Jason Palmer Death May’ve Been Gang Ordered Hit

There are shocking revelations in today’s Sunday News that Ex-US marine prison officer Jason Palmer may have died as a result of a gang ordered hit at Springhill prison in the Waitkato, what’s more the paper says that a source has told them that the corrections department knew of the threat to the officer three…

Silent Death Toll In World’s Eighth Happiest Country

New Zealand was recently judged to be the world’s eight happiest country according to Gallap Poll Data that appeared in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. That report highlights just another startling disconnect within New Zealand, which often happens when perceptions don’t marry with hard facts. We wonder to what degree that is caused…

Made In New Zealand, Not

It could be the ‘world cup effect,’ or just a coincidence, but there has been a lot in the media recently about New Zealand promotional goods not actually being made in New Zealand. Two different stories have cropped up in the last few says  which makes us wonder if there are moves afoot to clean-up…

90 Day Fire At Will Law

New Zealand trades unions have risen to the government’s challenge to prove that the new 90 day ‘Fire At Will’ law, which was passed under urgency (meaning that the public and unions had no chance to make submissions on it)  has resulted in workers losing their jobs. They are to showcase a number of  videos…