Articles in ‘Current Affairs’

A house fire can kill in less than three minutes. Since you can’t smell smoke when you’re asleep, smoke alarms are essential. Early warning is vital as smoke builds rapidly, making it hard to breathe and find your way out. With the popularity of lithium batteries, in cell phones, laptops, vacuum cleaners and vehicles early detection of smoke is vital to the quick and safe exit…

A growing number of jurists and academics are advocating for ‘tikanga Māori’ to be recognised as a legitimate source of law and legal rights. The influence of tikanga on the common law was evident in the 2012 decision in the Takamore v Clarke judgment involving the burial of a man of Māori descent. In that case, the Supreme Court found that where tikanga is relevant, the common…

The Courts have significantly lowered the threshold for Māori groups to acquire exclusive rights over the foreshore and seabed, signaling the likely success of hundreds of other claims around New Zealand. The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (MACA) gave iwi and hapū groups the right to seek ‘customary marine title’ (CMT) over the foreshore and seabed with which…

The incoming Government has released their coalition agreement which, if the parties stay true to their word, will make a significant contribution towards delivering the real change many of us voted for. National, Act and NZ First have committed to a policy programme that will go a long way to restore democracy in the many areas where it has been eroded. The coalition agreement…

The Natural Health Alliance (NHA) welcomes the announcement from the coalition government that it will repeal the Therapeutic Products Act 2023. “The repeal of the Therapeutic Products Act is the achievement of a major goal of the NHA,” the chairman of the Alliance, Patrick Fahy, says. “The Act would have had an enormous detrimental impact on the manufacture and supply of natural…

Michelle Makori, Lead Anchor and Editor-in-Chief at Kitco News, interviews Tavi Costa, Partner and Macro Strategist at Crescat Capital, who says that gold is at a critical inflection point. Costa warns of the coming hard landing and breaks down a number of key charts that reveal the real state of the U.S. economy. Costa also gives his gold price forecast, adding that big hedge…

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has laid out the Coalition Government’s plan for its first 100 days from today. “The last few years have been incredibly tough for so many New Zealanders. People have put their trust in National, ACT and NZ First to steer them towards a better, more prosperous future,” Mr Luxon says. “New Zealanders voted not only for a change of government, but…

MJ: Hi, everybody, and welcome back to the free speech space with MJ. And today Andrew Bayly MP. He has had an astounding victory in the region of Port Waikato in the by-election and the National Party would be lost without you, mate. Four terms. This is coming up to your fourth term, isn’t it? You know, just brilliant. AB: Yeah, it is. It seems a long time now, but not…

Interview with Tracy Lynch – in Lands Air Water Counsel MJ: Welcome back everybody and we’ve got a very exciting episode today with Tracy Lynch. It’s the free speech space with MJ and today we’re going to be talking about the Wellington protests and the use of audio weaponry on the general public. TL: Hello. Yeah, no, it’s an interesting subject, the protests, just so you…

Interview with Dr David Wison Economist & Regional Development Expert MJ: Welcome back to another edition of MJ’s Free Speech Space. Today, DW is back to give us some knowledge Regional development. You know, just wave a wand and it sort of just happens. I’ve got no idea what happens in between, you know, that part. But I do know that there is a lot of modeling involved. DW: …

Interview with Sue Grey Lawyer MJ: Welcome, Sue Gray, lawyer. And today we’re gonna be discussing fluoride. Now the High Court has made some decisions and it’s found that the Director General, which was Mr. Bloomfield, has an illegality with regard to fluoride in New Zealand. SG: Thanks MJ, This is such an interesting issue. MJ: Fluoride is a very interesting topic, because…

“America has the highest chronic disease burden in the world,” lamented Robert F Kennedy Jr during a speech in April this year, prompting him to make a bold promise to the American people. “If I have not significantly dropped the level of chronic disease in our children by the end of my first term, I do not want you to re-elect me,” said Kennedy. Upon hearing the announcement,…

A big part of the holiday season is celebrating with delicious foods and drinks at social events. Often at this time of year the things we consume tend to be less nutritious and easy to overindulge in. These items can be enjoyed on occasion, but when it spans over multiple weeks, can lead to our bodies feeling not so great. One of the reasons that this can happen is due to these…

All three of the parties who will form the next government have campaigned on disestablishing the Maori Health Authority. What does it even do, and what will happen if it’s scrapped? It was to be a game-changer that would give Maori a strong voice in the health system. But nearly 18 months on, the incoming National-led government wants to scrap Te Aka Whai Ora (the Maori Health…

Let Kids Be Kids’ growing network reaches the Christian community “Children are the living messages we send, to a time we will not see.” - Neil Postman As we are awakening to the dark depth of the situation with the political gender ideology upon our children and teens, more of us are putting everything we can into helping raise awareness and support those in our community who…

Our health system is collapsing but health tsars are in complete denial, desperately trying to hide the deaths and distort the science For the last 90 years we have been taught that the universe began with a Big Bang, the James Webb telescope has shown that the theory is incorrect. This is another example of the difference between scientific theory and experiment. In the final…

Santa goes to the Chathams Santa swopped his traditional reindeer and sleigh for a four-engined TEAL Solent and flew up to the Chatham Islands in December 1951. More than 400 of the islands’ 500 inhabitants cheered him hilariously as he stepped ashore from a launch in Te Whanga Lagoon, a huge sack of toys over his shoulder. In the three and a quarter hours he distributed good…

MW: Welcome back to the free speech space with MJ. We’re chatting to Casey Costello, who is the NZ First candidate running for Port Waikato, who in breaking news has been endorsed by Scotty Bright who will no longer be standing. WOW! I don’t think I’ve actually recalled that ever happening in the in this electorate ever before. CC: Yeah, the nuance of this election is that, I…

MW: Today we’re going to be talking with Bruce Crocombe. He is from the Electoral Integrity Project. Sorry I had to quite remember that. EIP, Electoral Integrity Project. Now this is a very important, I mean extremely important function that Bruce has been doing with his team. It’s all about making sure that we get scrutiny on our election, which has just been. Now, on initial…

Researchers have mapped where and how strongly we experience different kinds of love, covering everything from romantic love to love for strangers. The findings shed light on how context affects subjective feelings and adds to existing research on the human experience of emotions. At every stage of life, love is essential for human development, connection, and reducing isolation.…