The game is … on. I've recently rewatched the new Sherlock and my partner always reacts to that misquote. But the game is on. There has been a good conversation around climate change amongst the ... (322 words)

In spite of the quality international line-up of scientists and science communicators at September's annual NZ Skeptics Conference in Wellington, it's probably not surprising that most of the media ... (429 words)

Michael Edmonds reflects on the 2012 NZ Skeptics Conference. Having just driven four and a half hours back to Christchurch from the NZ Skeptics conference in Dunedin I should be tired. However, I am ... (668 words)

… then there's little hope for the world, says Alison Campbell, who attends far too many meetings. Fortunately however, that may not be the case. I attend a lot of meetings; that's the nature of my ... (512 words)

After almost 15 years of intermittently tagging along with her parents, Iris Riddell reports on her first official attendance at a NZ Skeptics Conference. I attended my first ever Skeptics conference ... (752 words)

There are times when the world seems to run along quietly from day to day, with very little happening. Then there are times like these. There are the ongoing aftershocks in Christchurch, many of them ... (419 words)

Vicki Hyde presents the chair-entity's report for 2009. The past year since our last conference has proved a busy one for the organisation with a number of initiatives both within the society and by ... (446 words)

THE 2009 annual NZ Skeptics Conference in Wellington was its usual mix of good times and thought-provoking material, though with some unique touches. The Kingsgate Hotel was a rather more luxurious ... (406 words)

Gold gives the inside story of the beginnings of Skeptics in the Pub meetings in New Zealand. I first heard about Skeptics in the Pub on the Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast ... (834 words)

In honour of the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his dangerous idea. Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking. Exhibition at Otago Museum, level 3, ... (379 words)

I must make a point of never again flying while the All Blacks are playing in the World Cup. I was over the Atlantic for the 1995 final, and flying home from the South Island during this tournament's ... (469 words)

It's Bent Spoon time again-the time when the Skeptics highlight the worst-and best-of the year's media. In the first double-header of its kind, one organisation has won both brickbats and plaudits ... (611 words)

Do we really need a name change? Given that we're called the NZ Skeptics in virtually all instances-our website, journal, the flyers, the publicity posters etc-do we need to go through a formal ... (775 words)

The ACC-sponsored conference Many Faces of Abuse (Auckland, 10-12 August 2005) features a plenary speaker, Anne McDonald from Melbourne, who cannot talk, walk or feed herself. Her minder, Rosemary ... (283 words)

Global Warming Mechanisms -- Room For Debate When I sent my letter to the NZ Skeptic (Spring 2003), I did not expect vehement denials in the next issue. Such debate is, of course, healthy and ... (2027 words)

Claire Le Couteur reports from the 2003 Skeptics' Conference in Wellington. This year's conference, held at Victoria University, began with a social gathering followed by a presentation by artist and ... (739 words)

What name do you give to a quirky bunch of people who are scientifically literate, who question fads, and who want their beliefs to rest on evidence from the material world -- the sort of evidence ... (603 words)

Vicki Hyde reports from the 4th World Skeptics Conference I knew Someone was smiling on me - there I was going to be stuck in Los Angeles for three days waiting for a flight back across the Pacific - ... (1567 words)

It wasn't a dark and stormy night but a gaggle of skeptics got together recently to listen to ghost stories in Hamilton. Professional story teller Andrew Wright sent shivers down the groups' ... (438 words)