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Gay Pride Week in Wanaka: A Seed Germinates for “Mandated Acceptance Week”
15/11/2024By Randall Richards
Wanaka New Zealand is currently hosting Gay Pride Week. Neighboring Queenstown has had a similar event for years. The thing I noticed about the wording of their promotional writeup on Facebook is it made me think, “Hey wait a minute, they’re describing how we feel.” And, who are “we”?
WE are all those in New Zealand who bore the brunt of draconian measures to enforce vaccination passports where our prime minister actually admitted that there would be two classes of people, those vaxxed and those that weren’t. Those who followed the rules would be afforded all the benefits of going along with the plan. Those that resisted, would suffer. Suffice it to say, Ardern will not weather well in the history books.
Here’s the post I saw tonight on Facebook:
“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome you all and see our community come together to celebrate and connect. Our OUT&about Wānaka team and trust have poured so much heart and hard work into making this week unforgettable. From community events to educational sessions and our epic Pride Street Party and dance night, we’ve crafted something for everyone—whether you’re here to support, learn, or just have a good time.
These events are for the whole community, a chance to celebrate diversity and spread love in every corner of Wānaka. So, come join us, bring your friends, and let’s make this a week to remember.
Can’t wait to see you all there!
Join us in celebrating the entire rainbow community and their allies. This week is all about creating safe, inclusive spaces to come together, express ourselves, and be proud of who we are. Here’s what’s in store:
Monday: Queer Film Fest at Rhyme X Reason Brewery. This event runs on a koha basis, give what feels right to you. https://events.humanitix.com/queer-short-film-festival
Tuesday: Living Library at Wānaka Library – Queenstown Lakes District Libraries where members of the rainbow community share personal stories, the joys, and the challenges. Free to attend.
Wednesday: Queer Quarterly Reads Wānaka at Next Chapter Wanaka, hosted by Catherine. Dive into three queer short stories in this free gathering.
Thursday: Queers & Beers Wānaka Pride Kick Off Edition! at Rhyme X Reason Brewery Grab a pint of the Straight Out of Narnia Hazy IPA—$1 from every pint goes to Queers & Beers NZ
Friday: Rainbow Awareness Training with Pride Pledge https://events.humanitix.com/rainbow-awareness-training… (free, booking required).
Friday evening: Drag Bingo with Lady Bubbles Get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/drag-bingo-with-lady-bubbles
Drag Karaoke – Wānaka Pride Week Wanaka Brew Bar with Frothy follows!
Saturday: Wānaka Pride Street Party—the big day! Join us at the Lake Wānaka Centre for live music, a craft and info market, community café, fashion show, mindfulness activities, drag queens, dance performances, face painting, DJs, comedy, and more!
Saturday Night: Pride After Dark is the place to be! This Pride Week finale features burlesque, DJs, gogo dancers, aerial silks, drag queens, a spin-to-win tattoo wheel, and more. Get your ticket here: https://events.humanitix.com/pride-after-dark
Sunday: Wrap up the week with live music and relaxed vibes coffee morning at the Lake Wānaka Centre.
We’d like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the incredible supporters, funders, and community partners who have made these events possible. Central Lakes Trust, The Rainbow Legacy Fund, Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Outlet Camp Wānaka, Francesca, TomTom, Big Fig, Burnett Foundation Aotearoa, just to name a few.”
Then a neighbor posted in the comment section: “Wanaka does not need this. Jesus Christ, what ever happened to Tradie Week?”
Here is my comment in the thread:
I gotta add my own thoughts as well. I’m not here to say whether we need or don’t need this event. – I’m totally for gay rights. But this post begs the question, what about another suppressed group that needs a coming out event?
So gather round, and hear me out:
Having been mandated out of libraries, barber shops, restaurants, even the commuinty offices and service desks, and treated like second class citizens during 2020 etc…When I read the above text I felt my friends and I that suffered during the mandates also need a week of “all about creating safe, inclusive spaces to come together, express ourselves, and be proud of who we are.” Those of us who didn’t get the jab, didn’t die, but what did happen to us isn’t really on people’s radar, and what about the vax injured. As a start, I invite people to come to the dDnosaur park tomorrow at Noon for Red Remembrance Day. It’s a start, but we have a long way to go to even be acknowledged, as a part of the New Zealand population that’s had a rough go.

It all seems a bit ironic,, that’s all. But it’s also inspiring, to get out there and not be afraid to stand up and speak out. And it’s not just me that feels this way, there’s quite a few of us.

Ode to the Republic
05/11/2024By Randall Richards
Happy Voting Day, Enjoy it While You Can**
The following is a good natured exchange on Farcebook between an old friend from my hometown (New Hampshire, USA) and me. It’s self explanatory but in keeping with an “Ode” theme, I’m also including some lyrics from a song I wrote some 30 years ago, which seems applicable. Happy reading.
