November 2023

The election is over and New Zealanders got what they wanted. Change. What Change is yet to be determined, as a coalition is yet to be finalised, but it is change never the less. Will it be enough? Again, that all depends on who you talk to. one of the biggest mistakes leaders make is to view change as an event that happens at a single point in time. Accepting and then embracing change is a process not an event. An election will not bring…

Left to their own devices, some humans can be really horrible - hence the value of moral and ethical codes that govern our behaviour and protect us from society’s predators. A 1997 article in the American Journal of Public Health, Eugenics and public health in American history, discusses the fetid relationship between eugenics (defined as “the science of improving heredity”) and public health. Whilst the two paradigms have differences, their…

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A new study has found that exposure to light at night messes with our internal body clock, increasing the risk of mental illness, while daytime light exposure reduces that risk. The findings offer a simple and effective, non-pharmacological means of improving mental health. Our internal body clock, or circadian rhythm, regulates cycles of alertness and sleepiness by responding to the changes in light in our environment. While other cues such as…

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By-Election 25 November Port Waikato needs more than the status quo. I will be your strong voice in Parliament. Getting tough on rising crime. Protecting our farmers and our environment Bringing us together by defending your individual rights and freedoms I am asking to be your advocate and your voice as the Member of Parliament for the Port Waikato electorate. Vote Casey Costello for Port Waikato.

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 mean, this area is that this is kind of the second time we’ve got…

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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 discussions with Bruce, I’ve been absolutely mortified as to what…

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His words live on. This month we are observing the words of a man whose footprints across the pages of history are indelibly tattooed into the global psyche in such a manner as never before seen in modern history. That the world is still fascinated by this man’s life and compellingly by his death lies not so much within the allegory of the mythic hero being cut down in his prime on his quest for the Holy Grail but more in the words that he…

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. There are, of course, different kinds of love associated with…

Guy Fawkes And The Gunpowder Plot Every year we celebrate the attempt by a group of English dissidents to blow up the English parliament over 400 years ago. Every November the letting off of fireworks results in a flood of claims to ACC, sends horses through fences and terrorises cats and dogs, keeps fire brigades busy battling blazes and has insurance companies running for cover. Why do we do it? Well, fireworks are fun, as the Chinese…

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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 pitfalls. Song makes the case that the debasement of our money is…

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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 matter how little, places a person into that privileged group. “There…

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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 hands with a very powerful cadre of individuals, whose only goal is…

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 mainstream. We are in a deluge of information and there needs to be a…

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 New Zealand. And not long after that, I actually opened up my own…

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 disappointment with you on this, on the independent vote, the minor party…

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 on which the Government settlement was to stand. Negotiations…

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 will be allowed to drive a little faster, and landlords will be…

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THIS IS THE ONLY TREATY DOCUMENT EVER ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR USE IN THE TREATY PRESENTATION AND SIGNING ASSEMBLIES AT MANUKAU, PORT WAIKATO AND KAWHIA. NOTE: IT IS IN THE MAORI LANGUAGE! The foregoing is the ONLY official treaty document (handwritten by James Stuart Freeman in Maori) ever issued by the colonial government for use in the signing ceremonies at Manukau, Waikato Heads and Kawhia. These regions and districts, nominated for…

Recipe 4 – 6 Serves 15 mins Prep Time 3 hrs 30 mins Cook Time Ingredients Steak Filling 600g Quality Mark gravy beef (cut into 2.5cm pieces) 1/3 tsp salt 1/3 tsp black pepper 3 Tbsp white flour 1 Tbsp canola oil 1 onion (finely chopped) 4 garlic cloves (finely chopped) 2 Tbsp tomato paste 2 cups beef stock 250g button mushrooms (finely chopped) 2 tsp brown sugar 2 carrots (grated) 1 celery stalk (sliced) 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh thyme…