Brian C. Rudman is a

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and regular

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contributor to ''

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'',

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's largest daily newspaper. He has his own column, 'Rudman's City', where he mainly focuses on issues relating to

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(New Zealand's largest city), its growth, public projects, policies and politicians. He is also active in related events and public discussions. Rudman's views are often controversial and comparatively blunt. He has been the subject of at least three complaints to the

New Zealand Press Council The New Zealand Media Council (Māori: ''Te kaunihera ao pāpāho o Aotearoa'') is a non-governmental organisation which exists to uphold standards in the New Zealand media industry and promote freedom of speech in New Zealand. Founded in 1972 a ...

, though none of them were upheld. He has also been accused by

Michael Bassett Michael Edward Rainton Bassett (born 28 August 1938) is a former Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in the reformist fourth Labour government. He is also a noted New Zealand historian, and h ...

, another known New Zealand columnist as well as politician/political historian, as being one of "the usual left-wing commentators who take their cue from on high" in regard to some comments he made regarding

Don Brash Donald Thomas Brash (born 24 September 1940) is a former New Zealand politician who was Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand), Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the New Zealand National Party, leader of the New Zealand National Party from ...

. Rudman supports a New Zealand republic.

Awards

Rudman has been awarded the

Charles Southwell Charles Southwell (1814 – 7 August 1860) was a radical English journalist, freethinker and colonial advocate. Early life Charles Southwell was born in London, the youngest of 33 children in a poor family. His father, William, was a piano m ...

Award from the

New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists (NZARH) was established in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1927. The Association promotes rationalist movement, rationalism and secular humanism principles. The principal aims are stated as the fol ...

, for "his many years of equitable and informed journalism, often supporting views compatible with the objectives of this Association". In 1999, Rudman was awarded a Bravo award by the New Zealand Skeptics for his "article on May 11th describing the quantum radio frequency booster used as a cancer cure as 'health fraud in its darkest form'".

References

External links

Brian Rudman
(official column webpage at the

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