Wellington (dpa) – A student pilot came close to landing on a busy state highway in New Zealand’s North Island on March 22, when he mistook the road for an airport runway, authorities said. Police […]
Wellington (dpa) – New Zealand’s Great Easter Bunny Hunt, an annual cull of rabbits on the South Island, nearly claimed a human life Saturday when one hunter accidentally shot himself. The 26-year-old, one of more […]
By Dirk Godder Seoul (dpa) – North Korea announced Saturday that it was in a state of war with South Korea, in its ongoing angry rhetoric against South Korea and the United States. In […]
The 82 year old entertainer who had Princess Anne singing along to his song Two Little Boys at the Queen’s jubilee concert last year has been arrested on reported child sex charges. Rolf Harris was […]
By Ian Wishart “Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes, but fail to see; and ears, but fail to hear? And don’t you remember…?” The words of […]
By Anne Walters and Marco Mierke Washington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama named Tuesday the first woman to head the Secret Service in its 148-year history. Julia Pierson, 53, will lead the service that […]
Berlin (dpa) – A new lawn-mowing robot designed to handle yards of up to 3,000 square metres is going on sale soon thanks to Israeli company Friendly Robotics. The Robomow RS 630 has a 56-centimetre […]
David, If Shane Jones is the answer to the question, ask a better question. How can the voters of New Zealand trust the judgement of a cabinet minister like this, or the leader who endorses […]
An injured climber has been rescued by helicopter from Mt Awful in Mt Aspiring National Park, after suffering head injuries following a fall of around 100m. The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) received a […]
EDITORIAL: The decline of Australian manufacturing The recent closure of a number of iconic Australian food manufacturers highlights the parlous state of manufacturing in Australia, the extent of Australia’s growing dependence on imports, and the […]
The Commerce Commission is seeking more information from farmers and others who entered into a financial derivative product known as interest rate swaps. The Commission has received complaints primarily from the rural community alleging they […]
By Ian Wishart Author, Air Con The bitter Arctic conditions continuing to hold Europe and North America in a vice-like grip have killed thousands of people so far, with no sign of a let-up, and […]
Justice Minister Judith Collins has tabled in Parliament today the Law Commission’s report on regulation of the news media in the digital age. The report, The News Media Meets ‘New Media’: Rights, Responsibilities and Regulation […]
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he was very disappointed to learn at 2.21pm today that properties within the document sent by the Earthquake Commission to an unauthorised recipient on Friday contained more information […]
Kaloba approved as medicine in Oz BY IAN WISHART Four years ago, Investigate magazine broke the story in this country of a major new health supplement that we labelled a “cure for the common […]
It turns out there is an ‘i’ in the word team, after all. Not just an ‘i’, but the letters c-h-m-p as well. Teamwork has been fundamental in humanity’s greatest achievements but scientists have found […]
Justice Minister Judith Collins is pleased to announce the appointment of Dame Susan Devoy DMNZ, CBE as the new Race Relations Commissioner. “Dame Susan is a proud New Zealander who is highly motivated to contribute […]
Fair Play on Fees has reached 20,000 registrations at www.fairplayonfees.co.nz, with more Kiwis signing up to the fight against bank penalty fees every day. The enthusiasm for the case from claimants contrasts starkly with the […]
Thousands of investors who lost millions of dollars when the financial product Credit SaILS failed in the global financial crisis will receive some welcome news in the post around Easter. Letters are being sent out […]
A poll of New Zealanders has found that 3 out of 4 voters want the anti-smacking law amended, and the support is strongest from National, NZ First and Maori party voters. In the poll of […]
Tax status of carparks to remain unchanged The Government will not continue with a proposal which would have changed the way some employer-paid carparks in central Auckland and Wellington are treated for tax purposes, Finance […]
Two earthquakes within minutes of each other have rattled Aucklanders and put cracks in some driveways, but experts say it’s nothing to worry about. The first quake, registering just over three on the Richter scale, […]
India is reeling after yet another sexual violence incident, this time the pack rape of a 39 year old Swiss woman cycling India’s tourist trails with her husband. The couple were journeying to the Taj […]
A “muscular” black cat the “size of a panther” has been caught by a trapper in the New Zealand wilderness. Pest eradicator Doug Beech of the firm Matukituki Natives has been trapping pests for the […]
Acting Minister of Trade Steven Joyce has welcomed the 15 March announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Abe of Japan’s interest in joining the negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). “This expression of interest […]
A new report written by Dr David Whitehouse and published today by the Global Warming Policy Foundation concludes that there has been no statistically significant increase in annual global temperatures since 1997. After reviewing the scientific […]
The producer of this year’s most popular TV show has told Entertainment Weekly that “weird things” were happening on the set of his mini-series smash, The Bible. The show’s first episode on cable TV attracted […]
Nearly quarter of a million new Climategate emails have been released on the internet in the third major info-dump of climate scientists’ documents. The latest release of 220,000 emails is being dubbed “Climategate 3.0”, and […]
Since March 1st, Kiwis around the country have been relishing the much-awaited taste of deliciously crunchy Guide Biscuits. But as much as we’d like Guide Biscuits to be available all year around, they’re only […]
A state of drought has been officially declared throughout the entire North Island by the Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy today. “Local groups have asked for regional declarations of drought in the past week, […]
Geneva, 14 March 2013. At the Moriond Conference today, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at CERN1’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) presented preliminary new results that further elucidate the particle discovered last year. Having analysed two […]
Bio-scientists are reeling at the implications of new research published in the prestigious planetary science journal Icarus, which indicates the DNA code of all life on earth contains a pattern that indicates deliberate design. Scientists […]
By Ian Wishart The same sex marriage bill has passed its second reading tonight in the New Zealand parliament, making gay marriage almost a certainty in that country. The bill will have to pass a […]
Could a spike in credit defaults from Gen Y be part of the housing crisis? 13 March 2013 More of Australia’s new generation of first home buyers are living with credit defaults and a consumer […]
The Auditor-General’s report into the Yang Liu affair is extremely damning of the way Shane Jones handled the issue, and calls into question David Shearer’s judgment in reinstating him to Labour’s front bench, Acting Prime […]
BISHOP TAKES RED QUEEN Been taking some heat in the past day or so from GayNZ’s “Red Queen”, Craig Ranapia over the self-proclaimed gay “blueprint” for a propaganda campaign to brainwash the public into supporting […]
Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Period 25 of the schools’ payroll. Pay Period 25, which was paid on the morning […]
Three firms have today launched a call for New Zealanders to sign up to participate in class actions which will claim back excessive bank default fees. The litigation will be the largest class action in […]
New Zealand’s major trading banks have been told they are being sued over a billion dollars worth of default fees charged to kiwi customers over the past six years. A lobby group, Fair Play on […]
In 1987, two American gay activists – advertising guru Hunter Madsen (using the pen name Erastes Pill, sourced from the Greek word for pederasty) and neuropsychiatry researcher Marshall Kirk – put together what they themselves […]
Copyright 2017, Investigate Magazine
