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ANZAC Day – Lest We Forget

An open letter to all Members of Parliament. Dedicated to all who fought to retain the freedoms of our people and our country in...

What the Bud Light fiasco reveals about the Ruling Class

What were they thinking? How did someone believe that making “trans woman” Dylan Mulvaney the icon of a Bud Light ad campaign, complete with a...

Parliament Protest – IPCA report concludes police ‘served the public of NZ well’

The Independent Police Complaints Authority (IPCA) has released its report into police actions at the Parliament Protest in February-March 2022. DTNZ staff are currently analysing...

‘We’ve got aliens living on this planet’ – India’s first cosmonaut

The real “aliens” are those who destroy our planet for personal gain, Rakesh Sharma told RT. Traveling to space aboard a Soviet rocket made Rakesh...

The Orwellian RESTRICT Act is a chilling echo of ‘1984’ and an erosion of American freedom

Far beyond cracking down on TikTok, the bill envisages frightening powers to control citizens’ access to ‘unwanted’ information. In an eerie semblance to George Orwell's...

Imagining a free country

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights;...

US abortion battle goes to Supreme Court

The Justice Department wants to keep mail order abortion pills legal. The US Department of Justice will go to the Supreme Court in a bid...

Firearms licensing extension for cyclone affected gun owners

People in areas impacted by Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle with expiring firearms licences have been given more time to get them renewed. Executive Director of...

Royal Commission into Abuse in Care given extension to file report

The Government has agreed to a request from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care for more time to deliver its final...

Bryce Edwards: The need to take disinformation seriously

Political deception is as old as politics itself. There have always been political actors who have attempted to twist and manipulate information. Sometimes this includes...

Watch: Ardern says resignation was to reduce ‘friction and tempo’ and ‘good for New Zealand’

Jacinda Ardern made the admission in a John Campbell report on state propaganda unit 1News tonight. 'I remain absolutely clear, and I want to reinforce,...

Technology and a tyranny worse than prison

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...

Posie Parker rally: LGB Alliance Aotearoa NZ demand PM condemn Saturday’s violence against women and girls

The organisation made the demand in a public letter addressed to the PM, Ministers and Police Commissioner. 27/03/2023 To, Rt Hon Chris Hipkins, Prime Minister Hon Carmel Sepuloni,...

Watch: PM has not asked Davidson to apologise for ‘white cis male’ comment

Davidson was given two opportunities in Parliament today to apologise for the comment but doubled-down. National MP Louise Upton used Question Time in the House...

New Zealand’s day of shame

I have recently returned from a month-long family trip to Vietnam. As I write, tens of millions of industrious Vietnamese are going about their day...

Bryce Edwards: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year

This weekend saw a showdown between two tribes of contemporary gender politics: those in favour of progressing transgender rights versus women wishing to defend...

Sign the Free Speech Union public letter denouncing police inaction at Posie Parker rally

The FSU letter has received over 14,500 signatures on the first day. FSU are calling on kiwis to add their signature to a public letter...

Davidson blames shock of motorcycle accident for ‘white male cis’ comment

The Greens co-leader is facing calls for her to be sacked from ACT Party leader David Seymour. Davidson was asked by Counterspin Media on Saturday...

I am woman – hear me roar

Everyone is in favour of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they...

In Vivienne Westwood, we lost an angry, loud and crucially important voice in modern politics and culture

The late fashion icon was the kind of radical we desperately need – one that can’t be replaced in these times of cancel culture. The...

British woman arrested for praying outside abortion clinic charged because of her ‘thoughts’

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested before Christmas on suspicion of a 'thought crime'. She was silently praying outside the BPAS Robert Clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham....

Robert Malone: Integrity Lost and Regained

Human beings can be characterized by exhibiting integrity or its opposites, hypocrisy and deceit. Buildings can have structural integrity, or they can be unsound, a...

Illegal migration surges in Europe – report

While attention was focused on Ukraine, inflows jumped to the highest levels since the height of the migrant crisis. Illegal immigration into the EU is...

Apple Watch is racially biased – lawsuit

The device’s blood oxygen sensor becomes less accurate the darker the user’s skin is, a US plaintiff claims. Apple profited at the expense of dark-skinned...

Disinformation, Censorship, and Information Warfare in the 21st Century

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear...

Watch: UK Woman arrested while ‘praying’ near abortion clinic

UK police allege pro-life activist violated a “public space protection order”. British police have arrested a woman who was silently standing across the street from...

Cambridge Dictionary expands definition of ‘woman’

A woman is now also defined as ‘an adult who lives and identifies as female’ even if born otherwise, Cambridge Dictionary says. Cambridge Dictionary appears...

JK Rowling–backed rape crisis centre excludes trans women

The centre will only work with biological women, a spokesman for Beira’s Place told Edinburgh News. Author JK Rowling has launched a new support service...

Police open consultation on changes to firearms fees

A consultation process regarding firearms licencing fees, which haven’t changed in more than 20 years despite rising costs, opened yesterday. Other than GST adjustments, firearms...

Open letter to Ministers of Parliament – Will You Remember?

When you retire, what pivotal moments of your career will you remember with pride? Will you remember your time in the limelight, the media /propaganda...

Bryce Edwards: New Zealand’s social cohesion is being torn apart

New Zealand is becoming a less socially cohesive country. And the driver of this division is worsening inequality. That’s the view of most New Zealanders...

New gun regulator Te Tari Pūreke Firearms Safety Authority launched

“Te Tari Pūreke is about keeping people safe while enabling the legitimate and safe use of firearms,” says Authority Executive Director Angela Brazier. Police Minister...

Bryce Edwards: Why Labour capitulated on hate speech laws

The Labour Government is currently fighting on multiple fronts that threaten its popularity in the run-up to next year’s election. Therefore, when a call had...

US state legalises ‘magic mushrooms’

Colorado voters have approved use of hallucinogenic drugs after proponents touted their alleged medicinal benefits. Ten years on from becoming one of the first two...

Govt announces new cost of living support for families

The Government announced today it is 'easing cost of living pressures for the majority of New Zealand families by improving access to and the...

Bryce Edwards: A Culture war over hate speech and free speech is unlikely

Sunday’s announcement by Justice Minister Kiri Allan about forthcoming legislation on hate speech has sparked concerns that the country is headed for a second...

Disinformation Crusaders: How Big Tech Became the Executioner of Free Speech

Newly leaked documents indicate that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has quietly proceeded with its online censorship effort despite suspending the infamous...

Guy Hatchard: The Web of Government-Backed Confusion

Two days I wrote that last year’s government Covid advice about disinformation, when read today in the light of recently published science, was itself...

Watch: Mike King calls bull**** on coroner’s lower suicide rate claim

King said there was 'no way' in the current environment suicide rates were dropping. New Zealand's suicide rate has dropped again but Māori continue to...

Defund Family Planning – ‘Peddlers of Death’

Want to voice an opinion? Send us a ‘Letter to the Editor’ by email to editor@dailytelegraph.co.nz, including your name, or initials, or ‘Anonymous’, and...

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