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Safe and Effective Roadshow, New Zealand

21/11/2024

By Randall Richards The “ Safe and Effective Roadshow” event in Queenstown New Zealand on the 11th of November ’24 was one of a number of events held in various towns and cities throughout the country and had been enthusiastically received. The initiative has been to address concerns about C-19 vaccine safety,  transparency in the medical field and health effects and spread the word to bypass the media blackout and censorship. Below is my report of the Queenstown conference held at the Rydges hotel, which had a full audience.

Dr. Matt Shelton presented on the “State of the NZ Medical Nation”.


Matt is always a riveting speaker and he delivered, yet again, in Queenstown. He started by saying “There were a number of red flags when the vaccine was first rolled out” which got his attention.  “The banning of HCQ, Ivermectin, Artemisia, and that there was no need to ascertain cause of death, throwing out accepted pandemic management principles, and the abandonment of medical standards, and fiduciary obligations such as:
– Do no harm
– Informed consent, freely given,
– Right to decline
– Protect the unborn and the mother,
– Considering fertility, cancer and birth defects”

A slide in his presentation entitled “Along Came Covid” lists the following:
Whatever it is: Lock up the healthy; Do NOT treat, (despite positive trials for HCQ and IVM); Pfizer contracts for Albania, Brazil, and South Africa all forbid competitor treatments to vaccination and disclosure of harms; And lastly, “Diagnose by a dodgy PCR test”
Most importantly, Dr. Shelton said the government’s actions, “throw away years of Common Law by violation of human rights.” He added that “the nation and the community needed to know what was going on but were kept in the dark.”
He added, “It couldn’t have been more obvious that this was a disease of the elderly and immune compromised.”
“Probably the most damning claim [as the truth comes out] will be the damaging consequences to pregnant woman – Safe and effective? Not so. Barack Obama said “We are in the biggest drug trial in world history.”  
“There’s a huge amount of data that has had been withheld from the public.
In this day and age you can’t lose an airplane [in the middle of a flight] and, you can’t pretend you can’t analyse your own data.
Furthermore, it’s not a vaccine, it’s a genetic transfer device.
I love Dr. Shelton’s blunt but accurate assessments of our current times. He flatly stated, “It’s very clear this is a military operation.” “ Don’t ask any questions, there is a war on and just do you your bit, do what you’re told.”
Dr. Shelton presented a slide entitled, “One Study to Rule Them All:  On the Elsevier website, “this is the most important look at trial with serious side effects” – The title of the article was “Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA Covid 19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults. Dr. Shelton also brought up the now famous Thai study


He stated, “There’s absolute silence from our elected representatives, from the establishment and the medical community. We don’t want to think this could be happening to us in this day and age. But it is. There is a war going on.”, said Shelton, adding, We have more technology than ever before [to help us]. So how can any of this be true, surely they would look out for us.”
“But We have incredible resources and together. We can get through this. There will be a rough ride ahead, but I couldn’t be prouder to be with colleagues and community that has formed [as a result of Covid], There will be a point in time when we have government agencies that are [no longer] captured. We’re actually taking on the state. It’s a frightening place to be – I can’t wait to see how we do it – There will be a critical mass, and things will change quickly.”
Shelton questioned, “Compared to 2020, do you think we are in a better position now? The challenge [now] is the people that have woken up – they need to become active themselves in some peaceful way. They all have skin in the game, so, [we have to] encourage them into action.  

Dr. Guy David Hatchard, presented to the audience via a Zoom call, He is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine, was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID, a global food safety testing and certification laboratory and is the author of “Your DNA Diet”


The title of his presentation was Medical Statistics and Excess Deaths. Hatchard is a well-versed speaker with an affable nature. I’ve also heard him speak at one of our regular NZ Rising Zoom meetings, which was also well received. Hatchard writes a blog which comes out a couple of times a week.
Hatchard stated, “This wasn’t a normal vaccine,  it was genetically engineered and there were warnings about it, but those warning were ignored. Through an Official Information Act request, we’ve discovered that  mortality is increasing in the whole population. Most importantly there is Increase in teen mortality by 188% – in 2019 there were, two thousand cases of Chest pain reports under 40 years old, but in  2023 that number jumped to 20,000 In 2024 will be up 40K.”
He continued, “We all have a sense that something has gone wrong, and we need to ask the question ‘What is Life?’.  Well it’s being, thinking, and action” with a conscious mind and body.”  He went on to say that “Biotechnology cannot be contained. It came from a bio lab and this has been admitted by the US government.
If you knew of the risk of genetic technology that invades our cells you would take notice – Both COVID and the vaccine undermine our immune system – it leaves the individual being more vulnerable to disease than before. This scenario was completely predicable.  Being an engineered virus, it was going to be unstable.” Furthermore, the high rate of vaccination in the population has created variants because the virus was evading the vaccines, driven by commercial thrust in the biotechnology and people made a lot of money from this biotech. People started becoming millionaires on the backs of people being experimented on.”
“But knowledge has an organizing power.  Will it [a virus, a vaccine rollout] happen again?
Recently fourty-three monkeys escaped from a US lab https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4gd8xx93yo  doing research on deadly pathogens. It’s as if the human race has entered into a suicide pack driven by greed and ignorance. When you have 80% of the population asleep at the wheel, the government is reflection of the collective consciousness. We need to develop who were are, not just our thinking and intelligence, but we have to evolve actively. Revolutions are a disaster and disrupt society. Evolution is the way forward. We have to popularise diet and mediation, etc.”
This is huge collective endeavour and as we try and find a way forward, [we find] it’s  an awakening. And I am fundamentally hopeful about the future, In the end truth alone triumphs.

