And the way that Atlas and related organisations have placed themselves at the centre of debate is also unnervingly familiar. Monbiot says this about the funding of the Atlas aligned organisations:Which is eerily what is happening in New Zealand. From an article by David Williams in Newsroom:As president and chair of World Taxpayers Associations (an Atlas Network partner), [Taxpayer’s head Jordan Williams] gets some travel expenses paid. The Taxpayers’ Union has also won awards and travel scholarships from the Atlas Network, chaired by New Zealander Debbi Gibbs, daughter of the businessman Alan Gibbs, a long-time supporter of the Act party. “The prize money, and other Atlas funding, is small in terms of our overall budget.

Simon Bevers was killed as he slept in a tent in an apple orchard in New Zealand in 2022. Simon Bevers was killed as he slept in a tent in an apple orchard in 2022. According to his family, Bevers was a "creative soul", a keen reader and a New Zealand history buff. On the morning of March 10 last year, Simon Bevers' younger sister received a text from their mother. This is the sixth time police have offered a $100,000 reward for information about an unsolved homicide since May 2019.

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Ashli Babbitt, 35, of California, was among a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol trying to disrupt congressional certification of President Biden’s election victory. The lawsuit, which seeks $30 million, was brought by her husband Aaron Babbitt, who is executor of his wife’s estate. “The only homicide on January 6 was the unlawful shooting death of Ashli Babbitt,” said Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch’s president, in a statement posted to the group’s website. Babbitt’s death became one of the defining moments of the riot after graphic videos of the shooting disseminated widely. Among members of the far right, Babbitt’s death has inspired vigils, rallies, rap lyrics and social media hashtags.

There are so many misconceptions about consensus in science: What is a consensus? Does science work via consensus?" website - talked with John Cook about the scientific consensus in general and about his studyTo answer these and many other questions, Melanie Trecek-King - who runs the " Thinking is Power ...

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The problem was, when people outside of the peninsula heard that the road to the Coromandel was closed, they thought that meant the road to Coromandel town too, says Jan.”We had all manner of people cancelling bookings for accommodation, whereas in fact, the town was open and traffic was being diverted through the town to get to the east coast.”Jan would like to see greater differentiation between the Coromandel peninsula and Coromandel town. We were left with no one coming into town.”The absence of the ferry service from downtown Auckland has also had a huge impact on Coromandel town, she says. “We were the gateway to the east coast.”Ferry company Fullers 360 suspended its Coromandel service in the summer of 2020 due to the effects of Covid-19. The company is eager to get the ferry service back up and running, but there is no quick fix for the skills shortage, he says. One of the reasons the business group was started was to advocate for the return of the ferry service, says Jen.

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Photos: NZ HeraldPolice are seeking sightings of a second car believed to have taken off moments after a man was killed on a street in Christchurch. David Karl Bridgwater died after he was found in the early hours of Thursday on Carisbrooke St, Aranui. It can now be revealed Bridgwater’s car was still running when he was found on the street beside it. The car was believed to be in Carisbrooke St at the time of his death, leaving shortly afterward. The car was at the Carisbrooke St property police raided on Saturday morning parked in the driveway.

Photo: NZ HeraldPolice investigating the death of a man whose body was found on a street in Christchurch have raided a property in the city this morning. The search at Carisbrooke Street began at about 8.30am and is part of Operation Walter, the investigation into 38-year-old Bridgwater’s death. Cordons are in place while police search the property and people are asked to avoid the area. Detective Inspector Nicola Reeves had earlier said police were called after a 38-year-old was found dead on Carisbrooke St, near Portchester St in Aranui, about 2.28am on Thursday. The body was discovered on Carisbrooke St, Aranui.

Police are seeking sightings of a second car believed to have taken off moments after a man was killed on a street in Christchurch. David Karl Bridgwater died after he was found in the early hours of Thursday on Carisbrooke St, Aranui. It can now be revealed Bridgwater’s car was still running when he was found on the street beside it. The car was believed to be in Carisbrooke St at the time of his death, leaving shortly afterward. The car was at the Carisbrooke St property police raided on Saturday morning parked in the driveway.

However, some people with religious beliefs still reject the idea of same-sex couples getting married, their ministers continuing to withhold formal blessing of such unions. He has not affirmed gay marriage - but declared his priests can now bless the civil wedding of two homosexual people. There still can’t be any of what his church calls formal marriage language, nor people wearing wedding gear. In August, it said there were about 4100 “same-sex marriages” registered here since the 2013 Marriage Amendment Act. We’re attending a gay wedding soon, and looking forward to it.

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Singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson was found opening up about her “dropped weight” strategies in a recent interview with The People. The Kelly Clarkson Show host was seen revealing some lifestyle habits as she picked up on a few self-care activities. According to her, these activities have greatly helped her in weight loss. Her shocking weight loss transformation gave birth to many rumors which were quickly diminished after this reveal. Follow Kelly Clarkson on : Facebook | Instagram | TwitterCheck out For More News Updates on Google News

Video / NZ HeraldOlivia Rodrigo says hearing Lorde’s Royals “changed the trajectory” of her life. The brutal hitmaker, 20, was “blown away” when she heard the 27-year-old New Zealand pop star’s 2013 hit because it was the first time that she heard her life in a song. “I remember listening to it as I first started writing songs and just being blown away by her lyrics that are just about being a teenager living in the suburbs. I just feel like myself when I’m writing. “It taught me that I write songs that I want to hear.”