Articles in ‘Current Affairs’

Watch the true story of the Wellington protests that the New Zealand Government tried to ignore and the media attempted to suppress. In 2020-22, the New Zealand government enacted emergency laws, mandates and a medical passport system that caused thousands of New Zealanders to lose jobs, businesses, homes and health. Furthermore, those people were locked out of New Zealand society, unable to go to funerals or weddings, participate in sport,…

By: Democracy Action ‘Co-governance’ is an emerging and developing model of decision-making in New Zealand. This term refers to a shared governance arrangement – commonly with representatives of iwi on one side, and representatives of central and/or local government on the other, each having equal voting rights at the decision-making table. The introduction of the co-governance model began over a decade ago, as a method to govern specific…

MJ chats to Shane Callander from Callander Contruction. Established in early 2007, Callander Constructions is based in Pukekohe and provides residential and commercial building and construction services to the wider South Auckland and North Waikato regions. · Because they are a small local company, they offer a more personalised approach to all clients. They also offer quality workmanship by qualified builders, job opportunities and, by…

Free Speech Union Council member Dr. Melissa Derby The Second Academic Freedom Report released by the Free Speech Union is a chilling read for those of us who work in universities. It uses a phrase we hear often – that universities are the “critics and conscience of society”. In New Zealand, that (dare I say it) privilege is enshrined in section 161(2) of our Education Act. There we are told academic staff and students have the right “to…

exclusively on Voice Media Robert Wilson, · Born in Timaru, my farming parents moved to Mimihau near Wyndham in Eastern Southland when I was five years of age. Finishing my Schooling at Menzies College in Wyndham, I initially worked on farms before taking up shearing along with my own run for 10 years, working both here and in Western Australia. Due to back problems I was forced to give up the handpiece and 23 years ago set up ‘Wild Animal…

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola While the fake meat industry is being touted as an environmentally friendly and sustainable way to feed the world, the true intent is to recreate the kind of global control that Monsanto and others achieved through patented GMO seed development. · Researchers at UC Davis warn there are major environmental downsides to lab-grown meat. According to their “cradle-to-gate life cycle” analysis, the lab-grown meat…

Dr. Emanuel Garcia · There is an old joke that goes something like this: “Why do Baptists forbid fornication?” “Because it might lead to dancing.” It came to me after a conversation with an Australian colleague studying psychoanalytic psychotherapy at an institution in the United States. She was appalled and deeply saddened by her experiences within this institution during the period of the Corona War because her instructors – seasoned and…

The Number 8 Workers Union of New Zealand Incorporated is delighted to have Voice Media on our side and to issue our first press release though elocal magazine and their free speech platform. · The N8WUNZ is a great success but you’ll never hear about it except if you’re in the zooms we do every Wednesday and Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. Even then we can’t tell you any details because they are won mostly in mediations which are strictly…

The National Party's policy to ban gang insignia and criminalise the posting of gang-related content online defies the very essence of free speech, and is certain to make the issue of gang violence and harm worse, not better, says Dane Giraud, spokesperson for the Free Speech Union “The National Party should have greater respect for the fundamental freedoms of Kiwi citizens, even gang members. Censorship simply isn't a solution to gang violence…

This year the RSA marks 100 years of the Poppy Appeal. First held on the day before Anzac Day in 1922, the familiar red poppy continues to serve as a symbol of remembrance, while the appeal raises critical funds used to support the welfare of New Zealand’s veterans. · This year’s Poppy Campaign runs throughout the month of April with the street appeal, known as Poppy Day, being held on 22 April. The 2022 campaign hopes to raise much needed…