Educate yourself on the risks vs benefits… the rollout for NZ children begins on 17 January 2022:
Articles on topic:
The (US) VAERS data on children
Conflicts of interest & approval for jabbing children
Make your own laundry detergent (and why you should)
From thecoconutmama.com
Looking for a non-toxic laundry alternative? Learn how to make homemade laundry detergent with just two ingredients!
Who doesn’t love the clean and fresh smell of just laundered clothes? There is just something so simple and pure about clean clothes. However, if you wash your clothes with conventional commercial laundry detergent, chances are they are not simply pure.
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NZ Health Practitioner comments on the increase in heart issues he is seeing
This is an interview with NZ Health Practitioner Gary Moller. EWR
READ AT THE LINK
Japan has dropped mandates
By The Remnant News Paper | Press Release
First, Japan’s health ministry acknowledged the growing rate of heart inflammation among the vaccinated population. Then Japan’s public and private sectors were alerted to the fact and forbidden to discriminate against those who refuse the COVID vaccine. Furthermore, Japan has made it clear that “informed consent” is required to receive the vaccine. Japan now insists the vaccine labels warn of dangerous potential side effects such as myocarditis.
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The Spice That Prevents Fluoride From Destroying Your Brain
Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder
Fluoride is found everywhere today, from antibiotics to drinking water, no stick pans to toothpaste, making exposure inevitable. All the more reason why research proving this common spice can prevent fluoride damage is so promising…
Fluoride’s neurotoxicity has been the subject of academic debate for decades, and now a matter of increasingly impassioned controversy among the general public, as well. From ‘conspiracy theories’ about it being first used in drinking water in Russian and Nazi concentration camps to chemically lobotomize captives, to its now well-known IQ lowering properties, to its ability to enhance the calcification of the pineal gland — the traditional ‘seat of the soul’ — many around the world, and increasingly in the heavily fluoridated regions of the United States, are starting to organize at the local and statewide level to oust this ubiquitous toxicant from municipal drinking water.
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https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/spice-prevents-fluoride-destroying-your-brain%60
Eating trash … the NWO folk really care about you & your health
DARPA Funds Soylent Green as Empty Shelves in USA – #BareShelvesBiden Trends
Thanks SeaShell for the links:
DARPA is funding the creation of 3D-printed food from “mixed waste,” to be served “when traditional food is unavailable.”
#BareShelvesBiden is trending as empty shelves are found across the USA, and the LA Times promises the situation is only going to get worse.
The food supply chain is buckling under the pressure of mandates and quarantines.
What is the agenda behind this engineered shortage? Find out in this Ice Age Farmer broadcast.
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Conifer Needle Tea with Pine, Fir or Spruce
From growforagecookferment.com
Making conifer needle tea is one of the best – and easiest – ways to use foraged conifer needles. Often called pine needle tea, this is a wonderful and simple way to use pine or other conifer needles medicinally. Ease your mind and heal your body with this delicious conifer tea!
What is Conifer Needle Tea?
There are many edible and medicinal uses for foraged conifer needles, and making a tea out of them is a wonderful use of their powers.
Often called “pine needle tea,” this warming drink is simply made with foraged conifer needles steeped in boiling water in order to ingest this lovely flavored and health-beneficial tea.
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https://www.growforagecookferment.com/conifer-needle-tea/
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Declaring Chemical Warfare On The Brain: Alzheimer’s Drugs Are Neurotoxicants
Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder
What does the 4 billion a year, blockbuster Alzheimer’s drug donepezil (trade name Aricept) have in common with insecticides, chemical weapons and venom? Quite a lot more than consumers taking them have been lead to believe.
How Poisoning Has Become The New Standard of Care
What does the 4 billion dollar a year blockbuster Alzheimer’s drug donepezil (trade name Aricept) have in common with insecticides, chemical weapons and venom? Quite a lot more than consumers taking them have been lead to believe.
As a member of the chemical class known as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors donepezil interferes with the cholinesterase enzyme, preventing the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from breaking down, resulting in an increase in both its levels and duration of action.
