Christopher Luxon’s recent and forevermore memorable Hawaiian holiday has once again left him exposed in the high-beam headlights. Did he do wrong? No. At first glance, he took a holiday with his family, as he is entitled to do. But what he did do wrong was to leave a
Here we go again with mask madness. “The Government is “strongly” recommending schools review and “enforce” a mask-wearing policy as COVID-19 cases rise and children prepare to return to classes after the holidays.” “Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti has written to school boards “outlining the Government’s strong recommendation to
In the aftermath of the recent Cabinet reshuffle it is easy to draw some cynical parallels between the outgoing Minister of Police and the incoming Minister for Conservation; the one and the same. Poto Williams, in her role as Minister of Police, should have been about upholding the protection of
Information Opinion “Conspiracy theories by definition revolve around a suspicion that some damaging information has been covered up to hide serious misdeeds or to fool the public about a particular plan of action.” Graham Adams: Will He Puapua propel Winston Peters back into politics? – Democracy Project Since the beginning of
A terribly sad story from StarMedia this week also reported on Newstalk ZB: “Woman lay dead at home for a month – angry daughter seeks answers”, tells of a woman discharged from hospital after care for her diabetic condition. A month after her discharge she was found by police. This elderly
It’s all just absolutely fabulous. Fabulous and fantastic and wow wow wow. The leader of the so-called opposition says that Jacinda’s meeting with President Biden was “absolutely fantastic”. “I think it’s absolutely fantastic that the Prime Minister of New Zealand has met with the President, it’s
The PM’s arrogant speech at Harvard, where all she had to do to warrant a round of applause was to take a sip from a glass of water, was a grandstanding opportunity to talk about – her. How ironic that she talked up her gun control ‘success’ so that the
Part 2 I wrote recently about doing the crime and not doing the time. There are no deterrents that are meaningful, especially if the crimes are committed by children: murders, ram-raids, assaults, you name it. It seems we wake every morning to yet more reports of violent crime. This morning
“LAW AND ORDER is the enactment of laws and their strict enforcement by police and the courts; and the safe, civil and orderly functioning of society viewed especially as a result of the enactment and strict enforcement of laws.” functioning society and law and order – Search (bing.com) Law and
One of the most concerning issues about our current state of political leadership is the level of political and life experience that each party brings to the table. Effective leadership requires a range of skills and backgrounds. “…skills are acquired in a wide range of different contexts, including social and
Warning Long read. 1305 words Information Opinion Chris Luxon’s political ineptness continues to astound and dismay. What is wrong with the man? Given the opportunity to act like an Opposition leader and make even more gain, he simpers and says “me too” to Labour and yet another chance to
Call me a cynic, but when I see the Te Maramatanga, Fact-checked posts on public health and wellbeing, The Whole Truth, on Stuff, my immediate reaction is to do more research of my own; the very action the public is being asked not to do in this pseudo-medical once-over-lightly column,
Warning Long Read. 1326 words. Having recently returned from Queensland, where life felt blessedly normal with very few masks in evidence, it was something of a shock to return here to the continuation of the mask-erade. At a dinner to catch up with three friends. “No way am I going
The PM seems to have a very odd approach to death. In some cases, she plays dress-up with headscarves and has sad-face photo-ops that are beamed worldwide, endorsing her kind persona and endearing her to the fawning and misinformed international press. And here at home, the death of a child
Information Opinion Under the highly questionable and confusing traffic light system, the mask mandate remains a weapon of mass deception. The duplicitous PM deliberately cherry-picked and misrepresented the British Medical Journal results as exposed by Cam Slater in his article, “Your Mask is as Useless as …” on April 3, 2022.
While recently out to dinner in a Queensland restaurant we were seated adjacent to a partly opened bi-fold door. A confused black and white bird, a willie wagtail, repeatedly flew smack into the false opening, flipped backwards each time onto a nearby table, staggered up and repeated the process. Over
