The inevitable article from Alison Mau, NZ’s #metoo queen, came out yesterday. Don’t get me wrong. I think Andrew Falloon’s actions are disgraceful and he deserved his fate. Mau’s reaction was also fair enough; to remember the women involved in such cases who are victims. We
Most of you will know I have not been much of a Winston fan and that I think his days are numbered. I confess to voting for him in 1996 when he came into government with his sunglassed Maori mates and was thrown out of government in disgrace. I swore
Sir Stephen Tindall signed a letter to governments, asking them to tax millionaires more. His timing in signing that letter could not have been worse. Now everyone that knows about it will call him out for the hypocrite that he is, asking to be taxed more while workers in his
I have been described as an “idiot” for saying this, but I really do think Labour, and the left in general, are running scared of Judith Collins. The latest cab off the rank is Willy Jackson. In a Facebook post, rather too well written for anyone to believe that he
The AM Show was good on Friday. Judith Collins used to be a regular on the programme, of course, but suddenly she is otherwise engaged. To great amusement, as much to himself as anyone, Simon Bridges was brought back in her place. I have always been a bit of a
I generally listen to Newstalk ZB, on the basis that they are slightly less wet and biased than the other news media. I am a big Hosking fan, but most of the rest of them leave me reasonably cold, or at best only lukewarm. So imagine my surprise when I
Wow. Three days into the job and opposition leader Judith Collins has announced the biggest infrastructure spend in history, with $31 billion to be spent on infrastructure projects over the next decade. Stuff reports: National Party leader Judith Collins has announced plans for what she calls “the biggest infrastructure package”
What does a dyed-in-the-wool, cloth capped Labour supporter think about the rise of Judith Collins to National party leader? Chris Trotter is not one to throw nasty barbs or insults; he says what he thinks. And Trotter admits that now that Judith has made it to the top in the
I feel very sad for Todd Muller. Clearly he was not up to the job of leader of the opposition, but clearly he is also a very decent person. Judith has been gracious and considerate in giving him a front bench position and the trade portfolio. She has also done
Don’t you just love it when mega-rich people start demanding higher taxes? They just can’t help themselves. They have to rub everyone’s noses in the fact that they are so wealthy that they really REALLY should be taxed more because they can afford it. Ignoring the vagaries
We closed the borders in March. We have all but eliminated the virus. We now control everyone at the border, putting them into forced isolation and subjecting them to testing before they are freed. We express disdain at those who deliberately break out of quarantine, calling them selfish as they
As Michelle Boag cancelled her National Party membership, she carried out one final act of spite for the party that has feathered her nest for so long; she implicated Michael Woodhouse in the appalling saga over the leaked COVID patient information. She did not need to do this, as she
I have just watched TVNZ ONE News on Monday night where, among other things, they reported gleefully on the fact that a number of businesses may be up for prosecution for claiming the wage subsidy when they didn’t need it. They behave as if every business owner is a
With the ‘resignation’ of David Clark, the truly hopeless former health minister, Jacinda has appointed Chris Hipkins, Education and State Services Minister, into the role. While assuring everyone that this is an interim measure, with Hipkins holding the position only until the election, it speaks volumes about the lack of
So we’ve done it. We have got COVID under control. We have no community transmission and only 18 active cases, all in quarantine, caught at the border. We have done what very few other countries have managed to do. We can truly describe New Zealand as COVID free. This
First we had two women who left quarantine early on compassionate grounds kissing and cuddling their way from Auckland to Wellington when they had not been tested for COVID-19 but, as it turned out, they did have the disease. Then it turned out that those in quarantine were not actually