My friend posted this meme of Farcebook recently, and here’s my response:
Hi James, others
I implore you to do one thing and that’s to look outside your newsfeed because you’re being lied to in real time. I didn’t want to believe it, who does? The power structure is scared to death of being called out on their decades of corruption and are hoping, and banking on, you won’t pull back the curtain and see the truth. What I say sounds crazy, but our future depends on you and others taking off the blinders and waking up to outright lies and defamation that you’re being fed. I warn you though it will take courage. Some of us have the advantage of long-term assimilation to the facts. You don’t have that advantage and the ride may be rough, but I and others are here for you. Again I implore you to at least consider taking the red pill, because all I’m promising you is the truth and nothing more. Oh and by the way, it has less to do with left and right than you can imagine
Addendum:
A good place to start would be to investigate who funds the media. You can find that on Yahoo Finance.
Do you still trust the banks? Remember the Enron and too big to fail events? Do you think they have changed their behavior since then, especially regarding military industrial machine? Lastly, consider reading or listening Whitney Webb.
Best to you on your journey.
Randall
This was my friend’s response:
Randall, I believe that you are sincerely reaching out to share what you believe to be important truths. It concerns me, however, that your comment was offered as a reaction to a post that decries bigotry in very general terms, and offers a pithy resolution to the “paradox of tolerance….” I would be surprised if your intent were to defend bigotry, but it’s hard to understand what else prompted you to post this comment here and now.
I hope that your reference to “the red pill” is intended to encourage general skepticism toward dominant social narratives, rather than an embrace of the fantasies of QAnon, MAGA, incel culture, and the “Alt Right.” Unfortunately, back here in the ‘States, the “red pill” metaphor is often deployed in the service of those collective delusions.
And today’s response on voting day in the U.S:
Hey James, Others,
Happy voting day there Stateside. Good luck.**
Good to hear back from you and thanks for your reply in the comments. I actually had a draft running, but FB deleted it. So I’ll give it another go. Yeah, I’m trying to reach out, which is an exception, because my knowledge usually falls on deaf ears. So generally, it’s not worth my time anymore. There are some you just can’t reach. But a fellow journalist is quoted as saying, there are many pathways to the truth, and some find their way through one issue or another, and then it hits them – “They’ve been lied to.” Then it’s a matter of prying off the bandage to see how bad it is.
I love your writing style. Top notch my friend. I could take some lessons from you. Here’s my response. I trust you’ll take it in good faith. Hopefully the days of respectful discourse are not of days gone by.
Your wrote, that my comment was “offered as a reaction to a post that decries bigotry in very general terms” is not how I see it. The post suggests that those on the “Right”, one side, hates blacks, brown, Asian, etc. and the other side, “Left” hates bigots. Firstly, I put the left and right in quotes, because the terms are almost meaningless. I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, it left me. Having said that there is an extremist element that has co-opted the Democratic Party. You’d be mortified to know the truth. That’s why I said it would be a rough journey if you and others start doing the hard research. The meme was not based on fact. No, I don’t defend bigotry in any form, nor even, “hate” which your post evidently advocates. Love your enemy, remember. My response, in all due respect, was not meant to be pithy in any manner. That you find it hard to understand what prompted me to post my comment is just the point that we’re on different planes of understanding.
A good friend yesterday made the analogy that learning the facts of the backstory is a bit like mathematics. It starts with bath arithmetic, etc., then algebra, and if you can handle that, calculus and then delving into quantum physics. At some point, especially me, I’ll get lost at about the calculus level, (if I’m lucky!) and drop out at that point. Learning the true history, and facts behind the current situation is similar to my analogy. People can handle the truth up to certain point, then cognitive dissonance sets in. Yeah, “the Military Industrial Complex may not have my interests in mind” or “Yeah, there were some mistakes with the vaccine rollout”, and “Yes, the media might be owned by three corporations but, it can’t be that controlled.” “Partial truth” is good enough for a lot of people. It’s not good enough.
Yes, my comment about the red pill, was not in reference to the republican party. Sorry, I wasn’t clear on that. It’s about challenging the illusion, per the Matrix movie. Author of the “Great Unraveling” Julius Ruechel has brilliantly addressed the issue of mass-formation, which I encourage you read/watch. In summary, it’s as if we’re trying in some way to get y’all, people on both sides, to snap out of it.