Dr. Fre, founder of the Asklepion Academy and author “Free Your Smile and Love Your Teeth” spoke briefly and showed a self-produced video on taking charge of your own dental health plan. He’s a retired dentist with a mission no less than transforming dental practices in New Zealand.
He offers an online e-learning course on his website. He also mentioned the book: entitled The Most Dangerous Superstition
Fre stated that dental anesthetics  such as  Citanest, Oralbloc have been shown to contain RNA. He also mentioned Dr. Jim Lundstrom‘s website and Bio mimetic dentistry

Former NZ career newscaster and radio personality Peter Williams gave an impromptu talk at the conference about his leaving the mainstream news industry abruptly a few years ago, because he wasn’t following the prescribed talking points that his producers demanded of him. 
On air, Williams would give a history of the vaccine rollout for his listeners. Then he discovered and read reports from Israel that showed disturbing truths about the vaccine. But the reaction from by bosses were “Don’t ask questions, just read the reports” – Then he was interviewing Lawyer Sue Gray about the NZ Medicines Act which stated vaccines/treatments could not be given out to more than a small group of citizens. She actually won the case for the citizens of New Zealand, then,  the next day,  Andrew Little, Minister of Health, changed the law to suit the vaccine rollout agenda, negating the win by Gray
Said Williams, “The reaction from my bosses was quite extraordinary – You’ve been a news presenter and we do want to hear your opinions. But, the pushback on high got stronger and stronger – and it came to a head, when they said, ‘You can’t interview Sue Gray’,  adding, ‘It’s not relevant’ said the bosses.
Further, they said, ‘It’s come to our attention that your radio slot has become ‘anti-vax central’, adding, ‘If you carry on like this it will have financial consequences to our company.”  Williams responded to them by saying, “I’m  happy to work till the end of the year, but the next day, the bosses said, ‘”It’s been decided you don’t need to come back on Monday.’  And that was that,  Friday was my last day.”
“That’s how I ingloriously left a long career in the media of New Zealand. But then, the media world changed. Sean Plunkett came onto the scene on The Platform, and we had great hopes.
Rodney Hyde was with Voices for Freedom but Plunkett thought they were all ‘Cookers’. Then came Voices for Freedom, and Reality Check Radio in march 2023

What was once Mainstream Media is coming apart before our eyes now.  How can TVNZ can continue going?  Its losing money and the content it produces is hardly worth the breath that is expended to create it.
The new model of media well displayed in the US presidential election cycle with the likes of Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson and, Megyn Kelly
“The days of corporate media are well and truly gone – The independent thought in mainstream media is also well and truly gone. And the future belongs to the small independent media organizations and individual {content providers].
KIM KNIGHT
“All truth passes through 3 phases: first it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, third it is accepted as self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer

Knight, The Kiwi Health Detective, gave a presentation entitled The Hidden History  of Medicine and the Future of Health covered the deep history and backstory of how we got to where we are now. She mentioned who the actual founders of America’s secret establishment were, and how they put in motion policies and one big agenda that created mayhem for the population. In an Orwellian nightmare, the Department of Health is not about health, the Department of Education is not about education and the CDC is not about disease control. It’s a an upside down world, and Knight showed us  one slide with many recent n documentaries revealing the truth such as Plandamic, Vaxxed, First Do No Pharm, and Bad Medicine to name a few.

She also presented the  an Illustration called Ring Pass Not, or also known as RPN Boundary which is a model about a “new expanded reality”, or, a paradigm shift. She mentioned, “What is known and understood as reality I one’s world, expands and we’re able to assimilate more info, more reality, But, she continued,  the new information needs to “integrate”
Why is the knowing the history of medicine is important?

-Why is it that we know what is good for us, but people don’t seem interested,
-Why do we have chemicals in our food and Fluoride in our water.
-What is up is down and what is down it up.
-It was about big Media, Medicine and Money
-And a thing called the Bio Medical Model – where in 1885 there was a forced Vaccine and on the scene was one Dr. Bill William Avery Rockefeller

The infamous Flexner Report: “Only drug based medical stays in hospital were to be taken seriously. Knight referred to a fascinating Documentary: James Corbett History of Big Oil and the selling of NuJol, in 1901″ as a “snake oil”
80% of homeopaths and other natural medical practitioners were closed down.
Another tidbit she shared with the audience was that mustard gas used in wars, was turned into chemotherapy

Knight also mentioned the history of eugenics and The American Breeders Assoc. 1903 which was not about breeding pets, but people
Eugenics Records Office in the US enacted forced sterilization where came from 3 conferences in 1912. Her last quote was from Rudolf Steiner, who said, “We will eliminate the soul with medicine:

Mary Hobbs, a former NZRN, published the award-winning magazine, New Zealand Outside for 10 years and has had nine books published since the sale of her magazine. Over the last four years she has devoted her time to writing many articles to bring truth and create a safer space for others to speak out, too. Her articles have been published at NZDSOS and the Daily Telegraph, NZ and extensively shared. She was asked to speak on “An Orchestrated Litany of Lies and What to Do About It” based on a recent article  she had written.  

Hobbs presented an uplifting perspective on alternative views and solutions. Here are a few points she covered:

 Subterfuge and corruption has repeatedly occurred in past centuries, too.  World War II and Hitler’s attempted takeover appeared to have a similar playbook to much of what we see today. Goebbels — one of Hitler’s most notorious henchmen and the Nazi Minister for Propaganda — once said “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it. . . . A good example of this in today’s world is the repeated phrase “safe and effective” applied to an experimental jab, since 2020 — the polar opposite of what it actually is. The lie was so big that people had difficulty believing the magnitude of one so evil as “Surely they wouldn’t say it if it weren’t true.” Yes they would, yes they did, and yes they still do. Medical staff were told there was no place for “anti-vaccine messages”, therefore denying everyone fully informed consent. The experimental “vaccine” forced the majority of people to take it or lose their jobs and the ability to feed their families. It was medical rape. It was also torture, as the many who suffered from side-effects were ignored, ridiculed, and told it was “all in their head”. “

“The most courageous medical staff who considered the Hippocratic Oath, the Nuremberg Code, and their own personal sense of ethics senior to such despicable orders spoke out anyway. Most of these heroes formed NZDSOS and became formidable opponents to the tyranny. Their integrity and honour remain intact. Thank God for each and every one of these amazing souls. Imagine if all medical staff had stood with NZDSOS, and refused. Game over for the despots. Unfortunately, most kow-towed.”

“There were attacks on all who spoke out. Straight from Goebbels’s playbook. And yet there were exemptions within government as it was later discovered there was a  list of over 11,000 health workers who received exemptions as well as MPs and ACC. If it was really safe wouldn’t they have been at the front of the queue?” 

Hobbs’ talk touched on who was doing this and why. She discussed the WEF, WHO, the UN, the shadowy figures behind those organisations, who funds them and how they act as front groups to further a one-world government and trans-humanism, through artificial intelligence, reminding the audience that the former PM signed NZ up to the pilot A.I. project — without our consent.

