By Ian Wishart Two years ago I wrote the book that blew open the Scott Watson/Ben & Olivia murder case, “Elementary: What Haven’t They Told You?”. Twenty years ago tonight, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope […]
A Consumer NZ test of kiwi sunscreen brands is misleading and dangerous, warns a Vitamin D researcher and author, because it ignores an elephant in the room – there’s growing evidence sunscreens don’t actually protect […]
Dr. Nir Shaviv’s Scientific Summary for his Cambridge Union debate: Dr. Shaviv: Let me begin by asking you a question. What is the evidence that people, like the proponents here, use to prove that we humans are […]
By Ian Wishart We all know about the Hollywood casting couch; well, the news business has one of its own. Young naive ignorant junior journalists are invited in, plied with freebies and told to bend […]
“There’s not one chance in a million that the future will unfold in the manner predicted by the NZ Royal Society’s report “Human Health Impacts of Climate Change in New Zealand”, said the chairman of […]
By Ian Wishart Only hours into their administration, the new Labour coalition government has already incurred the wrath of Aucklanders with its promotion of a ten cent per litre regional fuel tax. It will actually […]
Kids’ Science Quotes The beguiling ideas about science quoted here were gleaned from essays, exams, and classroom discussions. Most were from 5th and 6th graders. They illustrate Mark Twain’s contention that the ‘most interesting […]
Urgent review for New-Born Baby to Be Returned to Its Parents Wednesday, 11 October 2017 Update by Sue O’Callaghan Call for new-born baby to be returned to its parents A 5 day old baby taken from […]
By Ian Wishart If you open up any New Zealand school history textbook, it will proudly declare that New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote, back in 1893. […]
By Ian Wishart The scandal surrounding who leaked information about the overpaid pension of NZ First leader Winston Peters raises some fascinating questions. In recent weeks we’ve seen the Green Party implode and its voters […]
Several years ago, against the advice of many, restrictions on discussing suicide in the news media were lifted. Change advocates, with the best of intentions, argued that our suicide problem had to be brought into […]
LANDMARK FACEBOOK DEFAMATION CASE HAS ENDED, CLARIFIES LAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE A groundbreaking Facebook defamation case that’s changed the law around what you can say online has finally come to an end after a […]
BY IAN WISHART A long running conspiracy theory about the mystery ketch in the Scott Watson murder case has finally been debunked. A group of sailing enthusiasts calling themselves the Maritime Research Group have claimed […]
In April 2002, Investigate’s HAMISH CARNACHAN interviewed NZ First Leader Winston Peters. As a revised version of the Winston biography launches next week, it is timely to revisit that story: If you were to describe […]
From Investigate’s Facebook headlines this week: IT’S A MIRACLE! – leading atheist wants Bible In Schools to be expanded, calls religious education “crucial” IT’S UNSPEAKABLE – Katie Hopkins is savage over Grenfell tragedy GREEN TECH […]
The towering inferno in London’s Grenfell Tower was predicted by a local residents’ lobby group last year, when it warned Grenfell was a tragedy waiting to happen. Grenfell residents said in a November blog post […]
The range of useful tech products emerging from NZ’s free trade deal with China continues to grow in leaps and bounds, with the latest being a very useful tool for professionals, tradies or anyone who’s […]
FOR QUEEN OR COUNTRY? INVESTIGATE: APRIL 00 June 2017: Seventeen years ago a little-known conference of constitutional experts revealed New Zealand’s dirtiest political secret: that in 1986 the NZ Parliament seized control of the country […]
From Mark Steyn’s column this week: Mayor Khan is a slippery customer, and he used a slippery phrase in reassuring the public after Saturday’s carnage: London, he declared, was “one of the safest global cities […]
By Ian Wishart British Prime Minister Theresa May is licking her wounds today, but it won’t be enough to save her. May squandered a plus-20 opinion poll lead eight weeks ago to wake up this […]
THE ROCKING OF THE DOME INVESTIGATE: Nov 03 IAN WISHART reports on the infiltration of New Zealand’s Muslim community by Islamic fundamentalists An Islamic “charity” involved in fundraising for Al Qa’ida and the South East […]
FLASHBACK: April 2003 By Hamish Carnachan “It’s a dogs life,” some people reckon, yet I can’t help but notice the irony as I observe Animal Control Services field officer Barbara Slade approach this wretched mongrel. […]
New Zealand’s governing National Party is unchanged with 43% support in May virtually level with the opposition Labour/Greens on 42.5% (unchanged) before this week’s New Zealand Budget delivered a second straight annual surplus. The tight […]
Search and rescue helicopter crews had only a signal location for each incident when responding to two separate rescue beacon alerts from South Island mountains yesterday afternoon. The Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand arranged […]
Australia & New Zealand Lecture Tour, May – June 2017 Want to discover your Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors? Many people believe that researching Irish ancestors is impossible because of the destruction of the Public […]
Scientists discover extreme geothermal activity in South Island A collaboration by scientists who drilled nearly 900 metres into the South Island’s Alpine Fault has revealed surprisingly high temperatures and the potential for large geothermal resources […]
The Conservative Party of NZ has ditched decades of political tradition and chosen to kick off its 2017 Election campaign in a virtual launch online, rather than a damp city hall on a cold winter’s […]
New Study Confirms: The Warming ‘Pause’ Is Real And Revealing By Dr David Whitehouse, GWPF Science Editor A new paper has been published in the Analysis section of Nature called Reconciling controversies about the ‘global […]
As some of you know, I ditched my Samsung Galaxy S6 around 18 months ago in favour of a generic rugged phone out of Asia. Well, I was about to sign up for a 24 […]
Antarctic Peninsula ice more stable than thought University of Leeds media statement: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Glacier flow at the southern Antarctic Peninsula has increased since the 1990s, but a new study has found the change […]
Don’t give Mum another $70 bouquet that’s dead in days. Give her something to read. If you’re looking for the Mother’s Day special with TWO free gifts offered on the Leighton Smith show today, click […]
By Conor Coughlin of The Lid Last year our US Attorney General was threatening to file criminal racketeering charges against private citizens for mockery of state science. Last week the new administration announced the repeal of […]
OPINION By Ian Wishart The current moral panic in the news media over “quack” water Te Kiri Gold – claimed by its inventor to treat cancer – illustrates a wider problem facing daily news journalists: […]
New Zealand has issued a blunt ANZAC travel warning: there could be a terror attack at Gallipoli. “Terrorists may seek to target Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula,”warns Foreign Minister Murray McCully this afternoon. […]
The recent controversies over transgender bathrooms in the USA and transgender kiwi weightlifter Laurel Hubbard winning a women’s tournament in Australia after a long career as a biological male weightlifter have highlighted the thorny issues […]
Worried that one of the last opportunities for a genuine family break is under threat, lobby group Family First is launching a campaign to support businesses who respect Easter. “Easter is less than two weeks […]
OPINION By Ian Wishart There’s an old Arabic curse which loosely translates : ‘May the fleas of a thousand camels invade the crotch of the person that ruins your day. And may their arms be […]
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OPINION By Ian Wishart The New Zealand Defence Force appears to have destroyed the journalistic reputations of Hit and Run authors Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson at a news conference today, confirming that the fatalities […]
From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER The foundation of aquatic life can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere can rapidly adapt to global […]
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