Your listing of Q’Anon, MAGA, “incel”, and Alt Right is curious and, respectfully, shows you’re a bit uninformed. “Q” is a listing of clues supposedly from someone on the inside of government. Never had time for that, and frankly I think it’s a danger to the republic, (notice I didn’t say democracy). “Anon” is a movement of onliners devoted to deciphering the clues or “drops” from “Q”. Again, a time waster in my opinion. “Alt-right” is a term like “Conspiracy Theory” that’s a powerful label created (the latter, created by the CIA, look it up) to marginalize with the sweep of a hand. And it’s effective. Yes, you’re spot on, regarding “collective delusions” but what I find interesting is it’s playing out on both sides, more acutely on “The Left”. Seeing a sea of “Red hatters” is a cautionary vision for me too. Of course Thiel’s backing of JD Vance is not a good sign. Have you heard of the Bilderberg Group, or CFR? He’s on their board of directors, and no, it’s not conspiracy. It’s fact. Please read up. As a side note, I’m not “anti-vax” but RJK Jr’s book shows that Big Pharma, and the agencies they’ve co-opted, don’t have your health in mind, and that’s putting it very mildly. They have a long history of money-making at all costs.
Replying to some of his commenters:
Tom wrote:
As a Trump supporter I was never a bigot. With regards to Obama…we got the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.,
I voted for him, but I was fooled. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I agree though, he is indeed articulate and bright though.
David, wrote:
Please read some actually reporting and scholarship, instead of conspiratorial drivel.
I wouldn’t call RFK Jr’s “The Real Anthony Fauci” or “The Pfizer Papers” by Wolf, conspiratorial drivel, nor, while I’m at it, “The “Creature from Jekyll Island”. If the first book were untrue then RFK Jr. would have been sued for libel by now.
Christian wrote: try breaking the pill in half.
Unclear, please expound.
Ted, wrote:
Ok, so I read this page on Whitney Webb. Are you going to support Trump, the good friend of Jeffrey Epstein?
Ted, Respectfully, your comment is irrelevant and incorrect. And you say, you ‘read a page’ on Whitney Webb. The problem is, one group has done deep research and the other is fed a narrative and believes it based on a corporate media feed.
Of course Trump is not ideal, and whether he’s been convicted of rape or not, I admittedly don’t know for fact one way or the other, but have read it was a complete set-up. (As a side note, you do know, I assume, that to get a conviction, it used to require a unanimous decision on each count by a jury of your peers. The NY judge allowed each juror to come up with his own decision on individual counts, and that called those convictions. That wasn’t justice. It makes for great pablum, unless you look into it. Of course he should not be calling anyone stupid or other insults. I wouldn’t want to spend a weekend with Trump. But…Watch the “Art of the Surge”, The whole documentary series of a behind the scenes reporting during this campaign with an embedded team. It’s a rare opportunity to see history in real time. As difficult as it might be, make the stretch and see the real person vs. the “straw man” the media has painted of him, (and Alex Jones, by the way, which should trigger a few!)
Ted wrote:
It seems like you think: Peter Thiel, Tucker Carson, RFK Jr., DJT, etc. are truth-tellers instead of just self-serving lie-peddlers. I don’t think you’re correct.
Your comments about truth tellers/lie peddlers is not based on fact, and, you “don’t think” I’m correct? It’s matter of knowledge from source materials. Respectfully, do some research, (happy to provide a book list for you), then get back to me.
Martha writes:
I am basing my decision to vote for Harris on information I’ve received directly from people who have dedicated their lives to defending democracy on the world stage (Gen. Kelly) or original documents (Project 2025).
Admittedly, I’ve not delved into Project 2025 yet, although have had a cursory look and understanding of it. I need to look at it. I trust you remember when Obama cleaned house of all the top brass generals and installed new ones. Why do you think he did that?
In conclusion, from my side perspective and experience, I’ve seen the huge amounts of censorship that has kept “the left” from seeing the facts. So I understand the slumber, and the reluctance to look outside the info bubble. I was once accused by that “crazy guy” Ed Brown*, (anyone remember him?) from Sullivan County, NH, USA. They locked him up and threw away the key. Yeah, he was inflammatory, and wasn’t good with people*.
*(All that exists online about Brown is a Wikipedia entry. While I don’t argue with their record of convictions, I’m completely dubious of Wikipedia, and take what they say with a grain of salt.)
But Brown once said to me, “It’s all good that your hobby is researching the deep state and all that, but what are you actually doing to spread the truth and push back against the bullies?” At the time, I was offended at his frankness. Now, I’m a busy guy.
Randall Richards is a facilitator of the NZ Media Collective, Jam For Freedom New Zealand, a movement to connect freedom and health loving muso’s both in NZ and beyond to spreading the truth through music and creating vital community, He’s a co-founding member of New Zealand Rising, and currently content editor of its newsletter. NZ Rising is directory of Freedom and Health groups in New Zealand, which was based on the successful model of Canada’s Freedom Rising. He’s currently helping others to re-start the United Free Press, an initiative to create an ethics-based international journalism cooperative.
** Since I wrote this piece yesterday, since Trump’s win, I thought I’d better clarify the meaning of “Enjoy it while you can” in the header. Since Harris’s loss, it could be construed that I was gloating, which is not what I meant.