While this can result in a temporary increase in memory, there is currently no definitive proof that use of donepezil or other similar agents slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Moreover, 21% of patients on this medication discontinue within 12 months due to serious adverse side effects.
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https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/declaring-chemical-warfare-against-alzheimers1
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OTHER NEWS
Huge surge in miscarriages and other reproductive abnormalities linked to COVID-19 injections
Why Nobody Can Find a Virus (Dr Sam Bailey, NZ)
The risks demonstrably outweigh the benefits of COVID vaccinations for young children
The NZ Government and those untruths
“Safe and Effective” (NZ’s Dr Sam Bailey)
So You Know All Those Case Numbers We See?
In Honour of Rory Nairn – Exposing the Misinformation (it’s still ‘safe & effective’)
Auckland hospitals are in deep trouble …
A NZ MOTHER OF VX INJURED TEEN SHARES HER HEART FELT LETTER SENT TO JACINDA ADERN..
How to Grow Sprouts: The Ultimate, Home-Grown, Nutrient-Packed Food
From foodrevolution.org
Summary
When it comes to growing your own food, it’s hard to find anything easier, quicker, or more nutritious than sprouts. If you’re thinking about how to optimize your immune system, balance your blood sugar levels, improve your digestion, support your heart and liver health and function, or enhance your family’s food security, then sprouts could be just the thing you’re looking for. Here’s what you need to know about the different kinds of sprouts, how to put them to use for more nutrition in your home, and how to avoid bacterial contamination.
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https://foodrevolution.org/blog/how-to-grow-sprouts-the-ultimate-home-grown-nutrient-packed-food/
Sarah’s ‘jab, no job’ story
By Peter Drew
The saying ‘No Jab, No Job’ has become common place around New Zealand and around the world. But Sarah Carter’s story is different. Her story is one of ‘Jab, No Job’…
READ AT THE LINK:
https://truthwatchnz.is/covid-19-experimental-injection-nz/sarah-s-jab-no-job-story
26 Foods High in Zinc for Overall Good Health
Zinc is an important mineral for the body, and a deficiency can result in hair loss and diarrhea. The National Institute of Health says that the average adult male should be getting 11 milligrams of zinc each day, and adult females need 8 milligrams daily. It’s important to keep in mind that this is cumulative throughout the day, so you shouldn’t try to meet that requirement in one sitting, or with one food. The list of foods below will help give you an idea of how you can incorporate different foods into your diet that will help you meet your zinc needs.
Why do we need zinc in the body?
Although minerals are not needed in amounts that are as high as vitamins, they still play an important role in keeping you healthy. Zinc is a mineral that is needed in every cell in your body. It’s especially helpful for keeping your immune system healthy and properly functioning by fighting off bacteria and viruses that make you sick. Zinc is also needed for the production of DNA and protein. It plays an important role in the proper development and growth of infants. Lastly, zinc is needed to help heal wounds and keep your sense of taste and smell working at their best.
Research shows that zinc may be able to help you get through the common cold. According to one study, taking at least 75 mg of zinc within 24 hours of the onset of a cold reduces the symptoms of the cold in healthy people. Another study found that taking zinc lozenges reduced the duration of the common cold by 33 percent. One study even found that supplementing with zinc can help increase free testosterone in the body, which plays an important role in men’s health. Even women need to make sure they maintain their testosterone levels to keep their strength up.
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WARNING: Popular food additive greatly INCREASES the risk of chronic disease
“The truth is: few human studies had been performed on this synthetic chemical since its approval in the 1960s“
(NaturalHealth365) Over the past 70 years, the consumption of highly processed foods has skyrocketed in the United States – and rates of chronic inflammatory disease, such as type 2 diabetes, have soared along with it. (According to the CDC, 34. 2 million Americans, or one in every ten people, now have type 2 diabetes). Researchers say this is no coincidence and that a common food additive, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), may play a role.
A brand-new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Gastroenterology sheds new light on the impact of CMC on human health. The research shows that the chemical – an emulsifier used to prolong shelf life and improve and thicken texture – can disrupt the all-important gut microbiome or community of bacteria living in the intestinal tract. Let’s take a closer look at the study and its implications.
