Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Polls and public opinion undoubtedly played a part in Wednesday’s decision. There is plenty of evidence to show that the public was tiring of various elements of Covid restrictions – from MIQ through to QR code scanning. And the 1News poll putting National ahead of Labour
In a modern spin on the biblical tale of Daniel in the lion’s den National leader Luxon unwittingly wandered into the business of freedom-loving Lance Goodman. Goodman had braved Trevor Mallard’s vindictive nighttime sprinklers and torture music to defiantly dance in his underwear to Baby Shark. But
Mark Cameron ACT Primary Industries spokesperson The Minister isn’t even interested in the alternatives to lumping farmers into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which is proven by the Government’s lack of engagement with He Waka Eke Noa. Written Parliamentary Questions show the Minister hasn’t even bothered to
Chris Baillie ACT Small Business spokesperson and bar owner It’s time to start following the science and make the move to Orange, it will make little difference to transmission but the world of difference to hospitality businesses, or better yet – scrap the traffic light system completely. When asked about
The Telegraph UK writes gleefully about the prospect of overseas holidays this year for British tourists. There are a number of articles, ranging from places not to go, to reviews of never-heard-of Greek islands, but the most interesting one for me is entitled: “The 10 Greatest Holidays of
New Zealand First Media “The revelation that the government is allowing the Marsden Point Oil Refinery pipes to be filled with concrete shows an astonishing level of economic ignorance,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “At a time when we have massive shortages of supply, a
Flavio Macau Edith Cowan University Russia’s first McDonald’s store opened in 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a potent symbol that the Cold War was ending and a great ideological wound was healing. Now every McDonald’s in Russia is closed, as
“You can expect to get the warmest reaction you can imagine” New Zealand Prime Minister @JacindaArdern says Kiwis are “so excited” to welcome tourists back from next month after two years mostly shut off from the world. pic.twitter.com/EvBuyAWfC0 — Sunrise (@sunriseon7) March 17, 2022 Could you imagine having
Lenard Zanardi Chris Hitchens once astutely noted: “Very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.” The ongoing discrimination, exclusion, harassment, bullying, and dehumanisation of unvaccinated staff up and down the country has exposed the true nature and
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Newshub Nation this morning reported that vaccine passes will be gone by April 13th, why not just do it now? ACT was the first party to say it’s time to move on. Last month we released a cost benefit analysis on all of the
We recently travelled from the West Coast (Westport) to Christchurch for a friend’s wedding. It is a few years since I had been to Christchurch, and the bride and groom had a lot of guests coming from out-of-town, so they approached a local hotel and provisionally reserved
With Auckland past the peak of Omicron and the rest of New Zealand approaching that point, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon and Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop say the Government should take immediate steps to get New Zealand back to normality. “Life has been tough for Kiwis these past couple
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi must make New Zealand an attractive destination for working holiday-makers, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “New Zealand is experiencing massive labour shortages. If more isn’t urgently done to attract these workers, tourism and hospitality businesses in places like Queenstown will continue to
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The Government’s move to bring forward the reopening date to international tourists is overdue but welcome news, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop and Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay say. “It’s pretty simple – the risk isn’t at the border anymore and allowing fully-vaccinated travellers to