In fact, there’s a fair chance that the globalists and deep state, and 3-letter agencies, CIA, etc., who have it out for Trump, will stage another assassination attempt, and/or a false flag event. Prefacing that no-one is coming to save us, Trump is better than Harris, and talks a good game at least. It’s fairly clear the powers that be are scattering like rats on a ship. They don’t want to held accountable for their crimes. So they’ll do whatever it takes to avoid being brought to justice.
Make no mistake, these are delicate times, and let’s pray, meditate, do Hawaiian affirmations – whatever it takes to hold the peace, be welcoming and open hearted and above all compassionate. There are some wonderful posts by people on both sides saying to stay calm and enjoy the ride. I suggest readers here do the same. Trump is not the monster the mainstream media has made him out to be, nor is he a savior. But after generations of entrenched power structures, he’s one of our best bets (not the only one though) of making this right.
So, in short, what I meant was, buckle up. It could be an interesting ride.
Oh, yes, an Ode to The Republic,
Turning Point
Copyright 2024 Randall Richards written in 1995
HERE WE ARE…AT A TURNING POINT
HERE WE GO…..AT A TURNING POINT
THINGS AREN’T AS THEY SEEM
COME TAKE A MINDWALK WITH ME
WHERE SCIENCE, ART AND THOUGHT ARE ONE
IN A PLAY OF WORDS,
A BOOK CAPRA WROTE
WELL TO HEED HIS WORDS OF LIFE AND LOVE
WITH OPEN ARMS AND OPEN MINDS
THAT’S THE TURNING POINT
WE FIND OURSELVES IN NOW
ROME WAS GONE
IN A TWINKLING OF AN EYE
SO SHALL WE
UNLESS WE SEE THE FOLLY OF OUR TIMES
THATS THE TURNING POINT
WE FIND OURSELVES IN NOW
ANXIETIES RISE
PRESSURE’S BUILDING DAY BY DAY
THE ANSWERS WE SEEK
DEMAND NEW QUESTIONS
NOT FROM RIGHT OR LEFT
BUT FROM THE CENTER OF OUR HEARTS
GONE ARE THE DAYS
OF BLISSFULL FEAR AND HOPELESS NIGHTS
UP OR DOWN
RIGHT OR LEFT
THE CHOICE IS OURS YOU SEE
WE’RE AT A TURNING POINT
Meet Sharon, Spreading the Love in New Zealand
29/09/2024Sharon 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.
Empowering Change: A Brief on the Inspiring NZDSOS Conferences in New Zealand
22/09/2024By Randall Richards
Yesterday, I attended the NZDSOS, (New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science) called “Empowering Change” held in Christchurch. There were range of speakers from as far away as the UK and the US, who informed and inspired an audience of six-hundred. The event will also be held next weekend on the 28th of September in Auckland and tickets are still available here. The lineup is impressive:

The event was emceed by former Quantas Senior Pilot, Graham Hood, who did a fabulous job of setting a compassionate, humorous tone, but one with a “Time to roll up our sleeves”, pitch, where we need to spread the truth about what’s really going on today in the field of health. Speakers informed, inspired and motivated the crowd, with deep dives into the facts, productive strategies and tactics going forward, and the psychological realities ahead. These speakers had either been mandated out, sidelined from their leadership roles in medicine, and all had faced censorship of one sort or another. What they all have is a sense honor, humour and determination that wowed the crowd and left us feeling like we will all get through this. Below are some snippets of the key speakers.
Graham Hood opened the event by saying, “We’re living in perilous times. One thing COVID has done – We’ve found our tribe, and that is a positive of the past few years. But we still have to fight to have bodily autonomy, and sovereignty.” He then asked the audience, “Fear. What is fear? It’s False Evidence Appearing Real.
“Wuhan presented us with images of people dying in the streets then, a whole bunch of companies were racing to develop a vaccine.” Dr. Peter McCullough was asking, ‘Hey wait! has anyone looked in the cupboard to see what might already work such as Vitamin D or Ivermectin?’ There was a solution, but, that would make the emergency act null and void. So what did they do? They deregistered and shut down these doctors lives.”
Hood went on to mention a good maxim: “Identify the problem before you solve it.. There aren’t that many problems that have to be solved immediately.”
“During my flying career as a pilot, we were trained, in a crisis, there is an emergency message we are trained to use, ‘Captain YOU MUST LISTEN’. so the co-pilot can get the attention of the pilot. So in this case, we say, ‘Government, you must listen, you are are seen as only protecting your backside.” He then welcomed the first speaker.

