Articles in ‘Current Affairs’

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.…

The fiat system is responsible for not only bad financial practices and mountains of debt but also distorted incentives on personal and professional levels, according to Jimmy Song, Bitcoin Developer, Author, Educator and Entrepreneur. In his new book, 'Fiat Ruins Everything: How Our Financial System Is Rigged and How Bitcoin Fixes It,' Song dives into the fiat system and its…

New Zealand is at a constitutional crossroad. In one direction is liberal democracy. In the other is co-governance; power-sharing between one ethnic group and all others. “In New Zealand there is now separation into two people: the minority Maori, and all the others, who are second-class citizens. This division is by race: in legislation, where any drop of Maori ancestry, no…

Few of us have heard of United Nations World Health Organisation’s Pandemic Treaty which has the potential to supersede or own our government. You’re probably sitting back saying, “nothing like this could happen to us”. If that’s what you’re thinking you’re wrong! We are nearing midnight, and just a few short steps away from our government signing a Treaty Agreement and joining…

MW: Today we’re talking with Geoff Neal who has created some interesting websites which will add some transparency to a lot of the stuff that’s been going on over the last three, five, 10 years of governance in New Zealand. We’re getting so much misinformation, that are being spelt out from either media sources when we’re talking independent media, whether we’re talking…

Interview with the next NZ First List Candidate MW: Welcome back to another episode of the Free Speech Space with MJ. Today we’re talking with the esteemed Dr David Wilson, the next NZ First Candidate on the list. Tell us about your background David. DW: My background’s in the private sector, I went through a number of sort of corporate jobs. I was a buyer for the first Kmart in…

MW: Hi everybody and welcome back to another show, the Free Speech Space with MJ. And today we are chatting with the Democratic Alliance Party talking about how we push past the MMP 5% threshold get our minor parties across the line, a little bit about MMP, what it does and whether MMP is actually passed its use by date. MW: I’ve got to say to you, I’ve got to share my…

Auckland, also known as Tamaki Makau Rau, meaning ‘isthmus of one thousand lovers’, was originally a Māori settlement. New Zealand’s first Governor, William Hobson, established Auckland as the nation’s capital in 1841 on land offered by Ngāti Whātua, following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Hobson charged Deputy Governor Symonds with securing an indefeasible title on land…

The NZ Herald has published a potpourri of National campaign promises under the headline “Election 2023: What gets axed under the National-led Government?“. I don’t know about you, but I am underwhelmed. We should be emerging from under the umbrella of the most prescriptive, divisive, and draconian parliament in our history. Instead Auckland fuel tax rates will be adjusted, we…

Election 2023 – Main Issues There are so many issues in play at the moment that it is hard to say what the priorities are for most voters but in my opinion the most important issue that affects every voter has to be the cost of living/inflation. We all need to eat and find shelter and with the record levels of inflation and rapidly increasing costs of living our weekly food and…