Embattled Auckland mayor Len Brown could face a private prosecution over undeclared donations from Sky City Casino, at the hands of the same team that successfully took previous Auckland mayor John Banks to court. Anti-corruption […]
SCIENCE: Apr 05, AU Edition RELATIVITY, SCHMELATIVITY Sure, Einstein hit it big in 1905. But let’s not forget the really important inventions of a century ago – like the windscreen wiper, says Pat Sheil The […]
TOUGH QUESTIONS: May 05, AU Edition IAN WISHART Debating the Resurrection – is it important? So that was Easter. You know, the time of year when we all jump in cars for a long weekend […]
ENDANGERED SPECIES: Apr 05, AU Edition ENDANGERED SPECIES Redefining the Australian family She works hard for the money. She works hard at home. He’s burning the candle at both ends, chasing the dollars they desperately […]
THE ARENA: June 05, AU Edition JAMES MORROW Forget Supernanny. What Australia needs is Superteacher If there is one show that is appointment viewing in our house – OK, besides Desperate Housewives – it is […]
HEALTH: June 05, AU Edition NOT SO FAT New numbers from America suggest obesity isn’t as dangerous as previously thought. But don’t reach for that Big Mac just yet Obesity is the second-leading preventable cause […]
SCIENCE: Nov 05, AU Edition A CASE OF THE SHAKES New research says that earthquakes may be contagious, reports Sandi Doughton Geologists used to answer with an emphatic “No” when asked if mega-earthquakes like the […]
May 05, AU Edition Helen Clark has been New Zealand’s PM since 1999, and her Labour Party has had about as firm a lock on power as is possible in a democratic country. But all […]
TOUGH QUESTIONS: Nov 05, AU Edition IAN WISHART We’re all fundamentalists now They’re just another raving bunch of fundamentalists! Now there’s a phrase you’ll hear on talk radio if you listen hard enough. Fundamentalist. The […]
TOUGH QUESTIONS: July 05, AU Edition IAN WISHART The death of a child I suspect many people remember this song: ‘Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven? Would you be the […]
How do you take a radical idea and turn it into a market leader? JAMES MORROW talks to Ross Cameron, Managing Director of Dyson Appliances’ South-East Asian operations about how he took a vacuum cleaner […]
David J. Ford has spent a lifetime working in the region’s hotspots – including over a half-dozen years active service with the British Army’s Royal Military Police during the Malayan Emergency and the Borneo Rebellion […]
THE GOOD OIL Are we heading for a world with less petrol, or is there enough black gold in the ground to keep us driving 4WDs for five hundred years? CLARE SWINNEY looks at ‘peak […]
YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN James Morrow speaks to Zimbabwean actor and filmmaker Chloe Traicos about life in exile, her documentary about the brutality of the Mugabe regime, and the growing community of escapees from […]
THE MISERY INDEX It comes like a thief in the night and empties wallets of purchasing power. And it means debtors make off like bandits. What is it? Inflation – and with oil prices high, […]
REVENGE OF THE NERDS: Apr 05, AU Edition REVENGE OF THE NERDS Australian families are spending more on education than ever – but what are they getting for their money? A crash course in left-wing […]
POSTCARD FROM THE EDGE If Geoff Mackley were a cat, he’d almost surely have used up his quota of lives by now. As the world’s ultimate storm-chaser and subject of the Discovery Channel’s Dangerman series, […]
THE DEATH OF TAXES As pressure builds on the Howard Government to cut taxes, IAN WISHART reports on moves in the United States that go one giant leap further, and which may yet impact on […]
JAMES MORROW Get ready for a long, hot summer… Anyone who has ever taken a holiday in a beach community knows that such places can be fairly insular places. When so much time is spent […]
THE LIFESTYLE BLOCK BOOM INVESTIGATE: JUN 03 Is it the call of the wild, or something even more primal? HAMISH CARNACHAN investigates a growing phenomenon in population drift: They call it downshifting. A word evocative, […]
[The following story initially ran in the April 06 edition of Investigate magazine, but is directly relevant to the purchase announced April 28, 2008 of Vector Energy’s Wellington grid by the same businessman] The Hong […]
ELECTRIC DREAMERS INVESTIGATE: JUN 03 You know the drill: cold shower threats every two years, government warnings of a “1 in 60 year drought” every 18 months – are solar and wind power really the […]