The well-spoken, (and well prepared) Dr. Angus Dalgleish gave a talk entitled, “Early covid virus Observations and how they promote cancer” He started by stating, that there exists negligence and incompetence on a grand scale.” Dr. Angus, presented an incredibly detailed series of slides showing, in short, why the virus was a setup and wasn’t at all what we were told. Since I’m not a science writer, I won’t go into the details, but in another piece, will point out resources and links for readers to gather their own conclusions. Suffice it to say this fellow knows his stuff and is sticking to his story. He said, “A Vaccine was not needed in the first place and the whole thing was run like a military operation.” Adding, “We were told ‘you’re the only one who’s thinking this way, so shut up.’ Well, I will not shut up.” That got the our audience going. In one of his closing remarks he said, “The biggest problem we have at this time is censorship.”
Dr. Paul Marik, is a leading edge doctor from South Africa, currently in living in the U.S. His talk was entitled , “Patient Empowerment/People Empowerment,”
He started by stating, “Shedding is a real issue. That’s the bad news. But there are things we can do to mitigate the the negative effects.” He asked, “Where we were in the past, with lockdowns and mandates, was not a good place. And now, where we want to go to?”

“We have to empower ourselves, going forward. Excess deaths, the experts say, are from COVID and global warming – (Just a reminder, excess deaths are deaths of people who shouldn’t have died). You can’t trust the medical journals, because the data is manipulated and false. There is something else causing these excess deaths.” Marik showed a slide from life insurance data showing proof of young people dying. and another slide showed, the more vaccines, the greater the chance of getting COVID. And yet another slide clearly showed the uptake in cancer related deaths. He stated, “Cancer is preventable. It’s a disease of modern mankind part of the Hominidae family. So why is that chimps don’t get cancer? Something in our lifestyle in what we eat and what we do.

A recent example is the super model Elle MacPherson, who ignored her doctor’s medical advice, and shares her secret of surviving cancer.”

“Here are a few things you can do.” Marik stated, “Vitamin D 10k units per day, which is good for depression, cancer, COVID. Use red lights in bedroom in the evening, and the worst thing to do is eat the first thing in the morning, or the last thing before you go to bed.”

Dr. Marik concluded by saying, “We’re moving from a sick care system to health care system. It’s Important to take charge of our lives.”
Dr. Alison Goodwin, gave a detailed history of NZDSOS, since their first action, the presentation of their 1st open letter to the Ministry of Health, The Prime Minister, and eight other key government officials. They also issued, and still do, legal actions against the use of provisional consent to rollout a novel injection (2021), in March 2022 the challenged the mandates, in ’22/23 NZDSOS brought forward individual cases and challenged suspensions, and supported the NZTSOS (teachers) appeal. In 2024 they filed to pause fluoridation and are challenging against the MCNZ regarding the Guidance Statement. Goodwin’s closing slides included this powerful list of requirements in order to move on:

Dr. Matt Shelton‘s (of NZDSOS) talk was entitled, “The past will not equal the future if we are determined enough. Strategies, tactics and psychological realities for our future.”
Dr. Shelton gave a riveting and inspiring speech showing us a possible way forward from the quagmire in which we find ourselves of deceptive government health practices worldwide. He started by mentioning a an important study called the “Japanese Nakahara study” – “These results are so extraordinary, we have to take notice. It hasn’t been refuted or retracted and shows the universality of the negative impact of the vaccines.”
He also mentioned the “Thai Boys study” in Thailand, where a whopping 3.5% of the study had clinical evidence of myocarditis . This was the first study that gave a ballpark figure. This was followed by a study in Switzerland, where health care workers showed a 2.7% incidence of myocarditis from boosters where they looked at troponin (a protein in blood that indicates damage to heart muscle), and death of some heart cells. The suggestion: that there is a widespread effect on the heart from the vaccine.”
“What we need to look for is “triangulation” There was the Nathan Meade study was retracted, but has since been republished. In short, what’s happening in real life is much worse than is officially being reported.”
“We have to hang on to our intuition. If the other side won’t even engage or tell us that we’re wrong, that says we’re on the right track. The most worrying thing has been the silence from all the institutions, and how how quickly the lines were drawn, and there has been no debate on the science. [When we started presenting these studies’] we thought, BOOM now people will wake up, we’ll have the answer. But that hasn’t happened.”
“The story for white clot is different. These are tangible signs that seems to be affecting people who have had jabs. This is what embalmers are saying, labs, surgeons. There are enough of these people now, and we’ve had several years of this seemingly horrendous phenomenon that needs an explanation.” Shelton added, “We can’t work in isolation, we can’t work without funding. It will take a loud voice to speak the truth to power.”
Shelton said to the audience, “Welcome to those of you in the audience who are curious, or who are from the NZ Medical Council, or…. the intelligence services.”
“Everyone needs to move from being passive supporters. When someone says to me, ‘Thank you for what you’re doing’ I respond by asking them what they’re doing to affect change. We could move mountains, if all those people that know that something is wrong , speak out and do something. “
“So, most of the country [here in NZ], must be antivaxxers.” said Shelton, “It’s now more than six months since vaccination, and booster rates are slipping, and everyday people aren’t taking them.” On another note, he continued, “Everyone is looking for a leader, Even in the freedom movement, there is still a tendency to wait for the cavalry to come over the hill. We are the cavalry.”
