Ian Wishart's Blog
August 1, 2018
The Emperor’s new bugs: the dirty secret of reusable supermarket bags
By Ian Wishart Australia and New Zealand are trying to lead the world in banning so-called ‘single use� plastic bags. The problem is, it’s a feelgood dumb idea. In NZ the supermarket chains are offering
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March 22, 2018
Big US crime podcast series investigates Scott Watson case
A popular American crime podcast has turned its sights on New Zealand’s most perplexing double murder � the Scott Watson case. The Generation Why Podcast this week published its conclusions on the disappearance of Marlborough
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February 20, 2018
Prayer and politics: abandon it at your peril
By Ian Wishart Andrew Dickens had a fascinating segment on Church and State on Newstalk ZB today, as various lobbyists push for an end to prayer at parliament and council meetings. The average atheist thinks
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January 4, 2018
Fatal blow to Scott Watson ‘Doubt� docudrama � angry ‘mystery ketch� owners come forward
The host of the dishonest million dollar TV docudrama “Doubt�, law lecturer Chris Gallavin, has been labelled “disgraceful� by the families that owned the so-called mystery ketch targeted by the show The mystery ketch sightings
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December 31, 2017
Guy Wallace names Scott Watson as mystery man in shock development
[SEE ALSO: free book on case released online, ‘damning evidence’] There’s been a bombshell development in the Scott Watson murder case on the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope. Water
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New evidence in Scott Watson case released by investigative journalist
Journalist and author Ian Wishart has released what he calls ‘damning evidence� against convicted murderer Scott Watson, in a new book on the case published free online to mark the 20th anniversary of the killings.
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The Scott Watson Case: What Really Happened to Ben and Olivia?
By Ian Wishart Two years ago I wrote the book that blew open the Scott Watson/Ben & Olivia murder case, “Elementary: What Haven’t They Told You?�. Twenty years ago tonight, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope
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December 3, 2017
Consumer sunscreen tests ‘misleading and dangerous� warns researcher
A Consumer NZ test of kiwi sunscreen brands is misleading and dangerous, warns a Vitamin D researcher and author, because it ignores an elephant in the room � there’s growing evidence sunscreens don’t actually protect
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November 10, 2017
Israeli astrophysicist sums up climate change evidence
Dr. Nir Shaviv’s Scientific Summary for his Cambridge Union debate: Dr. Shaviv: Let me begin by asking you a question. What is the evidence that people, like the proponents here, use to prove that we humans are
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November 8, 2017
Creating #FakeNews: how news editors are the Harvey Weinsteins of Climate Porn
By Ian Wishart We all know about the Hollywood casting couch; well, the news business has one of its own. Young naive ignorant junior journalists are invited in, plied with freebies and told to bend
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