“Their stock in trade is fear, divide and conquer, distraction and chaos, along with lying propaganda through mainstream media.
They create a “problem” and provide a “solution”. This is threaded through all of their chaos. For example, They create a “deadly disease”, use their media to drum up terror, herd most to take an experimental jab, ban all other options and censor and ridicule all who speak out.”

Hobbs also touched on signs to watch out for as they step up the pace to their dystopian one-world government intentions, but then went on to discuss her favourite part of the talk with suggestions of what we can do about it.

“Never underestimate that [we each] have hundreds of spheres of influence — more than we realise. We must keep speaking out, while creating space for others to do the same, as those orchestrating the fear are desperate for ONLY their perception to be known, which is a key tool of dictatorship. She explained there are unlimited opportunities to communicate and detailed several examples of how to go about it. She quoted RFK to illustrate the importance of this:
 “Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. . . and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. — RFK

Hobbs also touched on tools in our tool kit that utilise the unlimited power of the human spirit that are far beyond the reach of those who seek to destroy us, the first of which is that, “We must remember who we really are: Spiritual Beings, Infinite, Divine Sparks — immortal.” She touched on this immortal nature and pointed out that when we know this fear has no place in our hearts. If we focus on the positive qualities of spirit in life and who we really are, then it is impossible for them to reach us, as they operate on far lower wavelength vibrations and areas of control.

She mentioned the work of Dr. Anna Maria Mihalcea, MD PhD who has a substack publication called Humanity United Now with tens of thousands of followers, and has done detailed deep-field microscopy research on the blood of people since the rollout, and what she says about positive thought and higher wavelengths: “Regardless of whatever is in your blood it is virtually impotent in the presence of positivity and love. And they don’t have it.” Mihalcea concurs that they cannot create. Yet we can.
Hobbs gave the example of Camp Freedom in Wellington as one of positive, high vibrational events that can really change the world. Working together, peacefully protesting, saying no, and meeting challenges together were all wonderful components of that. “That experience of unity, peace and love stays alive in each of us.”
She also touched on some quotes from David Icke, who she said must have information of great value as he is currently banned from speaking in more than 30 countries. He is quoted as saying, “The mind may feel the fear, but the heart will do it anyway.” He urges people to listen to their hearts because “with every heart that opens every mind that awakens, the evil is weakened.” He said, “The heart would not stay silent as a dystopian tyranny descended on the human family – the heart is beyond fear of consequences and what others may think or say . . . “Love and wisdom of the heart never wavers on what they know to be right…No authority, no level of abuse or ridicule or threats can intimidate the heart or make it submit or deviate …Don’t mess with the heart. Love and wisdom speak their own truth, not someone else’s…Keep the heart open. It links to the real you.”
 
She urged everyone to ensure they got out in nature, did what they love to do, whether it is art, outdoors, music, or sport and to keep positively creating to help keep the spirit of life  out of the reach of those who seek full control.“Let’s also pour the coals on creativity for our country and the world!  She gave an example of what would be great to see in the field of real health, including healing centres where real healing can be obtained by all who want to rejuvenate their health through an integrative and natural healing approach that achieves true restoration of mind, body and spirit – where organic food and pure water without harmful chemicals is also provided.” I can see wonderful healing centres in this country, out of the cities, surrounded by nature and where full health is restored. NZ could easily be the organic food capital of the world — pure water without toxic additives as well.”

She concluded by urging everyone to keep as positive as possible, to keep love in our hearts and create the world we want, too. Magic happens with those components. Her full speech will be up soon at:  www.dailytelegraph.co.nz

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail — think of it, ALWAYS.  — Gandhi

Mark King
At the time, I wasn’t in the mood for a health life coach, but after listening to Mark King for a few moments, I was hooked. (in fact I was so interested, I forgot to get an image of him.)
King gave an inspiring talk about
“Creating your future through Positive Intention and Proper Diet”. He referenced a documentary by the French Canal+ called  The Art of Making Stories.
He also mentioned how important is to have antioxidants such as frozen blueberries, and being grounding on the earth, going barefoot, and getting enough sun. He mentioned “Productivity Stress” as well as having resistance training of 10-15 min per day in one’s routine, adding that “Muscle mass determines bone mass and metabolism.” That scared me to get out there and do some resistance training!

He also shared several Ideas to insure a healthy future in one’s life:
– Start the day the same time every day
– Do 20 min of exercise, 20 min of mediation, gratitude, 20 min of learning
– Be organized, but be present, Remember, Silence solitude and stillness are important.
– Do one thing at a time – do it well
– Clear your head between tasks – breath aware breaths
– Spend 30 min a day learning something that excites you.
– You’re either growing or dying.
– Eat and drink for health first.
– Be active, Move how you want to feel.
– Motion = Emotion
– If you’re not feeling very happy, change your body position.
– Have an attitude of Gratitude.
He closed with the proverb, “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.” From, Insight of the Day

Functional Nutrition Consultant, Gary Moller, presented “Building a Healthier You, Our Best Defense Against Future Pandemics,”  He’s from Precision Health
Moller helped set up New Zealand’s  ACC Accident Compensation Corporation in the mid ‘70’s 
Moller presented an interesting slide called the “The pyramid of Harm and Death”

which states  “It’s likely that most of the NZ population has suffered harm.”. The slide shows the various harms to NZ citizens.
Moller is known for using hair analysis to help determine health issues. He stated, “Where America goes, NZ follows, eventually, and, in some ways, we’re where we back in the 1950’s [healthwise].” Adding, “The children of today won’t live as long as their grandparents!! We should be living to 110 yrs old!”
citing the well-known Okinawa study. Moller had a number of great slides including “Nutrients Good for Health”, The Steady Decline of Nutrient Dense Food”, and “Injury Prevention and Staying Fit”

Barry Duffield accomplished movie actor and bodybuilder, started his inspiring talk saying, “I do not want to be up here [speaking to you], I’d rather be in the audience listening to someone else speak. But that’s not my path because of what’s happened to me.”


Duffield was vaccine injured and has been diagnosed with early Parkinson’s, but he’s fairly sure the injection has something to do with it.