“We don’t just want you to be behind us, but to stand shoulder to shoulder with us. So many were at the Wellington Protest against the mandates. That was the beginning of the end. There is going to be a tipping point. The human herd will eventually notice when enough of its members are not there anymore. We have to keep telling the truth, not worrying about where the chips may fall. We’re occupying the landscape that is ours.”
Find a country the USA has invaded where they’re still there. They haven’t been [in the occupied country] for all that long. The countrymen, the freedom fighters kick them out after a time.
We have a lot of brothers and sisters waiting to be inspired, and model behavior. There are many stories of people trying to connect. They are inching back from the narrative, and we need as many people as possible. I would ask people to read and re-read the posts that our media team has posted. Everything is in there. We know they are shadow banning us on social media and the news so please share this information.
Katie Ashby-Koppens, a lawyer based in New Zealand and Australia, presented “Success Stories and empowerment” on her work with various important cases both in Australia and New Zealand, related to transgressions by the government against human rights and health freedom.
Ashby-Koppens most notably worked with Voices for Freedom when evidence obviously showed in 2021 the negative effects of mandates regarding border workers, corrections, medical professionals, teachers, not to mention the mandatory use of vaccine passes. These were challenged by Katie and her team.

In 2022, Voices for Freedom met with the Human Rights Commission and issued a press release stating in its opening lines: “Voices for Freedom yesterday gave a voice to those negatively impacted by the Government’s Covid-19 responses….”
Also of note, was Ashby-Koppens’ work, in part, on the legal aspects, to help relieve the plight of the Mahelino Patelesio family, who were forced into “house arrest” on the small island of Tokelau which is “a non self-governing territory” of New Zealand. The arrest had devastating effects on the family. The arrest, was perpetrated on the family because they refused the Pfizer injection. The family eventually was allowed to move to New Zealand, where well wishers greeted them with open arms. Also in 2023, Rodney Hide interviewed Mr. Patelesio on Reality Check Radio. The piece is entitled, “Mahelino Patelesio On Home Arrest In Tokelau & Standing Up For His Beliefs.”
(Editor’s Note: It’s worth noting, that In 2022, Liz Gunn of FreeNZ broke the story by posting an interview with Patelesio , and played an important role in helping to get the family to safety in New Zealand.)
Across the ditch in Australia, Katie has been busy with the following legal actions: “AVN vs TGA, Federal court, 5-12 yr olds”, “Dr. Parry vs TGA,HIgh Court re: 6 month to 6 year olds” and “Fidge vs Phizer and Maderna, Federal Court, LNP-modMRNA=GMO” Most recently, in a letter addressed to the Australian Department of Health on the 18th, Sept. 2024, PJ O’brien and Assoc, a law firm with which Katie is associated, addresses DNA contamination in Australian mRNA Covid shots: “Synthetic plasmid DNA contamination has been detected in Australian vials of Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines at levels of between seven to 145 times the allowable limit, a new report shows.”
Graham Hood, the EmCee interjected between speakers, by saying, “The people who have done this, must be held to account. But we also have to live in a more tolerant society. They will be held accountable, but we have to forgive, once they pay for what they have done. When someone says, I really blew that’ I say, ‘You will be embraced by a great many people.”
Founder of Reaching People, David Charalambous, a communications specialist, presented on “Communications, Messaging and Human Behavior – Reaching people.” Having worked for Outward Bound for about 15 years, I found this presentation fascinating, and I think rest in the audience did as well. I found it so fascinating, I forgot to take any images of him.
David asked the simple question, “How did I see things, when others didn’t?
He continued, “And then the consequences came: It’s ‘the picnic for one’, prior to that it wasn’t like that, until you started bringing up “topics”.
“The problem with [having those consequences] is we start to self censor. That’s one of the greatest weapons of propaganda, It leads to apathy. But more importantly, speaking up leads and motivates others to speak up as well. There’s huge power in numbers. March 2022 was quite alarming time, but my 20 years of experience and my studies, I was seeing systems worldwide [that suddenly] stopped working on a scale I’d never seen before.”
“I researched – How to use effectively communicate to someone with different views than yours. And that is very different than communicating with someone within your same group.”
Charalambous told a story about woman who was taking a walk in a city park. She was not wearing a mask, and encountered an elderly lady there. The elderly woman immediately confronted her, wagging her finger, saying “You should be wearing a mask.” But the maskless woman, instead of “stepping into the ring”, just asked, simply asked, “How can I help you, my dear? I’m here to listen.” And the masked lady replied, “I just need a hug.”
Charalambous said, “Then both of their defenses came down. The moral of the story, ‘Do not step in the ring’ when you’re confronted with someone on the opposite side of the fence. It wont solve anything, it just plays into their hands.”
