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November 4, 2017
Royal Society making stuff up on climate, says group
“There’s not one chance in a million that the future will unfold in the manner predicted by the NZ Royal Society’s report “Human Health Impacts of Climate Change in New Zealand�, said the chairman of
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October 26, 2017
Labour/Greens locked in 1970s urban planning timewarp
By Ian Wishart Only hours into their administration, the new Labour coalition government has already incurred the wrath of Aucklanders with its promotion of a ten cent per litre regional fuel tax. It will actually
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October 14, 2017
Take 5: Kids� science quotes
Kids� Science Quotes The beguiling ideas about science quoted here were gleaned from essays, exams, and classroom discussions. Most were from 5th and 6th graders. They illustrate Mark Twain’s contention that the ‘most interesting
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October 11, 2017
Author says illness being misdiagnosed as ‘child abuse�
Urgent review for New-Born Baby to Be Returned to Its Parents Wednesday, 11 October 2017 Update by Sue O’Callaghan Call for new-born baby to be returned to its parents A 5 day old baby taken from
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September 19, 2017
Suffrage Day reality check: NZ not the first to give women the vote
By Ian Wishart If you open up any New Zealand school history textbook, it will proudly declare that New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote, back in 1893.
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August 28, 2017
Destroying Winston Peters: who benefits?
By Ian Wishart The scandal surrounding who leaked information about the overpaid pension of NZ First leader Winston Peters raises some fascinating questions. In recent weeks we’ve seen the Green Party implode and its voters
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Culture of glamorizing death behind suicide rise?
Several years ago, against the advice of many, restrictions on discussing suicide in the news media were lifted. Change advocates, with the best of intentions, argued that our suicide problem had to be brought into
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July 17, 2017
Landmark Facebook defamation case settles, clarifies law on tweets and posts
LANDMARK FACEBOOK DEFAMATION CASE HAS ENDED, CLARIFIES LAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE A groundbreaking Facebook defamation case that’s changed the law around what you can say online has finally come to an end after a
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July 2, 2017
Mystery ketch in Scott Watson case, ‘Antares�, identified: not involved
BY IAN WISHART A long running conspiracy theory about the mystery ketch in the Scott Watson murder case has finally been debunked. A group of sailing enthusiasts calling themselves the Maritime Research Group have claimed
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June 15, 2017
Winston Peters on the Treaty of Waitangi: 2002
In April 2002, Investigate’s HAMISH CARNACHAN interviewed NZ First Leader Winston Peters. As a revised version of the Winston biography launches next week, it is timely to revisit that story: If you were to describe
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