He continued, “The government employees are blocking the truth. We cannot let this slide or this will happen again. The potential risk of taking the injection is not worth it. My journey has been painful and personal. He asked, “What do I want from this?
I don’t care about compensation, and I to want accountability, adding, “If I can keep one person from putting that poison in their body, I’ll feel like I’ve been successful.

William Bissett
Fraudulent Medical Studies
Mr. Bissett runs the Brilin Foundation and Brilin Functional Medicine Centre in Christchurch.
Bissett opened by saying, “Our rights and freedoms have been violated, and not just with the COVID vaccine. We’ve been lied to and misled. If we didn’t have leaders like Dr. Guy Hatchard, providing incredible data, If we didn’t reporter and content provider Mary Hobbs, how much worse would it be? How much worse would it be if we didn’t have doctors in NZDSOS. They’re reading the fine print. How much worse if people weren’t speaking up.

Our ex-prime minister couldn’t answer the question, ‘What is a woman?’.
We have to keep things real, and also be careful. For one example, once we get to 5 minute cities, down the road, it will be impossible to get our freedoms back.
So what can you do? You can help support our content providers by contributing 2$ per week. How else can we help in sharing content providers work?
Try to learn about something the subject that interest you, go to a cafe, strike up a conversation. Every little thing helps.
You can also donate funds to the Roadshow website, to support the incurred the expenses and losses.”

“So, What are the functional things you can do to heal yourself –
It’s not the doctor’s fault, they get this really nice study and it seems so convincing. It’s so easy to fool doctors. Insurance resistance is a theory – no proof of it.

Peter-Ray Moroney spoke on Better Health Following Vaccine Injury
Moroney was a professional firefighter and worked in property development, massage therapist and tourism guide and completed a diploma in counselling.

He shared, focused on the importance of correct diagnosis, researching detox protocols, how he learned how to manage and reverse his symptoms, and on becoming empowered to self-manage one’s health and wellbeing.

  • the difficult decision he had to make over taking the vaccine in order to continue working in the tourism industry
  • what happened in his body after the first and second shots
  • the lack of understanding, support and acknowledgement from the medical system
  • his experience of 3 emergency visits and ECG examinations for heart arrhythmia
  • the very tangible neurological symptoms he experienced
  • the phenomenon of turbo cancer, and more


Moroney said, I bought into the media hype about doing your bit, I lined up
Matthias Desmet said “A well thought-out media drives out, overrules common sense.”
He started with the statement, “Let me introduce you to the shadowlands…
A separate world right here in NZ, invisible to the majority of kiwis
The shadow world – the very existence of [the vaccine injured and thinking Kiwis] is an embarrassment to those in power. The NZ’rs “the end of life as we know it”
We are one of the most highly vaxxed people in the world.
How many have been consigned to the shadowlands of vax injured. NZ Medsafe admits that no more than 5% are injured due to vaccines. Do you know why the say it’s so low? One reason is it takes at least a half hr to report it and New Zealand did not mandate the reporting of vaccine injuries.
Medsafe reported 65k adverse events, and 6,000 lodged for younger persons.
193 families reported deaths shortly after vax.
48K stopped after the 1st dose –
Nobody wants to know about these people, the media, our MP’s, are intent in not blocking their career boat. ACC has paid out $11.4 million through September ‘24.
ACC has been nightmare, a financial battle as well. And patients say: “My questions have never been property answered. The government has not helped me at all.
So, effectively you are on your own in this country.”


Dr. Alison Goodwin had her practicing certificate removed and has been required to attend a 12-month “re-education” programme after she advocated for informed consent in 2021 as the Covid-19 vaccines were being rolled out in New Zealand.

She has been a tireless advocate for getting the truth out, and is a member of NZDSOS. Her presentation was so detailed about her investigations I’ll simply leave it with a slide of her presentation contents and a few comments below! Please check out the link above for more on what Goodwin is up to.


Pharmacovigilance
“Since I was mandated out,” stated Goodwin, “I tried to understand the New Zealand health and medical system.” She continued, “I have made quite a few efforts to speak with someone at Medsafe but I  haven’t been able to speak to a real person. Usually send me to a webpage that I’ve already visited.
Goodwin also recommended the book Bad Pharma, by Ben Goldacre

“[In the U.S.] Operation Warp Speed [was initiated] to bring a vaccine to the population in a very short time. Usual time frame for vaccine rollout is 5-10 yrs. However, this was not normal vaccine, not normal mRNA

A few of the many Accumulating Concerns mentioned in Goodwin’s presentation:
– Did Pfizer fulfil all provisions of their contract with New Zealand?
– Pathologists and coroners were not mentioning vax status or fact of recent vax injuries.

Dr Melissa McCann is currently launching a nation-wide Class Action lawsuit to fight a failing Australian government compensation plan, and unsafe vaccine. She spoke from Australia through a video call to the audience.

Image: Letters from Australia Video Capture

Dr McCann has practiced as a GP in Australia’s Whitsundays region. She currently chooses to not administer C-19 vaccinations after seeing serious adverse events from the vaccines; McCann has witnessed an unusually large amount of patients presenting with adverse effects such as chest pain, blood clots, miscarriages and strokes shortly after receiving a COVID vaccination.

She decided to speak up and take the matter to the government, in form of a class action suit, 

Image: Mackay and Whitsunday Life


“The TGA Therapeutics Goods Agency is the department charged with the public’s health in Australia”. So, I highlighted what I was seeing in my patients, and what was statically impossible in such a small community- and from TGA?, No action no comment, in regards to these events,” She continued,
“So, I asked for action.
The letter I got back head of TGA [was an insufficient explanation.]
Every year, there were occurring a certain amount of deaths and it just didn’t add up – I gathered info on my own available statistics at the time and I got a better understanding of what was known by TGA at the time, It seemed that TGA was defending the process.
In 2022 I ended speaking with 100’s of people and heard more and more people with injury issues, [as well as looking into] and studies.  There were people in wheelchairs, those [who suddenly developed] light sensitivity and several people would just cry because of all the grief and changes in their lives.
The case against the TGA, is in part regarding the various testing and evaluation of safety. There are nine-hundred people in this ‘statement of claim”. The claim being they failed in the approval process. There was a proliferation of statements that were reassuring the public of the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. Our claim is around those actions and negligence.
The claim was filed in April 2023, and December 3rd is the first big hearing to dismissal of the case – (meaning, there is no case of negligence because there was no duty of care. This is (TGA’s) their defense) If [the case] survives, the next step is to move to the discovery phase. And that will have importance, not just for Australia but the world, then the case moves to the trial proper.”

