Assassination Attempt on the Queen was Covered Up by New Zealand, ex-police officer claims

New Zealand’s carefully cultivated image as a ‘safe place’ was exposed as #FakeNews with the revelation that an attempted assassination of the Queen on a royal tour to the country was covered-up. Teenager Christopher John Lewis fired at the Queen at the Otago Museum Reserve. As reported by The Telegraph Nearly four decades on from…

Christchurch Rebuild: Govt Prioritised Investors over Locals, Residents were Collateral Damage

“Cantabrians became “collateral damage” post-earthquake as the Government focused on telling positive stories to attract investors, an academic has said. Victoria University of Wellington architecture head of school Morten Gjerde wrote a research paper on Government communication after the Canterbury earthquakes for an international conference in China last year. He said in the paper that…

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker

In the plain and nondescript part of the New Zealand town where I live it is very noticeable just how few people actually ‘walk’ anywhere – whether it be to work or the shops or for general fitness. Travelling on foot gives you a very different perspective on the overall health of a town –…