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New Zealand

Compulsory Buddhism in schools

MIND CONTROL How a religious cult has gained government approval to groom your kids   A meditation technique linked to an occult group that believes planetary meditation can usher in the return of Lucifer to […]

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The smacking debate

Is smacking child abuse? By Leonard Pitts Jr. My mother was a child abuser. I was, too. In fact, growing up, pretty much every parent I knew abused their kids. Or so many of Adrian […]

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ISIS – air strikes won’t do it

Air campaign against ISIS won’t work By Arnaud de Borchgrave       One of the most absurd and half-baked geopolitical decisions in recent memory, based on totally erroneous intelligence, has come back to bite […]

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New Zealand

NSA spies on Kiwis – journalist

Investigative journalist and author Ian Wishart says Prime Minister John Key can’t ‘rule out’ that America’s NSA is conducting mass surveillance on New Zealanders, because they are and if the Prime Minister asked the right […]

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New Zealand

Kauri dieback not as widespread as feared

Results show limited spread of kauri dieback Results of aerial and ground surveillance of the Coromandel Peninsula show that the presence of Phytophythora taxon Agathis (PTA), or kauri dieback disease is not widespread in the […]

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New Zealand

Britain on high alert over ISIS threat

U.K. raises terror threat level to ‘severe’ USA Today (MCT) The United Kingdom raised its terror threat level to “severe” on Friday in response to events in Iraq and Syria. “What we’re facing in Iraq […]

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New Zealand

Hospital pays $190 million in damages

BC-DOCTOR-PROBE:BZ Suspicious co-worker tipped Johns Hopkins in case of gynecologist who taped patients By Justin Fenton The Baltimore Sun (MCT) BALTIMORE_Newly suspicious of the pen hanging on a lanyard Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita A. […]

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NZ reacts to Russian troop movements

NZ disturbed by reports of Russian Troop Movements Foreign Minister Murray McCully says New Zealand is deeply disturbed at today’s reports indicating the involvement of Russian troops in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. “If these […]

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New Zealand

ISIS in Syria: where to from here?

Analysts: U.S. needs ‘local ally’ against Islamic State USA Today (MCT) As President Obama considers airstrikes in Syria and calls for an international coalition to fight the Islamic State, analysts say no country in the […]

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New Zealand

The Flying Droner Service

GoogleX takes to the skies with secret drone project USA Today (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO — The drone wars have officially begun. Once the exclusive domain of DIYers passionate about buzzing parks and neighbors, tech titans […]

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New Zealand

Actor Robin Williams found dead

US actor and comedian Robin Williams has been found dead in a suspected suicide at his home. Marin County law enforcement confirmed the death this morning, saying 63 year old Williams was “unresponsive” when police […]

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New Zealand

Transmission Gully greenlighted

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says confirmation work will get underway this year on the 27 kilometre Transmission Gully motorway is great news for all Wellingtonians. “Today’s signing of a contract between the NZ Transport Agency […]

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Feature articles

Goodnight Malaysian…

“GOODNIGHT, MALAYSIAN…” LAST MOMENTS OF AN AIRLINE?   Losing one aircraft was bad enough, but now, as a new book about the missing Malaysian 370 flight is published, the besieged airline is dealing with the […]

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Climate Change

Climate of fear

CLIMATE OF FEAR By Ian Wishart It’s been a winter of fools in the public debate about climate change in New Zealand. The public trough-snorters at NIWA and other bastions of climate ‘research’ who rely […]

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Reaching out

Reaching Out By Chloe Milne I write this from John F Kennedy International airport hours before I board a flight that will start me on a European trip, taking me to seven different countries before […]

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Book Reviews

Book reviews – August 2014

REVIEWED BY MICHAEL MORRISSEY In this issue: James Cook’s New World by Graeme Lay The Bassett Road Machine Gun Murders by Scott Bainbridge Purgatory by Rosetta Allen Florid Eyes by Nicky English   JAMES COOK’S […]

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Feature articles

Lies, damned lies, and smart meters

Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and “Smart Meters” By Katherine Smith Described by electromagnetic standards expert Dr. Don Maisch, PhD as “enabling devices”, the stealthy introduction of “smart meters” poses potential risks to health, privacy and […]

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New Zealand

Australia: MH17 an ‘unspeakable crime’

PM Abbott speaks of “unspeakable crime” as 27 Australians feared dead CANBERRA, July 18 (Xinhua) — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described as a “terrible tragedy” the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 […]

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New Zealand

One law to rule us

The Conservative Party is continuing it’s intensive newspaper campaign with full page advertisments today and tomorrow advocating that the best way forward for New Zealand is as one united people who are treated equally under […]