Articles in ‘Current Affairs’

Market Analysis The Kitco News team speaks to analysts and experts on the frontlines of the market to get the most up-to-date news on the economy. The show offers a well-rounded, timely view on big market moves and any major headlines that may affect financial assets. Coined – no pun intended – as the number one source of precious metals news, Kitco News is the leading provider of up-to-date price action in the precious metals space. Sep 28,…

Under special legislation recently introduced to parliament, marine protection areas are to triple the total area under protection in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park to 18 per cent. These areas include some of the most favoured fishing spots in the Gulf and the Coromandel coast, such as parts of the Mokohīnau Islands, the Noises, Aldermen Islands, western and northern Coromandel, Little Barrier Island, Kawau Island, and Tiritiri Matangi Island. The…

“If you are not happy with the state the country is in, you need to vote for change. No sense complaining about it, you’ve got to be brave and place your trust in the ones that are fighting for you. I will take your voice and represent you in parliament. I will take issue with the things that violate your sovereignty and rights. I will fight 100% for YOU!” mykeljon winckel: Voice Media and elocal video magazine Today we're talking with…

We are constantly being told by the Government, Environmentalists and the Greens that renewable energy in the form of solar and wind generation is going to alleviate climate change. And now they are telling us that we have a savior coming; Blackrock, an American company, is going to spend $2 Billion dollars and create a sustainable energy future for New Zealand. But they haven’t mentioned how we are going to pay for this creation or how much…

Join Michelle Mokori ‘On The Spot’ Kitco World Financial News Aug 25, 2023 · Guest: Mike McGlone · Michelle Makori, Lead Anchor and Editor-in-Chief at Kitco News, interviews Mike McGlone, Senior Macro Strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, who says that several key macroeconomic indicators are pointing to “a global economic reset” and a period resembling “a Great Depression.” He discusses the critical trigger - China and what a global reset…

Kiwi Mum Speaks On Greek Radio (live play podcast) · Recently, a kiwi mum was invited onto a radio show in Greece, to chat about the similarities between what is happening in New Zealand, Greece and globally. She thought the conversation would be centred on the sexualisation and gender ideology hitting our children, as that is how the host came to hear of Penny, however he first asked her how the last three years had been in New Zealand,…

It’s been estimated that dogs smell up to 10,000 times better than us. That’s in part because they have about 220 million scent receptors, whereas humans have a mere 5 million. But dogs also inhale in short breaths up to 300 times a minute, meaning that their olfactory cells are constantly picking up new scents. It’s these factors that make them effective – and adorable – real-time disease detectors. When we’re sick, we produce compounds that…

Natural immunity generally refers to our ability to defend against infectious disease. This is in contrast to vaccine-induced immunity where the immune system is artificially primed in an attempt to “fore-arm” the body against a specific infection. Natural Immunity is a complex, interactive phenomenon between multiple systems within the human body and the elements we are exposed to, including microbes. Our natural immunity can be divided into…

When the cry of “fake news!” is so frequently thrown from both sides of the aisle, do we really want to give political leaders the power to prosecute alleged lies? As we consider history through the lens of free speech, a common theme emerges for the type of speech which censors build as their great “bogeymen”. These are the ideas which are so dangerous that just verbalising them is a threat to social order. From the charge of “blasphemy” in…

This is the claim made by Kate Hannah in the podcast released last week by Radio New Zealand (RNZ), Undercurrent. It is a 7-part series on Misinformation in New Zealand, hosted by Susie Ferguson and there is one word for it: · Propaganda. · “It’s genocidal because it’s about the eradication of a particular group of people,” adds Ferguson after Kate Hannah’s claim. The inference is clear. To disagree with someone’s identity or ideology, to…