waters, say Primary Industries Minister David Carter and Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson. The Ministers today […]
OPINION BY BILL MUEHLENBERG Opposing Baby-Killing Is Now ‘Hate Speech’ I have just written about two academics who have offered a spirited defence of killing newborn babies. Now the editor of the journal they were […]
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (UPI) — American children’s book author Jan Berenstain has died after suffering a stroke, her son Mike said Monday. She was 88. Berenstain wrote and illustrated the classic Berenstain Bears picture […]
Actress and climate ingenue Lucy Lawless has found life in the rigging of an oil ship is strictly for the birds. The Greenpeace supporter joined a group that illegally boarded a Shell drilling ship that […]
By Ian Wishart Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has survived a leadership challenge from former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, but the damage to the ALP appears terminal. Caucus voted by a two thirds majority in […]
UPDATE: NEW BOOK ON SWEDISH TOURISTS MURDERS IMMINENT A woman has today reported being attacked in the Coromandel bush around the time when Swedish tourists Urban Hoglin and Heidi Paakonen disappeared, but she’s told Investigate […]
UPDATE DEC 18 2012: BREAKING NEWS See latest story here: http://investigatemagazine.co.nz/?p=3166 BY IAN WISHART EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: ANOTHER NEW WITNESS STEPS FORWARD TODAY AS RESULT OF STORY BELOW, READ MORE HERE While Metro magazine has an […]
TORONTO, Feb. 22 (UPI) — The Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co., which has run tour boats at Niagara Falls since the 19th century, lost its exclusive contract Wednesday. Canada’s Niagara Parks Commission said it […]
TOKYO, Feb. 22 (UPI) — Central Tokyo someday could possibly be rocked by an earthquake that registers a 7, the strongest on the Japanese seismic-intensity scale, researchers say. The prediction for a major quake under […]
Roger Waters – Vector Arena – Auckland – 20th February 2012 Reviewed by Matt Wishart Now I know this isn’t about motorbikes, but it is too damn good to not write about so here I […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 20 (UPI) — Two Kansas City Zoo workers left two cage doors unlocked, allowing two gorillas to get out and wander around a holding area, the zoo’s director said […]
JENNINGS, Mo., Feb. 20 (UPI) — A 9-year-old suburban St. Louis boy was recovering Monday after being shot in the back by his 10-year-old brother while they were home alone, authorities said. St. Louis County […]
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 (UPI) — A Los Angeles city bus driver dozed off, causing the vehicle to careen off of two signs, several trees, a light pole and a bus stop, authorities […]
This statement just released from Peter Gleick via the Huffington Post The Origin of the Heartland Documents Peter Gleick “Since the release in mid-February of a series of documents related to the internal strategy of […]
OPINION BY IAN WISHART American computer scientist and business consultant John Mashey has been making hay from documents suggesting conservative think tank Heartland has funded climate skeptics. The irony is that the firm Mashey and […]
One of the major planks of the climate change argument has splintered today with a new scientific study finding no major ice loss in Antarctica over the past 30 years. The study, published today in […]
An academic paper from the London School of Economics has slammed the influence of an unnamed “entrepreneur” who managed to get governments to adopt climate change biofuels targets despite evidence showing biofuels may be more […]
A respected Middle East intelligence website is reporting New Zealand and Australian military have been part of a multinational training exercise that could be a precursor for war with Iran. “Some 20,000 marines, seamen and […]
OPINION BY IAN WISHART The High Court ruling on overseas investment promises to be a precedent setter, and not before time. For years, observers of New Zealand’s foreign investment policy have nursed an increasingly nagging […]
In a stunning legal bombshell late this afternoon, the Government appears to have admitted that the agency tasked with approving overseas investment in New Zealand has been applying the wrong criteria to its decisions for […]
An Air New Zealand Boeing 777 flight from Narita airport in Japan is quarantined on the tarmac of Auckland airport this morning as paramedics in protective suits assess the conditions of 73 passengers shown flu-like […]
New Zealand’s Auckland Airport is in a health lockdown after 60 passengers on a flight from Japan developed flu-like symptoms in flight. The Air New Zealand flight was carrying 274 people from Narita, and officials […]
A new report examining daycare, and the new generation of research from the biosciences, argues that policymakers and governments are not presenting the full picture of the real-time effects of extended daycare on children. The […]
Crafar Farms Deal Economic Treason, Says Peters (release) New Zealand First has described the sale of the Crafar farms to the China state owned company Shanghai Pengxin as economic treason. Rt Hon Winston Peters says […]
The Government has gone with China over the local rivals led by Sir Michael Fay, in the Crafar Farms land sovereignty issue. The Fay consortium will seek a judicial review of the decision. The issue […]
IN THE NEW INVESTIGATE MAGAZINE… We background the MegaUpload sting, we break an exclusive story on a legal battle to force the Anglican Church to ordain gay priests – a case that could set a […]
Rotorua Police are today excavating under the house of a former police officer in the search for bodies in some of New Zealand’s highest profile cold case murders. The officer died three years ago, but […]
Staff at Kim Dotcom Schmitz’s $30 million mansion had been told only days before last week’s police raid that their boss was planning to travel overseas, and most of the staff would be made redundant. […]
Staff at Kim Dotcom Schmitz’s $30 million mansion had been told only days before last week’s police raid that their boss was planning to travel overseas, and most of the staff would be made redundant. […]
New Zealand’s St John Ambulance has launched an inquiry into proposed awards involving a staff member accused of statutory rape of a 14 year old girl. “St John is currently making inquiries into the issues […]
bc-italy-cruiseship-2ndld UPI NewsTrack Giglio, Italy GIGLIO, Italy, Jan. 22 (UPI) — The captain of the Costa cruise ship that capsized in Italy told a judge he had been ordered to sail too close to shore, […]
bc-britain-ear UPI NewsTrack London, England LONDON, Jan. 22 (UPI) — A 6-year-old girl lost her ear while she was being mauled by a dog in London, officials said. The girl’s father had to punch the […]
bc-us-evicted UPI NewsTrack Detroit, MI, United States DETROIT, Jan. 22 (UPI) — A 101-year-old woman who authorities promised could move back into her Detroit home after being evicted four months ago has not yet been […]
A St John Ambulance official who allegedly had sex with a 14 year old child is being given a Governor-General’s award despite both St John’s and the Government being aware of his involvement in the […]
By Ian Wishart The race for the Republican presidential nomination has taken on an intriguing new vibe with today’s wipeout of Mitt Romney by a resurgent Newt Gingrich. Despite his social liberalism, Gingrich managed to […]
Gingrich rides debate performances to sweeping South Carolina win By Mark Z. Barabak Los Angeles Times (MCT) CHARLESTON, S.C. – Newt Gingrich surged to victory Saturday in the South Carolina primary, riding a pair of […]
Cold-loving fungus killing more bats than previously thought By Louis Sahagun Los Angeles Times Federal researchers say an infectious and lethal cold-loving fungus sweeping through parts of North America and Canada has killed millions more […]
bc-afghanistan-choppercrash UPI NewsTrack Kabul, Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 19 (UPI) — A NATO helicopter crashed in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, killing six soldiers, NATO said. There was no enemy activity in the area at the […]
New Zealand Police carrying out a swoop for the FBI on Megaupload founder Kim Schmitz found sawn-off shotguns as well as loot when they executed search warrants this morning. Police, acting on a mutual assistance […]
BMJ-British Medical Journal Effects of Tamiflu still uncertain, warn experts, as Roche continues to withhold key trial data 2 years after pharmaceutical giant Roche promised the BMJ it would release key Tamiflu trial data for […]
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