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https://www.naturalhealth365.com/food-additive-may-worsen-chronic-disease-3498.html
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Roundup for Breakfast: In New Tests, Weed Killer Found in All Kids’ Cereals Sampled
Findings Released as Major Scientific Study Shows Eating Organic Lowers Cancer Risk
WASHINGTON – A second round of tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer in every sample of popular oat-based cereal and other oat-based food marketed to children. These test results fly in the face of claims by two companies, Quaker and General Mills, which have said there is no reason for concern. This is because, they say, their products meet the legal standards.
Yet almost all of the samples tested by EWG had residues of glyphosate at levels higher than what EWG scientists consider protective of children’s health with an adequate margin of safety. The EWG findings of a chemical identified as probably carcinogenic by the World Health Organization come on the heels of a major study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that found a significant reduction in cancer risk for individuals who ate a lot of organic food.
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I’m planting flowers…
Image from SACREDECOLOGY with thanks … very pertinent right now
HEMP: A controversial crop that’s been demonized for at least 80 years
hemp has run the proverbial gauntlet in the U.S. due to political dissent, special interests and downright suspicion.1 Nevertheless, every bit of this ancient plant is useful and valuable, and not just for rope,2 but for auto parts,3 cosmetics, textiles and medicine as well.4 In ancient China, hemp was used as food and medicine.5
Today, you’ll find nutty-tasting hemp seeds in various products, such as hemp seed butter, energy bars, meal, oil and even milk.6 It’s a niche market with a growing number of specialty outlets due to an increased understanding of this food’s nutritional benefits.
Hemp is cultivated in at least 30 countries, with Canada as one of the world’s top growers. In fact, much of the U.S. supply comes from this country.7 Worldwide, hemp seed production alone has soared from around 33,000 metric tons in the late ’90s to more than 100,000 metric tons annually between 2005 and 2011.8
In 1938, Popular Mechanics called hemp the “Billion Dollar Crop,”9 praising its potential to produce over 25,000 different products, from dynamite to cellophane. However, American industrialists led by newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst (who owned paper mills) and DuPont executives had begun processing petroleum to create plastics, and had become disgruntled by the way hemp cut into their market shares. In an article by Dr. David Bearman on HuffPost, he writes that these two parties were “the force behind the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937.”10
This perpetuated what may be one of the country’s biggest frauds. Part of the confusion is that many people assume hemp and marijuana are one and the same, especially since they inexplicably share the scientific name Cannabis sativa.11 While they both belong to the same plant species, they’re two distinct varieties.12
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Facebook Admits Its Fact Checks Are Just Opinions
Written By: GreenMedInfo Research Group
In a court filing, attorneys for Meta, formerly Facebook, admit that their fact check labels aren’t based on facts at all — they’re actually just opinions
The “fact checks” that Facebook, now known as Meta, has used to silence and censor throughout the pandemic are actually just “opinions.” The stunning admission came from Meta’s own attorneys, who stated in a court filing, “The labels themselves are neither false nor defamatory; to the contrary, they constitute protected opinion.”[1]
The court filing came in response to a lawsuit filed by television journalist John Stossel, who claims the social media giant’s fact-checking amounted to defamation when it flagged his content as false, causing all would-be viewers to doubt its integrity.[2] Stossel wrote in October 2021:[3]
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https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/facebook-admits-its-fact-checks-are-just-opinions
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NZ NEWS
15 Foods High in Vitamin D for Immunity & Wellness
Eggs being one of them… the surprise for me was … eel! Highest single source apparently …EWR
Get familiar with this list of foods highest in Vitamin D so you know what your best options are for supplementing your diet. Vitamin D is an important vitamin to stay topped up on, and getting enough sunshine gets you started, but you’ll still want to make sure you’re rounding that off with a balanced diet rich in Vitamin D foods.