Teen golfer Lydia Ko gets first professional win in 2nd start TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 8 (UPI) — New Zealand teen Lydia Ko claimed her first professional victory in just her second start Sunday, taking the […]
Review: Lorde tops Saturday’s Not So Silent Night By Jim Harrington Contra Costa Times McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Dec. 08–Lorde reigned supreme at Saturday’s Not So Silent Night concert. The New Zealand singer-songwriter, who recently learned […]
4 U.S. presidents to attend Mandela memorial By Robyn Dixon Los Angeles Times (MCT) JOHANNESBURG _ Four American presidents, along with more than 60 other world leaders, will travel to South Africa this week to […]
Dust may be more rare than expected in galaxies of the early Universe, according to an international research team, led by Swinburne University of Technology astrophysicist Dr David Fisher. In a galaxy named IZw 18, […]
The Commerce Commission has welcomed the news that all but $17,000 of the $60 million settlement fund in the failed investment product Credit SaILS has been returned to investors. The Public Trust, who was appointed […]
LA-World-mourns-Nelson-Mandela-South-Africa-s-greatest-son-1205-20131205 World mourns Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s ‘greatest son’ By Carol J. Williams Los Angeles Times McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Dec. 05–World leaders and human rights activists from around the globe mourned the death of South […]
Associate Tourism Minister Chris Tremain will travel to Los Angeles today to represent the Government at The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug world premiere. “The world premiere in L.A provides the opportunity to build on […]
OUT OF MIND Is New Zealand’s Mental Health System Failing Our Youth? Words by Taleta McDonald Olivia Smith’s parents watched in horror as their daughter was removed from the clinician’s room and returned demanding medication. […]
TOTALITARIA LOOMS How The UN Has Been Planning A Global Government For Decades UN documents leaked to Fox News last month reveal the United Nations is gearing up for a ‘planetary announcement’ in 2015 that […]
THE BATTLE FOR BEACHES Researcher John McLean argues vast swathes of the New Zealand coastline are under treaty threat There are currently three major claims for customary title (ownership rights) of the foreshore and seabed […]
TURKEYS VOTE IN FAVOUR OF EARLY CHRISTMAS Twelve years ago, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, commentator Mark Steyn coined the phrase “sleepwalking to national suicide” in relation to the West’s approach to […]
Auckland mayor Len Brown’s receipt of free hotel rooms at Sky City Casino for sex romps with his mistress are a massive conflict of interest, says public affairs watchdog Penny Bright. Bright, who polled fourth […]
Prime Minister John Key today announced the appointment of Rebecca Kitteridge to the position of Director of Security, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS). Ms Kitteridge will replace Dr Warren Tucker, who is retiring […]
New ligament discovered in the human knee Two knee surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have discovered a previously unknown ligament in the human knee. This ligament appears to play an important role in patients with […]
EDITORIAL: U.S. must rein in surveillance of allies Star Tribune (Minneapolis) McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Nov. 04–The revelation that the U.S. government has allegedly intercepted communications of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and that it […]
Of the 2,798 marriages in New Zealand in the September quarter, fewer than 50 were to same sex couples getting hitched for the first time. New statistics released by the Government show that whilst there […]
‘Open Letter’/OIA to NZ Prime Minister John Key: “Why have you not ensured that ‘due diligence’ was carried out over the increased risk of money-laundering with the International Convention Centre (Sky City) Bill”? Dear Prime […]
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye today announced 57 Christchurch schools are set to get their wireless network upgraded as part of the national Schools Network Upgrade Project (SNUP). “From next year, these schools will […]
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