He said, “Seek to first Understand”
“I’m extremely hopeful, when people know what’s going on, successes will go through the roof.
He briefly covered some key examples of effective influence after having reminded us about the famous Milgram Experiment : “So what works best it tell people what their neighbors do. We are social animals in packs, communities. We look to what others are doing for cues and clues for what to do. It’s really shocking that incentives have a key effect on behavior. David then showed a quote on the screen:
‘There are two reasons for everything – A good reason and a real reason.’ JP Morgan“
“We on this side, have been awful at predicting behavior. But the establishment is good at it.
Further, there is no baseline for the description ‘antivax’ or ‘conspiracy theorist’. This is why the terms work so well. You cannot convince others of your point of view when you are in “different groups”, Until you find common ground, you won’t get anywhere.
The solution is to find a way that we become a “we”, instead of “us and them”. Unless you find common ground, you don’t continue the conversation.
We have to drop that winning label . Would you rather get your family friends back or …be right.
How you say something ismor important vs what you say.”
The emcee, Mr. Hood, concluded the day by starting with the following, “Don’t mine for darkness”. (Which reminds me of the Native American saying, “Keep your face to the sunshine”)
Hood continued, “Invite the government to tell us where we’re wrong. [But also], if we keep drawing attention to this Health Tyranny, then the wall will come down. These speakers you see here on stage today need to be brought from obscurity to where they can bring out the truth.” adding,
“So, build the bridge first and get off the soap box.. Give those that have been fooled, a way to save face. You have the curse of knowledge. You’re in the 10 percent that isn’t suspectable., So give them a back door out, and simply say, ‘You’ve been lied to.'”
Dr. Fre, founder of the Asklepion Academy and author “Free Your Smile and Love Your Teeth”. He’s a retired dentist with a mission no less than transforming dental practices in New Zealand. Like the other speakers before him who spoke about the healthcare system as a “sick care system” with monetary incentives to get patients on drugs rather than actual treatment, Fre reports that the dental profession is no better.
He showed an informative & uplifting video, (which he created himself) of what is possible for the future of dentistry. His mission is to arm his students with knowledge, to not only take more of an active role in their own dental healthcare, but, once armed with this knowledge, to give dentists his book, and ask them to consider another way of practicing dentistry. He’s a visionary, and in his presence, one has the feeling, (like being around many people in these truth movements), that you’re listening to someone creating a new future before your eyes, and there’s something historical about what he’s saying. Don’t miss either his talk in Auckland, or make a point to stop by his website, take his free online course, and.. buy his book.
Other excellent speakers at the conference were, (and most will also be at the second Auckland conference) are Chris Dekker of NZMPS/Red Union; Lynda Wharton of Health Forum NZ; ; Kane Titchener and Mary Byrne of Fluoride Free NZ; William Bisset of the Brillin Clinic, and Anna McAnndra and Bruce McIntyre of reEnvision Health, NZ.
Editor’s Note: My motto is publish first, edit second. Well not exactly, but I do tend to add content, corrections and links once the item is published, and this piece is no different. In this updated edit, I’ve added more content on Dr. Fre and Katie Ashby-Koppens‘ presentation, a note about Liz Gunn’s efforts in the Patelesio case, and have included a list of all the other speakers and their organisations.
New Book about Wellington Protest Tells What Really Happened on Parliament Grounds
14/05/2024Freedom Village, The story of the 2022 New Zealand Convoy and Freedom Village Camp at Parliament Grounds
Freedom Village is a new book by Sue Grey and Alan Simmons. It’s the people’s story of the “controversial” 2022 occupation of the New Zealand Parliament grounds. It’s a confronting story of hope, courage, collaboration and determination in the face of abuse of state power.
Grey says of the people who contributed their stories to the book that “The story was in them, and they wanted to get it out to the the public. Creating the book was similar to the energy that was present at the protest, very inspiring.” Grey adding, “Now it’s time to get the story told. I thought I knew the story because I was there, but now I have a fuller picture of what happened, as told from other’s perspectives and experiences who were there.”
People united to reclaim freedoms from government overreach. They soon learned that the real battle line was for control of information, and for the public mind and mood.
The authors were there from the beginning and record this historic event revealing shocking information many would prefer to remain hidden.
This book is a historic record of the 23-day protest camp, and has information, hidden from the public. This publication goes hand-in-hand with other excellent projects in New Zealand, such the films River of Freedom, and We Came here for Freedom, which expose the truth of what really happened at the protest against government overreach and media manipulation at the behest of powerful forces. Much of the untold story would have remained hidden without the startling revelations in this book.
From the book’s website:
“Each generation needs a war, or a Woodstock, to remind us of what it is to be human, the magic of people power and the rewards of finding the courage to step up for humanity. Our Woodstock was the Freedom Village at New Zealand’s Parliament grounds in Wellington for 23 days starting 8 February 2022″.