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News from down under
POST-JAB DEATHS IN NZ NOW @ 294
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NEW ZEALAND WOMAN HAS HER LIFE CHANGED BEYOND RECOGNITION BY THE PFIZER INJECTION
The ‘overwhelming trend we are seeing’ reports the Health Forum NZ, ‘is heart inflammation’
A NZ town stands with Doctor over Vaccine Coercion
Photo: pixabay.com (Fiordland, NZ)
Gardening for January: Healthy crops, healthy you (Wally Richards)
First column for 2022
Happy New Year (at least hopefully happier than 2021)
The first subject is an important one and one I published 2016 (remember 2016? it was a far better country then and if you had been told back then that you had to wear a muzzle and have a special permit to do many of the things you had freedom to do back then.. You would have laughed yourself silly).
Amazing what humans will do and allow to happen when they have fear shoved down their throats day and night.
Anyway the above comments are another reason for the sensitive readers to unsubscribe.
Maybe those that have unsubscribed in the past year will wake up one day shame faced that they had been fooled without realizing it.
Well on with the year and this article:
HEALTHY CROPS, HEALTHY YOU
I often compare the health of our plants to our own health.
The reason for this is that all life forms have similar requirements to be able to be healthy and are effected by adverse conditions causing stress which leads to health issues.
It is also important to realize that for us humans to be in peak health we need to consume very healthy vegetables and fruit.
With our plants we need to make available to them a very healthy soil (Soil Food Web) full of organic materials along with all the minerals and elements possible.
Add to this sufficient sunlight and water for the optimum growth of the plants. Also protection from elements and a suitable pH and even with all these in place a plant can get into stress through temperature fluctuations, chlorinated water and other chemicals.
We can know, generally speaking, that a healthy plant is less prone to diseases and insect attack (both are Natures Cleaners) but if the plant gets into stress then the chances are it will have pests and diseases attacking with more vigor. If we then treat it with a chemical control the plant may overcome that particular problem but its immune system is further weakened making it more vulnerable to problems.
We are very similar; if we have a home grown diet of vegetables and fruit that are teeming with nutrition we are going to have healthy bodies. Even so if we get into stress for what ever reason then our immune system is compromised and we catch a cold. If our food chain is not really healthy and we are eating chemically laden produce that is low in goodness then our health is in trouble.
Our body is storing up poisons that it can’t clear out which leads to the major health issues we see today, cancers, heart and mental function problems. One simple health example of this is sulphur, our bodies need a daily amount of sulphur to preform several functions because our body does not store sulphur.
It uses what’s available at that time and expels any surplus.
You can ensure your home grown vegetables contain sulphur by spreading Gypsum around about every 3 months. Also my Calcium and Health product contains Sulphur and other important elements such as selenium.
If you take sulphur food supplement which is called MSM for a few weeks you will find out if you are lacking in this mineral or not. Your first signs are usually a detox.
More info if you are interested at http://www.gardenews.co.nz/msm.html
A problem arises for some people in so much as they can’t grow big gardens of vegetables and have a good selection of fruiting plants.
Lack of room can be a problem yet with the smallest amount of space you can grow some really great health beneficial plants.
Wheat Grass is about the healthiest plant you can grow because it will take up all the 114 minerals and elements if they are provided in the growing medium.
That is the minerals from the Ocean (Ocean Solids) the minerals from rocks (Wallys Unlocking Soil) and the minerals from prehistoric times, Magic Botanic Liquid (MBL).
These are used in the growing of your wheat grass so that when you cut and either juice it or use in Green Smoothies then your body is maxing out in goodness.
Just 30 mils a day of the pure juice can make the world of difference to your well being.
A question that I have been asked is the wheat juice gluten free? Yes because it is the wheat seed or more importantly the contents of the seed (Flour) is the gluten bit.
An interesting article I read this week about the gluten condition and it reinforces my thoughts that not all people who appear to suffer from gluten; are actually suffering from the chemical poisons in wheat.
Here is what was said:
Do you consider yourself to be sensitive to gluten? Your problem with wheat, it turns out, may not be a problem with gluten at all. It may, in fact, be a problem with GLYPHOSATE.
