I saw an important update on the Restaurant Association (NZ) website today pertaining to how small food outlets, like takeaways, can operate under the new traffic light system. It effectively allows such businesses greater freedoms to operate, so could save many from financial stress, or closure. This week we have
Business of the Day is a new segment on The BFD where we promote businesses who have the strength of character to stand up for the basic human rights of their fellow human beings. Coffee on Ascot (Palmerston North) It’s my local cafe and it only opened this year
After more than 100 days in lockdown and endless announcements of announcements, Aucklanders will be relieved by a bit more freedom today but there is much more for the Government to do, says National Leader Christopher Luxon. The Government is yet to explain exactly why Auckland needs to enter the
The Ponderer Apparently, the Selwyn district has the highest vaccination rate in the entire country. In her October email update, the local MP Nicola Grigg proudly proclaimed that Selwyn had a 95% first-dose vaccination rate as of October 26. Star News claimed 97% on 29 October. The NZ Herald
Matt King Farmer, community advocate, critical thinker Northland is home. As a former police officer, detective and small business owner, I understand the local issues. I had the privilege of serving as the MP for Northland from 2017-20, which allowed me to connect with people from all walks of
Business of the Day is a new segment on The BFD where we promote businesses who have the strength of character to stand up for the basic human rights of their fellow human beings. This is a list of businesses in South Canterbury that I was sent yesterday that have
As you may have heard, Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down. Dorsey is not, it might be said, a popular figure in centre-right circles, given his platform’s relentless censorship of conservatives generally, and former President Trump in particular. Most notoriously, Dorsey’s company banned any discussion
Pish Posh “Here be Dragons” is a phrase used by cartographers to describe the wild, faraway, uncharted corners of a map. With the announcement of vaccine apartheid, New Zealand has launched into these wilds. Here be Dragons. Jacinda Ardern attempted to sugarcoat New Zealand’s shameful entry into vaccine apartheid
Business of the Day is a new segment on The BFD where we promote businesses who have the strength of character to stand up for the basic human rights of their fellow human beings. Burger Junction Pokeno About: Gourmet Burgers made with fresh meat and something that you never tasted
As we all know, there’s nothing a corporate green loves so much as the green of taxpayer’s money. They’re not so keen, however, on paying their “fair share” of tax themselves. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) will release its final decision this Thursday on new rules
With less than 48 hours before New Zealand moves to the traffic light system, Labour still hasn’t put in place key elements to make the system work, National Covid-19 Spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “Jacinda Ardern announced the traffic light system over a month ago, yet key elements are
Despite its self-serving revisionism, Hollywood took its sweet time deciding that “Nazis are bad, mmkay?” For the whole of the 1930s, Hollywood explicitly refrained from criticising or satirising the Nazi regime in any form. It wasn’t until 1940 that the Three Stooges released You Nazty Spy!, the first
David Seymour ACT Leader It’s great that the Government is issuing vouchers for businesses still alive after the lockdown, but here are the top ten things they could have done, or still do, for business. 1. Order the vaccine on time so that New Zealand would not be one
Business of the Day is a new segment on The BFD where we promote businesses who have the strength of character to stand up for the basic human rights of their fellow human beings. Gratitude Eatery Here’s how a gorgeous cafe at the Mount has made their “values judgement”
ACT Party The leading figures from opposite ends of the polarising End of Life Choice debate have united to criticise the Government’s failure to issue Public Health Orders underpinning the traffic light system. Grant Illingworth QC appeared in television ads and media interviews and wrote opinion pieces against the
