
Catholic Church in crisis: save money or save souls?
The Catholic Hierarchy is letting its people down By Amy Brooke When visiting in England a while back, one of the highlights of our trip was finding the tomb of the great Anglo-French, […]
The Catholic Hierarchy is letting its people down By Amy Brooke When visiting in England a while back, one of the highlights of our trip was finding the tomb of the great Anglo-French, […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
THE ROCKING OF THE DOME INVESTIGATE: Nov 03 IAN WISHART reports on the infiltration of New Zealand’s Muslim community by Islamic fundamentalists An Islamic “charity” involved in fundraising for Al Qa’ida and the South East […]
Antarctic Peninsula ice more stable than thought University of Leeds media statement: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Glacier flow at the southern Antarctic Peninsula has increased since the 1990s, but a new study has found the change […]
By Conor Coughlin of The Lid Last year our US Attorney General was threatening to file criminal racketeering charges against private citizens for mockery of state science. Last week the new administration announced the repeal of […]
The recent controversies over transgender bathrooms in the USA and transgender kiwi weightlifter Laurel Hubbard winning a women’s tournament in Australia after a long career as a biological male weightlifter have highlighted the thorny issues […]
OPINION By Ian Wishart The New Zealand Defence Force appears to have destroyed the journalistic reputations of Hit and Run authors Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson at a news conference today, confirming that the fatalities […]
From the UNIVERSITY OF EXETER The foundation of aquatic life can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere can rapidly adapt to global […]
There are Aussie pelicans in the Kaipara, but is the Maori ‘taniwha’ or Ngarara based on encounters with another Aussie migrant? An old scientific study from the 1980s indicates Australian saltwater crocodiles are occasional summer […]
CHAPTER 9 THE MYTH OF CHRIST By Ian Wishart “There is overwhelming evidence that the New Testament is a reliable record composed by contemporaries and eyewitnesses of the events” – Norman Geisler, New Testament […]
CHAPTER 6 The Probability of God By Ian Wishart “God, though not technically disprovable, is very very improbable indeed” – Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion If you have read this book right through […]
CHAPTER 5 HOW WRONG IS HITCH? By Ian Wishart “They are wrong, they are reliably, verifiably and factually incorrect. Richard Dawkins is wrong. Daniel C. Dennett is wrong. Christopher Hitchens is drunk, and he’s […]
CHAPTER 4 The Improbability of Earth By Ian Wishart “Banishing the One Creator God, they would then end up with what has been described as the ultimate in polytheism – a universe in […]
CHAPTER 3 The Moment Of Creation By Ian Wishart “In China, we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America, you can criticize the government, but not Darwin” Jun-Yuan Chen, paleontologist One […]
CHAPTER 2 In The Beginning By Ian Wishart “I am attacking God, all gods, anything and everything supernatural, wherever and whenever they have been or will be invented” Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion […]
CHAPTER 1 THE QUEST FOR FIRE By Ian Wishart “The God Hypothesis comes in many versions. Historians of religion recognize a progression from primitive tribal animisms, through polytheisms such as those of the Greeks, Romans […]
As I write, Paris is under curfew for the first time since the German occupation, and the death toll from the multiple attacks stands at 158, the vast majority of them slaughtered during a concert […]
Hi and welcome to a very special edition of the Ian Wishart show. Today we are exploring what I call Totalitaria, or what is often referred to by others as the so-called New World Order. […]
BY IAN WISHART, author of Totalitaria and Air Con It’s touted as an award-winning documentary on climate change, but if that’s true I’d like to know whether the judges were the three wise monkeys. Here’s […]
A British mum now resident in Auckland, New Zealand after winning a battle with Social Services to get her children back, has turned to crowd-funding site Kickstarter to help tell her story. Sue O’Callaghan’s three […]
THE TREE OF LIFE new research on Gingko biloba excites science A tree that dinosaurs fed on, a tree that grows 30m tall and lives for a thousand years, may hold […]
“GOODNIGHT, MALAYSIAN…” LAST MOMENTS OF AN AIRLINE? Losing one aircraft was bad enough, but now, as a new book about the missing Malaysian 370 flight is published, the besieged airline is dealing with the […]
ECO-BULBS: MAKING US BLIND? New generation energy efficient appliances and lights are destroying our sight Listen up. This could be one of the most important articles you read this year. IAN WISHART explains why […]
CLIMATE OF FEAR By Ian Wishart It’s been a winter of fools in the public debate about climate change in New Zealand. The public trough-snorters at NIWA and other bastions of climate ‘research’ who rely […]
Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and “Smart Meters” By Katherine Smith Described by electromagnetic standards expert Dr. Don Maisch, PhD as “enabling devices”, the stealthy introduction of “smart meters” poses potential risks to health, privacy and […]
‘Air Con’ and ‘Totalitaria’ author Ian Wishart debates Green party co-leader Russel Norman on climate change [Russel Norman’s comments extracted from Green Party climate speech, 1 June 2014] NORMAN: I’d like to briefly touch on […]
TRUE BLUE Can Colin Craig help keep the Nats honest? Numerous polls are suggesting Colin Craig’s Conservative Party may the third party National desperately needs to continue governing at this year’s election. What does Craig […]
WHAT’S UP, DoC? [full story leads the Feb/Mar 2014 print edition of Investigate in stores now] What if NZ’s entire conservation policy has been based on a massive mistake… For decades, New Zealand children have […]
Anyone who saw the frozen images of North America in 2014, and the climate change explorers trapped in Antarctica’s “summer” sea ice, might find our feature from July 2011 interesting reading: ICE ICE BABY […]
VALENTINA’S STORY STRANGLED ON AN AUCKLAND DOORSTEP, IGNORED BY POLICE March 2011 issue Valentina was a Russian bride, far from home. A child of the Cold War, born while wartime dictator Josef Stalin was still […]
ENDANGERED SPECIES: Apr 05, AU Edition ENDANGERED SPECIES Redefining the Australian family She works hard for the money. She works hard at home. He’s burning the candle at both ends, chasing the dollars they desperately […]
OUT OF MIND Is New Zealand’s Mental Health System Failing Our Youth? Words by Taleta McDonald Olivia Smith’s parents watched in horror as their daughter was removed from the clinician’s room and returned demanding medication. […]
THE PEISER REPORT Edited By Benny Peiser Owen Paterson, Britain’s secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, says effects of global warming could be beneficial. The cabinet minister responsible for fighting the […]
EXPLODING THE MYTHS ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE In the interests of provoking genuine informed debate on the same-sex marriage issue, IAN WISHART examines some of the popular myths about being gay and the ‘right’ to marry […]
The UN IPCC now says it’s not sure extreme weather events are related to climate change. In a new report published today, the IPCC is backing away from news media attempts to link hurricanes, tornadoes […]
LAWYERS, GOONS & MONEY A TALE OF THE CIA, COP-KILLERS, A BEAUTIFUL (DEAD) WANNABE ACTRESS, & WANGANUI’S MILLIONAIRE MURDERER You wouldn’t read about it, except perhaps in the book or movie that someone will inevitably […]
Global Governance on climate agenda MISSION INCREDIBLE Clark tasked to pave the way for World Government Media commentators missed the big story in Helen Clark’s appointment to the United Nations Development Programme. As bestselling “Air […]
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