Most people don’t realize it, but even though wheat is not yet commercially grown as a genetically engineered crop, farmers saturate wheat crops with very high doses of glyphosate right before harvest, speeding the drying of the wheat stalks and accelerating harvest duration. The result is that toxic, cancer-causing glyphosate herbicide is now found in many wheat products, including pasta, wheat bread, wheat flake breakfast cereals, donuts, bagels, cake mixes, snack crackers and much more.
Glyphosate is known to be toxic at parts per billion concentrations, meaning it only takes a very tiny amount to potentially impact your digestion and metabolism in a dangerous way.
What’s the solution to glyphosate in wheat products? Buy ORGANIC wheat, which isn’t legally allowed to be sprayed with glyphosate.
Once you switch to organic wheat, you may discover your “gluten” problems simply disappear… and that’s because it wasn’t a gluten problem to begin with. It was glyphosate poisoning!
That is likely to be the reason that prior to the 1980’s before glyphosate was discovered, very few people actually had a gluten problem.
It is now just the beginning of January and only 5 months to the shortest day. Planting of vegetables for winter cropping is a do ‘right now’ so you catch the most daylight hours possible before the days start to really close in.
Use Neem Tree Powder with your plantings of vegetables and with your cabbages, cauliflowers etc use hoops and crop cover (bug mesh) over the plants to stop white butterflies from laying their eggs on the leaves.
Leeks, silverbeet, carrots, parsnips should be planted now the later two from seed direct sown where they are going to grow.
Keep planting salad crops so you have ample lettuce, spring onion and radishes.
Winter flowering plants are also coming available and the sooner you get them in the sooner they will establish and start flowering.
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13 Weeds, Plants & Cacti You Can Actually Survive On
So you are out in the wild and you are out of food….or are you? Look around and you’ll find edible wild plants everywhere! Some can be found right in your backyard. The hard part is figuring out what you can eat and what will kill you.
First, to find the right food you have to know where to look. If you are in a tropical or warm and humid climate, the food will be basking in the sun, normally in a clearing or on the edge of a forest. In a dry climate, most of the food will be near whatever water source you can find. So what if you cannot find water? No problem; you should be able to find cactus, and yes, many are edible.
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https://offgridworld.com/13-weeds-plants-cacti-you-can-actually-survive-on/
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How To Live Off The Grid: 8 Things You Need Now
Not NZ but a starting point for you … look for Facebook or other social media for off-grid groups. Folk are doing this right now. EWR
From offgridworld.com
So, you want to know how to live off the grid. It’s simple really. Move to the woods, build a cabin, throw on some solar panels and wind turbine for power, and drill a well. Then start raising chickens, cows, and pigs, and sit on your front porch while sipping coffee and staring out at the beautiful natural wilderness around you. Easy, right? Not really.
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https://offgridworld.com/how-to-live-off-the-grid-8-things-you-need-now/
Meanwhile, in clean, green NZ
17 Potassium Rich Foods That Pack More Than a Banana
Asparagus being just one of them!…
From healtwholeness.com
Potassium is an essential nutrient that is, thankfully, naturally present in many foods. It is also readily available as a dietary supplement to boost your potassium intake. Potassium is required for normal cell function because of its role in maintaining intracellular fluid volume and transmembrane electrochemical gradients. (1)
According to multiple scientific studies, the regular adult is recommended to have over 3.5 grams of Potassium a day. Most of these will come from a proper healthy diet along with fibre, protein, and other essential vitamins and minerals. Unfortunately, over 98% of all US adults are not getting their recommended daily intake. (2)
An essential mineral and electrolyte, Potassium can be found in a lot of whole foods such as leafy vegetables, legumes, and fish. Potassium plays a very vital role in your body, such as regulating muscle contractions, heart function, and managing the water balance. (3)
When considering to go on a diet, it is crucial to be aware of the amount of Potassium that you are consuming to successfully determine the health impact of your food on your body. In fact, it is recommended by specialists that we must consume 4,700 mg of Potassium to have a balance of acids and bases in the body that has not yet dissolved in water. (4)
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https://healthwholeness.com/nutrition/foods-loaded-with-potassium/
CDC Admits COVID Tests are Invalid — Armstrong Economics
From armstrongeconomics.com
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is finally withdrawing the PCR test for COVID for it is seriously flawed and is incapable of distinguishing between the COVID and influenza viruses. I have stated that I was tested 5 times in 2020 and all were negative only to have two doctors, including the head of pulmonary at the hospital, inform me that they believed I had COVID despite the tests because they were “invalid” and that was back then. Social Media was blocking any discussion about that calling it conspiracy theory and misinformation. This agenda to terrorize the public for political gain has been at the heart of the abuse of politics and media intruding into the medical field. Doctors who have gone along with this terror campaign are a disgrace to their field.