Is there is anything other countries and organizations can do? Yes: Just search  “Statement of Claim”    Anyone around the world can make use of it, depends on the specific regulator in your country. We want to make the work that we’ve done to be available for everyone to use. What we’re doing is a civil claim of  “proof of guilt”

Ken Nicolson – Nicolson Legal:

I’ve included this good interview by William Bissett for your reference on Nicolson’s work.

Nicolson presented on the cases he’s been working on for the public good.
“We’re currently doing a class action with 50 people here in NZ, and it’s criminal case – there’s a crime going on here and someone has to be made accountable”
He continued with a bit of background on the Safe and Effective Roadshow, “I expected the ‘powers that be’, would bury this story any way they could, so I came up with this idea of a roadshow, As a result of the mandates, I did employment law for people that were mandated out, then also took on people who couldn’t visit their family in rest homes. Then I took on the extreme issue of a family put under house arrest on their island called Tokelau. There were  a bunch of us.  There were three families who had a lot of pressure put on them to take the injections. Three families that wouldn’t take it there were banned to their properties – not allowed to go fishing, had to have people to drop food off at their homes, Then, I dealt with Baby Will where the government took over guardianship of the baby because the parents were requesting unvaccinated blood donations from the blood bank, for a needed heart operation,  but the government wouldn’t allow it. These all are a group of people desperate to be recognized by their own government.  They need to be heard. And by the way, ACC is useless. This issue is political.
A bit on my background: I asked,  ‘Why did my family get the vaccine, and why I didn’t want to? My only family said [to me],  that I couldn’t come around unless I got a vaccine passport.

On social programming, Nicolson said, “Psychologically, if you repeat a message over and over again – ‘Safe and Effective’ , your mind absorbs the message and your critical thinking shuts off. Your brain just goes past it and you’re not even thinking.
The message is repeated in various forms, ‘The virus will find you whoever you are – Jacinda Ardern was a great mouthpiece . Everyone was lockstep with the narrative. Making sure you got the relentless messaging – We’re all in this are together.
There was a terrible Youtube video “Get the Jab – Get the treats”.

The comeback? We have to be there to support each other.
There are not two societies (as Ardern said), we are one society.
It’s all about freedom – We have to be careful about the future and what rights may be taken away.

The Safe and Effective Roadshow, has now wrapped up their tour. This is a shout out to the organizers of the events who would appreciate and donations* to recoup the expenses incurred. Also a huge thank you to all the speakers and presenters who, traveled at their own expense to the various towns in which the roadshow was scheduled. Lastly thanks to the audiences that showed up and contributed their energy, ticket costs and support to the project. Although it seemed like there was “preaching to the choir” in some respects, there’s no doubt that the word will spread and the truth will be heard. Those attending have learned a lot from first hand accounts, and every little drip in the pond is a ripple felt around the world. *Link to follow

Meet Sharon, Spreading the Love in New Zealand

29/09/2024

Sharon works in Twizel’s “Four Square” grocery store as a checkout person. As she addressed the elderly lady ahead of me in line, she was saying, “What can I do for you Love?” and, “Ok Darling, I’ll get that for you”. It struck me that I was seeing a very special woman at work. She addressed me with an equally warm-hearted salutation, “How are you today Honey?”

After I finished paying, I said, “Thank you for your kind approach to your customers, including me.”

You know what her answer was? “Well, it puts a spring in your step.” I think she meant for all involved, not just her. I walked out of the store, moved to tears, (yeah, I’m “that sort”) and went back for a photo, and a hug. 

Call it concidence, but when I’m in grocery stores, I often see it as a spontaneous opportunity to be present, to tune into the flow. (Thanks, Eckhart Tolle, for the tip). I was doing just that before I entered Sharon’s checkout line.  And I think, the more we ask for direct feedback, the universe provides. But be forewarned, that can be both positive and negative learnings. I remember Gary Acevedo once saying, “Being on the planet now, learning is not an option, but how we learn, is. You can learn by ‘blessings’ (good stuff happens) or by ‘lessons’, (bad stuff happens).” So, I’ll have what Sharon’s having – a good dose of the positive.

Tucker Carlson Interviews Trudeau’s Brother

13/05/2024

Few people know Justin Trudeau better than his own brother. Here’s what he, Kyle Kemper, says about him.

From the interview transcript:
“Most people in Western countries and the United States and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, etc., most people who lived in those countries two years ago got the Covid vaccine. That’s just a fact. And maybe because of that fact, very few people want to talk about what that was, not just what the vaccine itself was and what it may do to the human body and the human brain. Those are worthy conversations, important conversation, necessary conversations, ignored conversations. But the bigger conversation is why were governments across the West pulling out all stops to force people to take this compound that they called a vaccine? What was this and what did we learn about the motives and the aims of those governments by their behavior around the vaccine? What did we learn?”

You can see the full interview here:

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My Take on Truth & Lies in Wanaka

09/04/2024

By Randall Richards
Below is an audio interview done with Paul Brennan of Reality Check Radio here in New Zealand on the shenanigans going on with an event from the Aspiring Conversations part of Festival of Colour. The event was called “Truth and Lies”, a provocative title. My open-minded friends and I are thinking of creating another festival called Festival or Truth, or something like that, to “take a jab” at the organisers.

It seems we could improve on implementing their vision statement which in part, states: to engage our community and captivate individuals from all walks of life.
We’ll do the whole thing, stage, lights, couches, moderator, glasses of water, but we’ll take questions from the audience (no need to email in ahead of time), cameras and recorders will be allowed, and no bag or phones required to checked in at the gate. No barf bags required for this event. Stay tuned.

One thing I didn’t mention is my previous article, which I thought I’d add here, is the need to compassionately, but firmly, hold people responsible for their actions with consequences, legal, social etc.

Barry Young, our wonderful whistleblower on the data of excess deaths (related to the vaccine here in NZ), told me he’d love to “get into the head of these people and see what makes them tick. Why do they think the way they do?” Coincidently, our speaker at NZ Rising tonight was covering just that topic. David Charalambous, founder of Reaching People, He covered a lot of ground on cognitive dissonance, labels, and adaptive unconsciousness. But more on that in another piece.

