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Has Orwell’s ‘1984’ become reality?

Bert Olivier -

To some readers it may seem like a rhetorical question to ask whether the narrative of George Orwell’s dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four (or 1984),...

Warning as Digital IDs set to create a “totalitarian surveillance state”

Daily Telegraph NZ -

German Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Christine Anderson has issued a stark warning over the rapid rollout of digital identity systems and central...

Digital ID ‘a blueprint for tyranny’ – expert

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Investigative journalist and Deep State expert Whitney Webb told interviewer Neil Oliver that the global push for biometric Digital ID is the central element...

ATMs predicted to vanish by 2026 leaving Kiwis locked out of cash

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The familiar site of the automatic teller machine (ATM) could soon fade from New Zealand streets, with reports warning that ATMs may be virtually...

Ministry launches prototype Government app – Collins hails “convenience”

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Digitising Government Minister Judith Collins this week revealed the first prototypes of a new Government App, which she says will provide a secure and...

Journalist warns of “Digital Gulag” as unelected global “elites” push surveillance systems

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Journalist Alex Newman has issued a stark warning about what he describes as a sweeping plan by unelected technocrats—including Bill Gates, the United Nations,...

NZ First introduces Bill to protect ability to use cash

Daily Telegraph NZ -

New Zealand First has today introduced a Member’s Bill that would protect New Zealanders’ ability to use cash. The Bill will provide for the enduring...

French justice minister calls for abolishing cash

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Gerald Darmanin has argued that digital transactions are much easier to trace. France’s Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin has proposed abolishing cash transactions, arguing that digital...

Savings, retirement villages & The Warehouse Group: Nudges, NZ Reserve Bank & CBDC

Ursula Edgington -

Exploiting our elders, transfer of wealth, social credit scores and NZ CBDC. What have Kiwi retirement homes got to do with Central Bank Digital Currency...

You might own nothing sooner than you think

Aaron R. Day -

Imagine a world where ownership is a distant memory, replaced by an eerie semblance of joy in dispossession. In 2016, Klaus Schwab, the enigmatic architect...

The RBNZ CBDC survey – an artifact constructed to deny dissent

J. R. Bruning -

I’ve just had a look through the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) online survey on ‘Digital Cash’ (their euphemism for central bank digital...

Petition seeks repeal of Digital Identity Act

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A petition against New Zealand’s Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Act 2023, set to take effect on July 1, 2024, is urging citizens to...

Don’t be misled – Judging the risk from Central Bank Digital Currencies in isolation is a rookie mistake.

J. R. Bruning -

New Zealand’s Central bank, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) have opened a consultation on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The consultation closes July...

Money’s grim future

Alan Lash -

Prepare for total control of your economic life. That is the message from Brownstone Fellow Aaron Day at his 4-hour workshop in San Jose, California...

The sinister links between Jeffrey Epstein, CBDCs, and Bitcoin

Aaron R. Day -

The purpose of this article is to create awareness of the urgent threat of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), to discuss and describe Jeffrey...

Big Brother is watching: European Union cracks down on cash transactions

Russian Market -

The bloc is broadening anti-money laundering measures to include cryptocurrency, luxury goods, and football. The European Union has put together a preliminary agreement that includes...

The Final Countdown to CBDC

Aaron R. Day -

Though a work of fiction, this story draws inspiration from surveillance technologies that pervade our world today. If left unchecked, the scenario painted within this...

Thank you for 2023. Now for 2024

The Editor -

I would like to thank all our readers, supporters and contributors for their support of DTNZ in 2023. Our readership grows month-to-month despite operating in...

Eliminating central bank ‘non-negotiable’ says new Argentine president

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Closing down the monetary regulator is part of the president-elect’s radical reform plans. Argentina's incoming president Javier Milei confirmed on Friday that he will keep...

Technology and a tyranny worse than prison

Bert Olivier -

In an outstanding piece of political-theoretical writing, titled ‘The Threat of Big Other’ (with its play on George Orwell’s ‘Big Brother’) Shoshana Zuboff, succinctly...

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