The CDC is withdrawing the COVID PCR Test and the media is not making this front page. The withdraw of the COVID PCR test as valid for detecting and identifying SARS-CoV-2 is critical for all the restrictions and lockdowns. It appears that the collapse in the approval ratings for BIDEN has sent a shock wave through the Democrats as they see their own demise on the horizon. They are now back-peddling in hopes of surviving the 2022 elections. The CDC has stated on its website:
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https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/disease/cdc-admits-covid-tests-are-invalid/
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How to Make a Ginger Bug for Wild Fermented Sodas
I used to make this years ago. In NZ we’d call it ‘ginger beer’ rather than ‘soda’. Easy to make & a winner for hot summer days. EWR
From growforagecookferment.com
Learn how to make a homemade ginger bug using a wild ferment. It’s a very easy beginner fermentation recipe, can be a base for all kinds of naturally fermented soda drinks, including traditional ginger beer. Here is everything you need to know about this traditionally fermented ginger starter for homemade natural sodas!
Fermenting Ginger as a Starter for Sodas
The coolest thing to me about fermenting is that it is one of the oldest methods of food preservation, along with salting and drying.
I love the thought of humans discovering the fermentation process many hundreds of years ago, and love the revival it has been experiencing in recent times.
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https://www.growforagecookferment.com/how-to-make-a-ginger-bug/
Make Your Own Natural Coconut Oil Deodorant
From thecoconutmama.com
“Unfortunately, most deodorants on the market are made with toxin ingredients that are hazardous to our health. A common ingredient used in most antiperspirants is aluminum, which has been linked to breast cancer and has also been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.”
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Rap Down Under: Going All Out with NZ Hip-Hop Artist, Stanley Pedigree
To ‘make people smile’ … this Christmas season
… a new video release by hip-hop artist Stanley Pedigree.
Says Pedigree …
“I like to think of myself as a conscientious rapper…I want my lyrics to mean something, to speak about real life.”
From thedrillmag.com
By Derrick Sims
“Stanley Pedigree has been part of the New Zealand hip-hop scene for two decades. He’s written, produced, performed and recorded, toured the country, featured in festivals, started groups and gone solo. He’s a staple of North Island rap, and the latest video to his infectious new song, All Out, drops today.
VIDEO AT THE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbjxA3laz2M
Outside of our 600 island nation, rapper Stanley Pedigree may not be a household name, but something unique about his style sets him apart internationally, and it’s not just the accent. Stuff.co.nz, the biggest news website in NZ, has called Pedigree’s work “experimental and socially conscious,” but it’s even more than that. “Materialism by and large isn’t the Kiwi way. The prideful, self-centred theme is a hard sell in this part of the world. You’ll receive more ridicule than support with that kind of approach,” said Pedigree in a 2012 interview. “I like to think of myself as a conscientious rapper…I want my lyrics to mean something, to speak about real life.”
Outside of our 600 island nation, rapper Stanley Pedigree may not be a household name, but something unique about his style sets him apart internationally, and it’s not just the accent. Stuff.co.nz, the biggest news website in NZ, has called Pedigree’s work “experimental and socially conscious,” but it’s even more than that. “Materialism by and large isn’t the Kiwi way. The prideful, self-centred theme is a hard sell in this part of the world. You’ll receive more ridicule than support with that kind of approach,” said Pedigree in a 2012 interview. “I like to think of myself as a conscientious rapper…I want my lyrics to mean something, to speak about real life.”