Author’s Note: Reality Check Radio is currently off-air. They need more of us to donate to keep operations running. We’ll be posting a shortly on this, but for now, see RCR’s video on the situation.

Truth & Lies in Wanaka New Zealand

06/04/2024

By Randall Richards
Yesterday, I attended an “Aspiring Conversations” event called “Truth and Lies*” which is part of Wanaka, “Festival of Colour” held periodically in this small but growing town on New Zealand’s South Island. I, and about twenty-five friends who are concerned about threats to free speech and government overreach, had bought the $25 ticket to hear four people on stage discuss what their webpage describes as follows
“How do we know what is true and how do we deal with the misinformation and disinformation that plagues not just social media, but public life.”

Truth and Lies speakers lineup, clockwise from upper left: Susie Ferguson, Kate Hannah (no show), Byron Clarke and Siouxsie Wiles.

The webpage gave the speakers’ backgrounds: “Susie Ferguson has recently produced a podcast series called Undercurrents. Kate Hannah (no-show) is the director of the Disinformation Project. Byron C Clarke is an expert on the far right and has just written Fear: New Zealand’s Hostile World of ExtremistsSiouxsie Wiles is a science communicator who has been targeted by the alt right.” The event was hosted by Radio New Zealand host Kathryn Ryan

I was dreading going to the event. I was tempted to bring a barf bag in protest but decided at the last minute to nix that idea. I felt as if I were going into the den of lions. The thought of attending this talk brought a mild feeling of nausea. When I found a seat in the audience, I grew a bit anxious, as what looked like a largely retired, but woke population, started to fill the auditorium. As a group, my friends and I agreed we’d be respectful of their guidelines, (besides we discovered when Kathryn Ryan was reading the ground rules, that “Any disruptions from the audience would result in being escorted out by security personnel.” A friend from Arrowtown, NZ, who didn’t get our memo, did speak out loudly once, when Siouxsie Wiles stated on stage that there were minimal adverse effects of the Covid19 “vaccine”. He spoke up loudly, saying, “What about the skyrocketing excess deaths reported?” He was rewarded by a security guard coming to the end of his row and glowering at him with a threatening look of, “Don’t do that again, or you’re out of here.”

A last minute email sent out to ticket-holders the day before the event stated, that if we’d like to submit questions to be considered, they’d have to be emailed in prior. So that evening we, as a group, decided to submit the following questions:

1. What are the panel’s views on Dr. Michael Kelly’s recent article that calculated it would cost New Zealand $500 BILLION to implement the climate change actions being proposed by our Government?

2. Does the panel regard it to be “true” that the Covid vaccine was “safe and effective?”

3. What is the panel’s opinion of NZ’s Bill of Rights which states that: “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form.”

4. What level of C02 is acceptable to members of this panel when ice samples show that the planet currently has its lowest ever levels of CO2 levels in the last 70 million years?

5. What is the panel’s opinion regarding the refusal of our ministry of Health to release the true data on the vaccination injury statistics and all-cause mortality figures over the last 4 years?

6. Why does the panel think advertisers are withdrawing from mainstream media in their droves, causing their collapse?

7. Can members of the panel please confirm, in public that you do not receive any funding from third parties like the UN, WHO or Governmental or university bodies – either directly or indirectly?

There was no Q&A section of the presentation.
Knowing, this might be the case, we printed out copies of the questions to hand out to the audience as they exited the building with the following additional background printed on the front:

Questions for the Truth & Lies Panel Discussion
Some concerned people in the Otago region are planning to ask these 7 questions at the Truth and Lies discussion event on the 6th of April, which is slated to be part of Wanaka’s Aspiring Conversations, at The Festival of Colour.
We, as individuals, will request these questions be answered during the Q&A portion of the event, if there is such a portion. If not, we will ask the panel if they will answer the questions in the room, immediately after the event.
If the panel will not address the questions after the event, we will present these questions to them with a request to respond via email, and will also hand out copies of this document to the attendees as they exit the event.
We’re hopeful the discussion panel will hear our concerns, and we look forward to hearing their answers
.

We also included their mission of the event:

From the Festival of Colour Website:

“Our vision is to create an extraordinary platform that inspires, entertains, and challenges, fostering community well-being. Through diverse performances, thought-provoking discussions, and interactive events, we aim to engage our community and captivate individuals from all walks of life. Our dynamic programme showcases both established and emerging artists, representing Aotearoa’s artistic and cultural landscape alongside international acts.

We believe in the transformative power of the arts to spark conversations, challenge perceptions, and connect people. Alongside showcasing incredible performances that move our audiences, our festivals stimulate dialogue on critical issues, encouraging reflection and exploration of new ideas, encouraging personal growth, cultural understanding, and social cohesion. (emphasis added by author)

I’m sorry to say the event fell far short of ticking any of the boxes I highlight above. On the contrary, the event encouraged conformative non-critical thinking by oversimplifying major issues of the day such as the use of the internet and the Telegram platform in particular. At one point, Susie Ferguson stated she was “given a tour of Telegrams groups” as if it were some sort of foreign dark web element of our society. It is not.
Byron Clarke stated “Be skeptical and stick to broadcasting standards.” I say, keep an open mind, and follow your nose. Someone recently is quoted as saying, people know the truth when they see it, they can smell it.” Another quote oft attributed to Mark Twain, “A lie gets half way around the world before truth gets a chance to put its pants on.” Maintaining an open, curious mind today is mandatory to stay healthy and at peace.

My twelve year son, who attended the event, picked up on the overall feeling of fear from the panel members, and he was right. Clarke earlier stated, “We’re in worrying times when our landscape of news media is changing with fake news, fake info, on the internet which is considered the truth”. The audience then sighed or gasped. I had the distinct feeling I was in a paddock of sheep.
Clarke added the example of “The protest of the mandates in Wellington are signs of worrying times, when they could have been protesting for a more worthy cause”. He continued, “While reputable newscasts are behind some sort of paywalls, (TV subscriptions, advertising, etc) the internet is free, such as New Zealand’s own Counterspin Media, Reality Check Radio, Voice Media, my own blog and Infowars and TCN the U.S. to name a few. (For the record, the above excluding my own and Counterspin, have paid elements of their services. Voice Media is virtually a full paid subscription service and TCN has much of its content behind a paywall). The mainstream military industrial media globalist complex gets paid to lie and create the mess, we have to volunteer or scrounge for donations to clean up the mess. I, and others in truth* media, can speak from experience that countering the narrative doesn’t pay well. Without corporate sponsors, even the “founding father” of truth media, Alex Jones, has to promote his health line of supplements to stay on air. He doesn’t receive government grants as does RNZ and other “Old Fashioned Media, OFM” here in New Zealand.

