New Zealand

Full text of TPP agreement released

It’s been years in the making, but the text of the world’s most controversial trade treaty, the massive Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has finally been released for public scrutiny. The agreement covers around 40% of […]

New Zealand

Amy Brooke: John Key counts his chickens

By Amy Brooke It wasn’t just undergraduate – many would have found it basically disgusting.  And we’re stuck with this man as leader of the country… So what’s it all about? According to yesterday’s afternoon […]

New Zealand

Kokako sanctuary a success

By Adelia Hallett The return of the endangered kokako to Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari after 30 years shows that people can reverse environmental loss when they put their minds to it, says fundraising expert and environmental […]

New Zealand

Mark Steyn: Islam and the West

A thought for the day from my bestselling book After America: According to Mushtaq Yufzai, the Taliban have a saying: ‘Americans have all the watches, but we’ve got all the time.’ Cute. If it’s not […]

Ian Wishart podcasts

The Ian Wishart Radio Show 14 February 2014 segment 1 podcast

Atheists are mounting legal challenges to get Christianity out of schools. Ian Wishart interviews historian Paul Moon about the Church’s impact on our education system as the culture wars flare up. https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ianwishartshow/TheIanWishartShow14February2014Segment1.mp3

New Zealand

The Poisoning of New Zealand

THE POISONING OF NEW ZEALAND THE ‘ERIN BROKOVICH’-STYLE SCANDAL IN NEW ZEALAND’S BACKYARD (Oct 2000) Outbreaks of rare diseases and tumors are appearing in clusters around New Zealand, close to chemical factories. Why doesn’t the […]

New Zealand

100 days of D: new vitamin D push

100 DAYS OF D: NEW VITAMIN D SPRAY RELEASED TO NZ MARKET A new way to get vitamin D has been unveiled by New Zealand natural products company Pharmabroker, which has released the DLux Vitamin […]

New Zealand

Royal baby – it’s a girl

Prime Minister John Key has congratulated Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on the birth of their second child, a girl. “On behalf of the people of New Zealand I would like […]

New Zealand

Gecko arrested in Germany, deported to NZ

Jewelled geckos returned to New Zealand Associate Conservation Minister Nicky Wagner says the return of two illicitly taken native jewelled geckos to New Zealand shores sends a clear message that wildlife crime will not be […]