When he began in the late 1990s, Pedigree’s early recordings were typically made in bedroom studios. Local hip-hop artists from Wellington and Palmerston North (Pedigree’s daily stomping ground) would join him and record, burn, and peddle their CDs and music videos to anyone willing to listen and watch.
Later, Pedigree took advantage of arts funding opportunities available in the city and across New Zealand. He and his mates pooled their funds and applied for grants, allowing them to move into proper studios and more easily distribute their work. This art funding also presented the opportunity to do a weekly music-based hip-hop program for “at risk youth.” For four years, Pedigree helped coordinate and run the programme. With positive messaging in his corner and a part-time hairstyling gig on the side, he gathered a following and made an unconventional career out of this unusual, philanthropic, alternative hip-hop.
In 2016, Pedigree decided to study film in an effort to know more about production and to up his music video game. After completing his first year, a new film lecturer from America (that’s me, Derrick Sims) joined the program, and we hit it off both as professionals and as friends. At the time, I’d had a 10yr career as a film director and director of photography, and teaching in a classroom was a bit foreign. There were no resources to draw from, so everything was experimental, and Pedigree was sort of a guinea pig.
Fast-forward to 2021, having worked with Pedigree on a handful of film projects, he approached me to direct his next music video, All Out. Over coffees, we threw around ideas landing on one where he and Teva Valentine (the other artist on the track) were two grown men having a 1990s, 8-year-old’s sleepover. That scenario got me excited and made me smile. That was the plan – just make people smile.
With that, we began. I brought on two former students, Abby Koolaard as First AC and Lawrence Chok as Key Grip on the shoot. That’s a great thing about teaching film – each year you build what you hope will be a good team, and these guys were some of the best I’d had. Production began, and together we created the “conscientious 1990s man-child music video” above.
Quoted earlier about the project, I said, “Being around Pedigree is a treat. It’s like hanging out with a little boy, to be honest. It’s infectious! And the things he raps about are sincere. They’re not sappy; it’s not sentimental. It’s about common experience but in a fun, fresh way. Stan’s not selling you something false or fake. He’s a genuine guy, and it comes across in his work and in his personality. You’ll see it in the video.”
- All Out is available on all streaming platforms.
- Pedigree’s Sides EP was released in 2020 and is available on 12” vinyl record from Qrates.
- More of his work can be found at https://stanleypedigree.bandcamp.com.
RELATED: RNZ Music with Grant Smithies (Stanley @ 12.26)
The health benefits of Kefir
Kefir is a fermented milk beverage that has mythical origins deep in the Caucasus Mountains in Russia.1 The name itself is Russian in origin, and means “pleasure drink.” To create the drink, kefir grains, a live culture composed of healthy bacteria and yeasts, are mixed with milk, causing it to ferment. Today, it is enjoyed by millions of people worldwide, and can be easily prepared in the comfort of your own home.
What Is Kefir?
Kefir is the name of the fermented milk beverage made from “kefir grains.” What’s unique about it is that no other cultured milk product uses these grains, which is a special mixture of beneficial bacteria and yeasts that provide various health benefits. These grains appear like small cauliflower florets. Note that the word “grains” should not be taken literally. It is basically the name for the live cultures of beneficial yeasts and bacteria.2
The origin of these special kefir grains has been lost and forgotten. Legends say that kefir was originally a gift by Mohammed to the Muslim people who lived in the Caucasus Mountains, and if they were to give away the recipe, the drink would lose its power. As time went on, families passed down the grains and eventually made their way down the mountains to be used by the Russians.3
In 1909, Russians started making kefir by mixing milk and kefir grains inside animal skin bags that were hung over the front door of their houses. Throughout the day, family members were required to shake the bag whenever they would pass by it to help improve the fermentation quality. Eventually, kefir was mass-produced and has been a staple of the Russian diet ever since.4
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