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New Zealand was catapulted kicking and screaming from the Stone Age to the Space Age within 200 years of Captain Cook setting foot there, becoming the last major landmass in the world to be settled by humans. Who really got to New Zealand first? Did a monster comet strike in the 1400s wipe out evidence of much earlier human settlement? And what of New Zealand's infamous founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi: which version is the most accurate translation? Did the Treaty ever set up a 'partnership' to rule the country? Why did Maori chiefs sign it? The Great Divide is a fascinating and ...

A death, missing computer disks, a winebox full of secret files, a tax haven, alleged extortion, arms dealing, corruption, coverups and criminal fraud, billion dollar deals, kidnap attempts, espionage, secret military operations, death threats, break-ins, a maverick politician...and an investigative television team's battle to expose the truth. Follow The Paradise Conspiracy on a journey to a country you never knew existed, that politicians would still have you believe doesn't exist, a place one diplomat called 'a dirty little country'. Using a New Zealand Government bank as their flagship,...

IF YOU STILL HAVE A HEARTBEAT, THIS BOOK IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO YOU Vitamin D is the hottest development in medical science, and in this compelling new book, bestselling author Ian Wishart brings together the most up to date science on vitamin D and how it could well save your life. Cancer? Up to a 77% reduction in risk of developing it if you take this vitamin. Heart disease? The same kind of reduction. Did you know that autism, mental illness and multiple sclerosis all appear to be affected by a lack of vitamin D during pregnancy? Did you know that ADHD and asthma appear to result from ...

Deep in the heart of the United Nations building in New York, directly under the podium of the Assembly, lies a temple dedicated to a spiritual entity coyly referred to as 'the Coming One'. It is the only religious area permitted within the UN. In that temple lies a massive black Altar, constructed from the largest piece of magnetite ever mined at the time. This is the story of that Altar - how it got there, how it has affected the lives of every person now alive on this planet, and what is yet to come. This is no flight of fancy. Everything you read in here is a documented fact, chased ...

Before the Panama Papers, they did this... From the author of two #1 bestsellers - The Paradise Conspiracy and Lawyers, Guns & Money - comes the final piece of the jigsaw... In the eighties and nineties, a small coterie of business tycoons stumbled on an incredible get-rich-quick scheme, using dodgy tax havens, fake documents and political connections that reached all the way to the top. Why did politicians interfere in criminal investigations? Who authorised covert surveillance of a rising political star threatening to expose corruption? Why did a director of state-owned TV New Zealand ...

"The book that finally identifies the “mystery ketch”. The book that finally cracks the case. Ben Smart. Olivia Hope. Scott Watson. Unmissable. Undeniable. Unprecedented. Unexpected." FROM THE BACK COVER: It's a murder mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes. It even has a Watson. Yet, solving the disappearance of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope has proved anything but elementary. Some books on the case have argued so strongly for either innocence or guilt that they leave out evidence that is 'inconvenient' to their argument. This isn't one of those books. "Elementary" blows open the Scott Watson ...

It was the crime that shocked a nation, the mystery that made headlines around the world, and which inspired the book and movie, "Beyond Reasonable Doubt" by British author David Yallop about the Crewe murders. Now, top investigative journalist Ian Wishart is back on this cold case after 40 years and has uncovered two new suspects. Was it a policeman who pulled the trigger, then helped steer his colleagues to convict an innocent man? A gripping detective story that's easy to read, wherever you are in the world. REVIEWS: “Undeniably...when Wishart hits he hits big. Arthur Allan Thomas: The...

The most controversial book on family violence published this year, BREAKING SILENCE was initially banned from major book chains after a 50,000 strong Facebook boycott campaign ripped across New Zealand, Australia, the United States and the UK protesting its publication. The boycott campaign had been based on false information, however, and designed to deliberately whip up public hysteria during a Coroner's Court hearing into the deaths of two twins. Now that the book has been published the critics are praising it. Breaking Silence uses the life story of mother Macsyna King as the narrative...

Imagine if one day, a la 'The Truman Show', you woke up to find that everything you believed was the result of a careful manipulation of your life by someone else? What if much of what you believed was a lie? Well, for you, that day has arrived. In an age dominated by 'Spin', you're about to discover that the best spin campaigns of all are the ones you never even knew about. In the most politically incorrect book ever published in this country, journalist Ian Wishart rounds up a herd of sacred cows, skewering the social engineers and exposing the elites who want your taxes and your children...

This is not just another 'God' book. This is the definitive slap-down, slam-dunk, no-holds-barred prize title fight between the Divine and Richard Dawkins. Take a ringside seat as investigative journalist Ian Wishart presents the explosive scientific and historical evidence of a divinity code - an "inconvenient truth" that Dawkins and others have no credible explanation for, evidence that is turning both science and religion on their heads. Is there a rational explanation for the existence of the Universe, given the latest data? How did life arise? What about the evolution/intelligent ...