“Perhaps our most important role is to sprinkle seeds of inspiration, hope, courage, aroha [love] and unity“
About the Authors
Sue Grey is a self-employed lawyer who specialises in complex emerging issues. She is also co-leader of NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party and one of New Zealand’s freedom heroes.
Sue has a double major in Biochemistry and Microbiology and RSHDipPHI. Her first career was as a Health Protection Officer where she worked for central government included investigating infectious diseases and contact tracing – perfect training for her to spot the many red flags with the unorthodox Covid response
Alan Simmons lives in Turangi, NZ, and for the last 50 years worked as a full time fishing and hunting guide. The Covid response put an end to international travel and clients and in 2022 he was forced to retire by police thuggery when his hip was fractured in a police action while he was standing on a street corner filming.
Sue suggests you and others request your local library to have their it on their shelves. Or one can donate to their library. Also mention it to your local bookseller.
You can purchase the book here.
Here’s what filmmaker & journalist Alistair Harding (We Came Here for Freedom) has to say about the book:
“Sue and Alan have created a book that will be worthy of the very Kiwi descriptor: ‘Taonga’, for our nation’s history. This book is a treasure because it is a first-hand account in the absence of any true journalism of the time. And so one day this story will be the source material that historians will turn to. Where they will find a vast difference between the voices of the people who were there and the narrative spun by a news media that mostly appeared incapable of any empathy for their fellow New Zealanders who had had their lives destroyed by the vaccine mandates.“
In Your Face 5G
29/02/2024The once small town of Wanaka, NZ has a new 5g tower today. Although it’s not been advertised, they rolled out 5G throughout the South Island a few years ago. Nevertheless it was a shock to see the new health-corroding tower being erected smack in front of a popular cafe, corner store, restaurant and pub complex
When I approached the workers asking them if it was indeed 5G technology, they confirmed it was. I then queried, “Do you guys know that these towers create health problems?” Their response was, “Hey mate, we’re just doing our job. It’s not our decision”. Does that sound familiar? What era comes to mind?
This tower is massive, with tons of technology aboard. There also happens to be additional technology installed just down the road, on street lights: real-time CCTV, and heat sensoring monitors in the name of safety (fire). It sure feels good to be safe, doesn’t it?


This sort of construction, right in the midst of a highly populated and active area of town is completely diabolical. I’ll admit I’m not informed on the decision making process on how these things come to be, but it’s madness. There are crazies at the helm of a ship of fools. Just don’t eat the food at Albert Town anymore, it will be “over-cooked”.
Dr. Peter Canaday: Champion of Medical Integrity, Victim of Institutional Injustice
11/02/2024By Emanuel E. Garcia, M.D.
“This may be the most important interview I’ve conducted thus far, not least because it exposes the rank corruption and failure of the institutions meant to protect the public here in New Zealand — in this case the Medical Council of New Zealand and the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal — and demonstrates the courage of a doctor who stood up from the beginning and applied critical thinking and foundational medical principles to the covid juggernaut, risking his career for freedom of speech, open discourse, foundational medical principles and the public’s right to information outside establishment media outlets.
Please join me for a conversation, my second, with the highly accomplished and courageous Dr. Peter Canaday, recorded on 5 February 2024. It is unedited and unrehearsed. Feel free to share far and wide.

Editor’s Notes:
There are some substantial supporting documents, including Dr. Canaday’s Biography, Brief of Evidence for the HPDT, Dr. Canaday’s Closing Submission for the HPDT, Dr. Canaday’s Documents and Presentations, all available on the image link above or here.
For a more detailed summary on Dr. Garcia’s post, including the text of the decision by the Medical Council of New Zealand and the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal click here.
For those who know Dr. Canaday, they will agree – his character and integrity is of the highest degree. In addition, I wouldn’t want to be on the wrong side of an debate with him. He’s one smart guy.
It’s only a matter of time before it becomes clear that Dr. Canaday is on the right side of history. Bravo, Dr. Canaday, for standing up for what you know is right, and for the self-evident truth.
Peter also included this in a recent email, which I thought I’d add here:
“To all,
In the event you may be interested in what I was doing in the late stage of my career in NZ, my friend and colleague has chronicled it in several of his ongoing Substack posts. For those who haven’t known about the abject corruption within organized medicine, this may be a bit of a wake-up call. It affects us all, not just in New Zealand.”
I posted this comment on FB today:
“Good on you Peter, We in New Zealand are very proud of you for acting for what you know is right. Your standing up early in the game, with your Fireside Chats on Reality Check Radio, http://www.realitycheck.radio gave those of us mandated out of many places, solid information and encouragement. The truth will come out to everyone in time. It takes guts to put your head above the parapet in the early days. But then, as you probably agree, what other choice do you have?“