The moderator brought up our Bill of Rights in NZ, and the right to free speech. That was a curious exchange, with Souixsie Wiles stating in effect, that free speech is not an absolute, that when someone says something which could end up killing someone with misinformation (regarding the pandemic), this is not a right. This sparked a few comments from the audience. Rightfully so.

Byron incorrectly stated that “people who are online too much are susceptible , That’s why the pandemic blew things up for a certain percentage of the population. My feeling is that what they’re reading online justifies violence, and the material appeals to those that don’t trust authority.” Firstly, violence is never justified, and yes, there surely must be a small percentage of unbalanced individuals who advocate violence on the internet. But to the bigger picture, correct me if I’m wrong, is it not only our right, but our responsibility to have a healthy distrust our government? The founding fathers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence certainly accounted for that when they constructed the constitution.

Going back to what my 12-yr old picked up, that the panelists seemed fearful, and “not in a good way” as he put it. “They weren’t healthy and happy looking like our friends” he stated. “They seemed like they had low energy.” My read on the situation confirms his perceptions.

I had a cathartic experience at the event. I had never seen any of these people in person before. Once I saw them on stage, I felt empathy for them. All I wanted to do was somehow reach out to them, either on or off the record. It was helpful hearing their story to understand where they are coming from. It’s clear they are troubled and don’t have the full picture. As I’ve written in previous articles, and stated on stage, I was brought up in an extended family who had a healthy distrust (but also respect) of the U.S. government and military. My uncle was a 4-star general in the army and worked in the Pentagon as an aide to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He told me about the reality of Washington DC and the power structures. It’s mainly what got me interested in being a United Press International photojournalists in my late teens and early ’20’s. It’s also what got me interested in finding out the back-story of how things work, by making my own investigative phone calls, and receiving answers I didn’t want to hear by our state-owned media and institutions.

Last night, all I could do was feel compassion for these ill-informed panelists who know not what they do. Well, maybe they do. The saying, “they’re either being played or being paid” holds true here. Despite that, all I saw were humans on stage, who were mirroring in statements, (to a much greater degree than my friends and I feel), some of the same issues we felt when being mandated out of public places or fired from our jobs. The people on stage made comments such as, “I feel afraid to speak out for fear of reprisals, for losing my job, for losing friendships.” All I saw was a mirror of myself, in an exaggerated form. As a caveat, I would say, I’m not really fearful, and at this point, I don’t care what people think of my opinions. That’s one of the advantages of getting older.
This cast of characters on stage might even be “in on the take”. So what? It is what it is. It doesn’t mean we don’t stand outside the venue with posters showing photographs of vaccine injured individuals who have suffered greatly, to help open people’s eyes. But it does mean we have compassion for those that haven’t yet seen the whole truth. It’s like being upset at someone for having a cold or illness. How can you? It seems on the surface, they have a choice in the matter, but they don’t have a choice until they break free of the conditioning. It’s not their fault. It’s a condition of the times. An exciting time to be a journalist and a writer. I can tell you that much!

Reactions from a friend about the “Truth and Lies” event in Wanaka, NZ, and others with posters of “vaccine” injured victims who have either died or now have serious side effects.


Friends share posters of the vaccine injured. More info can be found at https://thehealthforumnz.co.nz/

Author’s Note:
*I was tempted to include in this article, that the title should have been called “Lies and More Lies” which I think is funny, but it implies the panel members know that they’re lying, and I can at least tell, with certainty, they’re not seeing the whole picture. Whether it’s intentional or not, at least at this level I’m not sure. Look up “Hegelian Dialectic.”
This just in: Just received this text from a friend who was not able to attend the event:
“Hi Randall, Looks like you all made a bit of an impact with the pants on fire crowd.”
Oh good, I look forward to hearing more!

Update: I’ve been hearing some really good comments from my community here in Wanaka, and encourage you, and those beyond the area, to comment in section below or on my Farcebook page as well to stir the pot.

River of Freedom in Apple’s Top Ten

21/12/2023

River of freedom in top 10 apple movies above blockbuster Oppenheimer. Polling higher than a Christmas movie, in the week of Christmas.

Watch the full movie here

Info Overload? Yep.

21/12/2023

The Alex Jones Interview, with Tucker Carlson

08/12/2023

I had been listening to Alex Jones on shortwave radio, before he was on the internet, maybe before there was internet. Watch this interview, and you will learn something. It even may be your gateway to the truth. Although I’ve written about this before, it’s worth repeating, that caustic characters, (which at times, Jones can be) in retrospect, weren’t caustic enough. People like Edward Brown in NH, the late William Cooper and Jones, were and are simply trying to slap us out of our hypnotized stupor. Ed Brown actually said to my face, before he was locked up and they threw away the key, “It’s all very nice that you’re researching the truth, and treating it as “a hobby” (which I did until a few years ago), “But what are you actually doing about the situation we now find ourselves in?” I took offence to this side-arm toting stalwart’s comment. But in retrospect, he had a point. Now I respectfully say what’s on my mind, because I have just as much right to do so as anyone. I’m also doing more, which I’ll share in another post soon, but for now….

Tucker Carlson’s intro transcript:
“We have a ruling class in the United States defined by its hatreds. Not its loves, not its hopes, but by its hatreds. They hate all kinds of people, large groups of people: the deplorables, the bitter clingers, America’s entire blue-collar population, the unfashionable people. They’re hated by the people who run our country.

But no one is hated more by them than a man called Alex Jones. Alex Jones is the single-most-censored man in all American history. He was the first media figure in our history to be completely erased in one day. De-platformed. Alex Jones was de-platformed before it was a common term. And not just de-platformed — sued, attacked. They attempted to criminally charge him.

It’s worth a watch. It’s important.