The battle for control of your life: the rise of democratic totalitarianism. For the first time in history, governments are on the brink of being able to totally control your life. This is where The Truman Show meets The Omen. Be very afraid. The story of human history has always been one of power and control. From Alexander the Great through the massive Roman Empire, and even Adolf Hitler's global imperial plans, leaders have repeatedly lunged at the opportunity to take control of as much of the planet as they could hold by force. They say that those who don't learn from the mistakes of ...

In 1989, two young Swedish tourists, 21 year old Heidi Paakkonen and 23 year old Urban Hoglin disappeared into thin air during their dream holiday in New Zealand. Missing Pieces retraces their steps as investigative journalist and bestselling author Ian Wishart unravels the story in the first-ever book published about this enduring murder mystery. Was convicted killer and sex offender David Tamihere really responsible for their deaths, or was he a quick and easy solution to a difficult and politically-charged case that captured headlines across Australia, New Zealand and Sweden? Discover ...

It is a story of Hollywood, and movie stars like David Bowie and Tatum O'Neal. It is a story of children's fairytales penned by one of Walt Disney's best-loved animators - the man who created Fantasia. It is a story of the Aga Khan, Robert Sangster, and the battle for control of the world's bloodstock industry. It is a story of men armed with Uzi machine guns, of glittering tax havens and unspeakable wealth. It is a story than begins in New Zealand and encircles the globe. Told by top investigative journalist and #1 bestselling author Ian Wishart, Lawyers, Guns & Money is a gripping legal ...

JUDGE FOR YOURSELF: A CRITICAL DEBATE For 2000 years, debate has raged – who is Jesus Christ? Is he a great teacher or is he God? Is there even a reason to believe in God in our modern scientific world? In the past decade, the war on Belief has become more vocal with the rise of ‘New Atheism’ advocates like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and the late Christopher Hitchens. Throw in media favourites like John Spong, Karen Armstrong or Lloyd Geering, and you’d be forgiven for thinking the atheists had won, the debate was over. Except for one thing. The atheists got it wrong. Investigative...

JUST $4.99 for a limited time - hurry They called him “Luigi’. In fact, they’ve called him lots of things. Love him or loathe him, there’s no denying Winston Raymond Peters is a force of nature. He’s the former school teacher brought to tears by a class of 11 year olds. He’s the former blast furnace worker for BHP Australia. He’s the man who helped inspire Dame Whina Cooper’s Land March in 1975. He’s the man credited with the introduction of the proportional voting system we now use. But there’s another side to Winston Peters. He’s the man whose campaign against ...

JUST $2.99 for a limited time, the #1 climate change bestseller (text includes the 'Climategate' update) Review Air Con demonstrates, with hundreds of scientific references, that global warming was not, is not, and will not be a global crisis; that, even if per impossibile it might be, it is far more cost-effective to adapt as and if needed than to attempt to mitigate 'global warming' by cutting emissions of carbon dioxide; and that all attempts at mitigation would serve only to imprison the very poorest in their poverty, thereby perversely increasing world population and consequently the '...

A TALE OF THE CIA, COP-KILLERS, A BEAUTIFUL (DEAD) WANNABE ACTRESS, & A MILLIONAIRE MURDERER You wouldn’t read about it, except perhaps in the book or movie that someone will inevitably pen about this story. IAN WISHART has the world exclusive on how a gun-runner, bank robber and murder suspect with links to a CIA black op has ended up building a new life for himself in sleepy, provincial New Zealand, while a worldwide manhunt spanning three decades had failed to find him In Hollywood, they say, every waitress is a movie star in the wings. Oregon-born Valerie McDonald was one of those ...

Salt. Sugar. Fats.We spend trillions on health globally, but what haven’t you been told? Just how bad are our diets, and just how good are the natural products we reach for? A compelling investigation into ‘bad’ foods and natural supplements. Discover what the science really says NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS: DO THEY WORK? You know the drill: we live demanding urban lives, we don’t see the sun, we eat highly processed foods because we are too busy to cook from scratch, and we know we are not as healthy as we could be. So we pop a pill. The elixir of life in an oil-filled capsule. Or is it? ...

THE NEW BOOK ON THE COMING FINANCIAL MELTDOWN As Europe’s banks and governments teeter on the edge of total financial collapse, how many people know our government has drafted plans to raid people’s personal bank accounts if the worst comes to the worst over here? We've already been stung for billions in a string of finance company collapses, and have retreated to storing their money in banks, but what happens if a world financial crisis ignites overnight while you are sleeping?: “For the market incentive approach to banking supervision to work, the possibility that a large bank could...