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Manurewa Marae complaints surfaced during 2022 local council elections

During the 2022 local body elections, complaints were made against Manurewa Marae staff for allegedly collecting voting papers while delivering campaign materials for the Manurewa-Papakura Action Team. Despite these complaints, no police referrals were made.

24 June 2024

Hollywood, here I come! Jacinda Ardern backs US doco, raising questions about NZ Film Commission’s taxpayer-funded project

Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern supports a new US documentary about her life, produced by Madison Wells, largely because it doesn’t rely on New Zealand taxpayer funding. But where does this leave the New Zealand Film Commission’s (NZFC) unauthorised $3.2 million film on Ardern, with about $2 million in taxpayer and public support?

21 June 2024

Let’s be honest: Resource management is always political regardless of who makes the decisions

The Fast-track Approvals Bill, criticised for granting excessive power to three cabinet ministers and risking conflicts of interest, is blatantly political, but perhaps honest.

Researcher Jeffry McNeill writes; “Effectively, the RMA removes politicians from resource management decision making – but not politics. Instead, it privileges other types of knowledge and decision makers.”

19 June 2024

Economist explains the political and money motives behind the climate catastrophe narrative

Professor Ross McKitrick, a distinguished economist from the University of Guelph, asserts that the climate catastrophe narrative is driven by political and financial interests, not just environmental concerns. He argues that renewables require substantial government subsidies and backup systems like gas-fired plants, which ultimately make them costly and unreliable.

21 June 2024

More than a billion Muslims can’t be wrong! Study finds fasting enhances cancer-fighting abilities of natural killer cells

A recent study published in the journal Immunity reveals that fasting can enhance the cancer-fighting capabilities of natural killer (NK) cells.NK cells are a type of white blood cell known for targeting cancerous and virus-infected cells.

21 June 2024

From fossil fuel to cold fusion: Big Tech bets on innovations in power to meet AI’s soaring energy demands

The energy needs of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution are immense. For instance, a single large data centre can use as much electricity as a small city. The entire output of a nuclear reactor is not enough to feed the insatiable appetite of companies like ChatGPT, whose computing needs far outstrips basic web searches of yesteryear.

16 June 2024

The politicisation of Māori data in furthering a separatist agenda

Dr Muriel Newman writes that Te Pāti Māori’s alleged misuse of private Census and vaccination data illustrates the risks of co-governance arrangements for data collection. Newman argues the politicisation of data aligns with iwi leaders’ separatist agenda, under the banner “by Māori, for Māori.”