What did Alex Jones do wrong? Alex Jones didn’t rape anybody. He didn’t loot Macy’s. He didn’t burn a police station. He didn’t invent a fake cryptocurrency and loot pension funds. He didn’t start a pointless war that made this country poorer and more disorganized. He didn’t open the southern border. No. Alex Jones had opinions that deeply rattled the people who run America. In fact, rattled a lot of us.

And I’ll just confess that I first heard of Alex Jones when he questioned the official story behind 9/11. And I, speaking for myself, was deeply offended by this. I didn’t take any time to find out what he was saying, but I was bothered by the idea that this defining event in American history, which changed the life of everyone who lived here then, might not actually have unfolded as we were told it did. And that possibility was too destabilizing. And I remember feeling resentment toward Alex Jones for saying that.

But several years later, I went up in Austin, Texas, and through a chain of circumstances, wound up meeting Alex Jones. And I learned what everyone who has met him now knows, which is Alex Jones is not a crazy person. Alex Jones has said pretty far out things on TV from time to time. Not that far out. He hasn’t said men can become women or Ukraine is a democracy. But within the bounds of, say, cable news, pretty far out.

But fundamentally, Alex Jones is right about a lot of things. And, in fact, that’s why they don’t like him. Alex Jones has an uncanny, really an amazing ability to predict events before they happen. He has called it and he’s done it on tape again and again, to the point where it’s a meme on the Internet. “Alex Jones prophet,” not conspiracy nut, prophet. But when you dig into Alex Jones’s predictions, they are so spot-on that it’s remarkable.

How does he do this? We’re guessing there’s a kind of spiritual sensitivity to Alex Jones. Maybe that’s his secret. He was displaying this years before the average person in this country even thought about matters like that. Now it’s pretty obvious to most people that the current war going on in this country is taking place in ways you can’t see it most of the time. But ten years ago, people were not thinking that way. Alex Jones was. And so, we thought it’d be interesting to sit down and talk to Alex Jones, the man. He joins us now in our studio.”

Leadership & Staying in the Light

07/12/2023

Penny Marie, (NZ)more than a “content provider”. She’s a strong women with a tempered steel forged by challenges, based in New Zealand. She comes from a communications and marketing background but has turned to use her talents not only in posting some amazing blogs, but starting an important initiative called Let Kids Be Kids. She’s passionate about truth-telling but in a centered heart-space way with no compromise. Her words of wisdom help remind us to stay compassionate in a troubling world of divergent paradigms. Only through love will change for the better happen. I particularly love a couple of her statements in this interview, One simple truth is “someone’s entry point to the truth can be from most any topic, and secondly, not to be judgmental of our fellow human beings. She was recently interviewed on the Jim Ferguson Show (UK). She’s a woman with vision born of this historic time.

Penny Marie interview w/Jim Ferguson

Reuniting and Healing: Overcoming Family Divisions in the Wake of Vaccine Mandates

It was a profound and stirring moment to engage in a deep conversation with Penny Marie from New Zealand, a passionate voice associated with the United Free Press. Our discussion unveiled the alarming issues plaguing mainstream media – their complicity in masking corruption and their blatant disregard for the truth. Read the rest of this story and go to the interview here:

Safe and Effective?” Nothing to See Here, Move Along.”

03/12/2023

By Guy Hatchard, PhD:
From: The Daily Telegraph
What the Whistleblower Data Tells us About the NZ Ministry of Health
This week an interview with a Ministry of Health employee under the pseudonym Winston Smith, who leaked data to former journalist and recent political candidate Liz Gunn, caused an international sensation.
A data set of four million vaccination records was briefly available for download and scrutiny from vaccine critic Steve Kirsch’s site. Many of you have no doubt watched the hour long interview by Liz Gunn by now. Kirsch independently promised his readers that international statistics experts would be publishing analysis of the data shortly.

The Wasabi site hosting the data for download acted rapidly to cancel Steve Kirsch’s account and YouTube took down the video within minutes (it is still up on… Read the rest of this story:

Guy Hatchard PhD is a statistician and former senior manager at Genetic ID, a global food safety testing and certification laboratory and the author of ‘Your DNA Diet’

Screenshot of the recently released dataset showing up to 21% mortality rate in some who received Pfizer injection in New Zealand as sorted by vaccine batches/sites.

And From Steve Kirsch’s Twitter
“If the data shows the COVID vaccine is so safe, why are they trying so hard to hide it?
They are hiding the fact that the vaccine killed thousands of New Zealanders.
If they were honest, they would publish the FULL dataset. But they are corrupt.”

From The Pack of Cornered Animals: (1NewsNZ)
A health worker has been arrested and charged after allegedly misusing and disclosing vaccination data, while spreading misinformation about Covid-19, police told 1News this evening.
The 56-year-old man will appear in the Wellington District Court tomorrow charged with accessing a computer system for dishonest purposes, police said. It comes after health officials today laid a police complaint against a staff member”. Read the rest if this “story” here:

Lastly, Celia Farber has provided some useful links, posed questions and insight about what’s going on tonight here in New Zealand. I include this post only to give some insight on how independent news media is doing its best to get the truth out. It’s not a cookie cutter operation, as is state-controlled media, so things don’t always go according to plan. Welcome to life. But as Mark Twain said, “A lie gets half way around the world before truth gets a chance to put its pants on.” The truth will come out, one way or the other.
Here’s her piece, on her Substack:
New Sh*tshow: NZ Whistleblower Raided and Arrested, Liz Gunn In Flight For Her Safety, NZ Grassroots Group VFF Say This Whistleblower Came To Them Two Years Ago, They Tried To Work With Him..
Read her story here:

Editor’s Note: I’m one of the co-founding members of a group called NZ Rising, which serves as a communication network for groups concerned about government overreach here in New Zealand. We’ve taken our lead largely from Canada’s successful Freedom Rising.
We recently talked about how important it is to stay in our hearts as the old narrative crumbles completely. It is happening now in case you haven’t noticed. It’s not going to be pretty, but by staying united in love and common purpose, we’ll expose the truth. I stand in support the whistleblower/s’ effort for speaking the truth about the excess deaths occurring in New Zealand.
There is indeed “something to see here”, and I suggest the reader not just believe me, but do his/her own research and, as in Wizard of Oz, “Look at that man behind the curtain.” Randall Richards