David Seymour ACT Leader While people ask whether the Government will ‘let’ Auckland go to Alert Level 3 Step 3, a better approach is to cast off the Stockholm Syndrome and ask why hairdressers and hospitality should stay shut. The restrictions are not there to help social cohesion. People follow
familyfirst.org.nz From bobmccoskrie.com When a public service doesn’t want people to see a publication, they release it late on a Friday when the media are celebrating the end of the week and have all but checked out. It’s a common well-known practice. On Friday, the
Simon Thornley Aleisha R. Brock covidplanb.co.nz Re: Brock AR and S Thornley. 2021. Rapid Communication Spontaneous Abortions and Policies on COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Use During Pregnancy. Science, Public Health Policy & the Law 4:130-143. As the authors of the above paper, we have asked the publisher to
Mike Shaw NZTSOS Inc. “This heartless Government may not be interested in why thousands of educators across the country are laying down their careers after decades in education, but we sure do” said Mike Shaw Spokesperson for NZTSOS Inc. NZTSOS Inc. says the results from its Educational Mandate Snapshot Survey
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Last week, the Herald reported
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Vera Stanton I’m an ex-pat Kiwi currently living in Hong Kong where I have been for more than a decade. I’m writing about what I see as the complete politicisation of the Covid response, to the point where it threatens the existence of Hong Kong as I have
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com One very simple and important thing that those who have taken the vaccine do not realize is that if you are in a situation in which a vaccine mandate is in force then you did not freely choose to be vaccinated. In this situation no-one
As we all know, Jacinda wasn’t elected in 2017. Labour got fewer votes than National but the party with 7%, led by Winston Peters, decided to form a government with Labour with the Greens in support, but not as a part of the government. If only the Greens had
Rachel Tate Our world is divided Like never before The need to be right Turned this plight into war Traditional weapons we sideline in favour Of words as an art form To one-up we savour Our friends are as foes Our whanau oppose This self righteous need For agreement just
“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human” Aldous Huxley Word to the wise: when an Austrian locks down millions of people, and the Germans and Italians join in, it’s not likely to end well. But, European
Well, it’s certainly been a tumultuous few days in Australian pandemic politics. At the start of the week, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was all-but-guaranteed to pass his pandemic bill, described by that state’s Bar Association as “a blank cheque to rule by decree”. At the same time, NSW
As I noted, some months ago, the very fact that politicians can brag about “freedom incentives” proves that we are not free. When politicians openly talk of “granting limited freedoms”, it is as clear an admission as any that we are not free. In fact, politicians are tacitly admitting that
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Information Opinion It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that all of our politicians have coerced, pressured and manipulated a good portion of the general population into taking the Pfizer vaccine. Love it or hate it (the vaccine, that is), this type of
Darryl Betts Comparing notes with like-minded people is comforting but I worry that it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the great echo chamber encompassing the New Zealand government, mainstream media, and many of my fellow Kiwis. So I bravely journeyed into what feels very much like enemy
