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Chris Hipkins Takes on New Role

Chris Hipkins Takes on New Role

Gordon Lightfoot| Politics Warning Satire SORRY! Former Covid response Minister Chris Hipkins has been doing so much apologising lately that PM Jacinda Ardern has made him the new Minister of Apologies. Following his apology to Charlotte Bellis for comments about her MIQ application, Hipkins is now being called on to

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Nanny Chippy Is Very Cross with You

Nanny Chippy Is Very Cross with You

History is not without irony, it seems: a government whose leader’s only job prior to politics was selling junk food now sees fit to finger-wag New Zealanders about junk food. But it shouldn’t really surprise anyone. It’s just another excrescence of the same arrogant bureaucratic class

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An Open Letter to Chris Hipkins (And Friends)

Alia Bland Voices for Freedom I saw this week that you had made a cute post about feeling off-colour with Covid. Poor diddums. Did you really think you and your triple-jabbed status were going to escape the virus? Bless. I know you told the country that by taking

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Jacinda Caught in the Middle of Robertson/Hipkins Fight

Jacinda Caught in the Middle of Robertson/Hipkins Fight

David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern hasn’t made a decision on whether Aucklanders will need a time slot to leave to city because she’s lost control of the Robertson/Hipkins spat. On Newshub Nation this morning she refused to rule out time slots for Aucklanders to leave the

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Hipkins Scapegoats the Un-Vaxxed

Hipkins Scapegoats the Un-Vaxxed

“It’s not just overall rates of vaccination, we’ve got to look at where the pockets of unvaccinated people are, ‘cause they does create risk” @TheAMShowNZ pic.twitter.com/MSWoOpJ08t — Viewspot (@viewspotnz) October 12, 2021

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Hipkins Extraordinary Admission on Q+A

Hipkins Extraordinary Admission on Q+A

David Seymour ACT Leader COVID response Minister Chris Hipkins has shown how unprepared the Government was for a Delta outbreak in an interview on Q+A this morning. Hipkins said, “Delta raises some big questions that we’re going to have to grapple with… it does mean our existing protections

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Did Chippy Lie and Is Ayesha Verrall the Next Clare Curran?

Did Chippy Lie and Is Ayesha Verrall the Next Clare Curran?

On Wednesday Chris Bishop got Chris Hipkins on record regarding New Zealand’s pedestrian vaccine rollout. Hipkins advised on questioning by Bishop that he hadn’t received or seen a document written about the vaccine rollout in late January. Chris Bishop: Is he aware that the document I have just

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Ardern Stumped – Bloomfield Caught behind – Hipkins Clean Bowled

Ardern Stumped – Bloomfield Caught behind – Hipkins Clean Bowled

It’s just not cricket! or so Jacinda Ardern thinks when questioned concerning criticism of her hero Ashley Bloomfield accepting tickets to a Black Caps v Australia T20 game in his capacity as the Director General of Health. When asked if she thought it was appropriate she replied, “I don’

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Chris Hipkins to Enter World Champs for Marching Backwards

Chris Hipkins to Enter World Champs for Marching Backwards

For the second time in as many weeks, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has had to march backwards faster than a French Army: COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has quickly walked back his words after saying Australia is “exporting its garbage” to New Zealand. Hipkins made the remarks

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Dear Minister Hipkins

Dear Minister Hipkins

Alwyn Poole Dear Minister Hipkins Firstly – this is official notification that the Villa Education Trust will apply for a 240 student Designated Character School (non-zoned) in central Auckland to begin in 2022. This will be similar to the application that you rejected by stating that: 1. It was not

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“Chippy” Is a Dick. Don’t Be like “Chippy”

“Chippy” Is a Dick. Don’t Be like “Chippy”

Flushed with the success at the election the Government is now showing its true authoritarian credentials. Chris Hipkins is no longer using veiled threats, he’s actually very overt about it. Apparently, the Government is considering making using the Covid App compulsory. Speaking to The AM Show on Tuesday morning,

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Hipkins Is Not Their Source of Truth

Hipkins Is Not Their Source of Truth

Eliora Senior Pastor Glen Taka, of the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship, made me smile last week. Yes, he/they broke the rules, but he has made it clear that he and his group are not going to be part of the “team of 5 million” who are enamoured of every

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Hipkins Failed to Read His Own Testing Strategy

Hipkins Failed to Read His Own Testing Strategy

Chris Hipkins has admitted that he hasn’t yet bothered to read the Ministry of Health’s testing strategy. Wait! What? There are two strategies for testing? How can there be a Government testing strategy that is different from the Ministry of Health’s testing strategy? So, let’s get

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Chris Hipkins and His Educational Cluster Bomb

Chris Hipkins and His Educational Cluster Bomb

Just 15 days ago Education Minister Chris Hipkins stated very publicly that schools, universities, polytechnics and early-childhood centres are “very, very safe places” to be, despite the coronavirus pandemic. A great deal has happened in the 15 days since he made that stupid statement. One of the worst clusters

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