Khaled Mustafa and his family came to Christchurch only a few months back after fleeing from the nightmare of Syria. He and his oldest son Hama lost their lives while in prayer. His younger son Zaid survives but is in hospital, and his devastated wife and daughter have lost a […]
Editor’s Comment
What do you do when faced with such evil? We awoke this morning, 16th March 2019, to a sound that brought back memories of eight years ago. The throb of low-flying helicopters circling a devastated city. Eight years ago, the trauma was clearly visible: The earth itself torn and buckled […]
Woe unto ye O Christchurch! There is an epidemic afoot: A rampant outbreak of The Measles. A total of 28, yes, 28 souls have the Measles. A couple of days back there were 28 confirmed cases and today there are still 28 cases, despite TVNZ’s claim today that the figure […]
For those not in the know, Anne Marie Brady, the author of important works on NZ’s relationship with China, has been the victim of apparent threats and sabotage which the government seems rather reticent to address. The Canterbury University professor has been the subject of international calls for protection following home […]
There’s a reason Winston Peters has been a mainstay of NZ politics for so long: A good old Kiwi bloke who calls a spade a spade, as his straight-talk over former NZ soldier turned ISIS Jihadi, Mark Williams, indicates. Here’s the NZ Herald wih more: Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters […]
Remember that grim scene from The Matrix, where the “dead battery” humans are liquefied and fed back to the living? In certain US States the “liquid funeral” has been in place for a while, but now it is creeping in to locations around the world. And that includes here in […]
The backlash and legal action against the Emergency Declaration has begun, and of course Trump fully expected it. He seems to be constantly one step ahead: Will it be any different this time? The president did make the Border Wall a major election promise, and he seems determined, by hook […]
To much of the world outside the USA, the “Green New Deal” sounds awfully familiar, from mention of the UN’s favourite buzzword “Resiliency”, to utopian images of endless employment, zero pollution and an obsession with railway transportation. It is also rather broad and ill defined. By Martin Harris Those familiar […]
After reading and viewing dramatic scenes of wildfires blazing in California last year, now the Northern Hemisphere endures records freezes as the Southern Hemisphere roasts in record heat (as the author downs a cold beer after a day working outdoors). While all is tranquil here in Christchurch, the Tasman region […]
Open Thread on The Christchurch Earthquakes Related material compiled by Martin Harris 9/2/19: Saves all interested readers some searching. It’s all here!