COVID-19
God Defend New Zealand
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Dear Reader, If New Zealanders have not yet tumbled to the realisation that what we are watching unfold is spectacularly sinister, then we’re in deep shit and we’ve already lost the spirit of our ANZAC camaraderie, in fact, it’s worse than that for
More Segregation
I decided to give in and apply for my COVID passport. Here it is. Pretty neat, don’t you think? I’m not sure it will make my life any easier though, as each day seems to bring more and more proposed restrictions. Now it seems that we may need
When Is an Exemption Not an Exemption?
The word “vaccine” these days no longer means what it used to mean, and likewise when you hear that people can now get medical “exemptions” from having the Covid vaccine in New Zealand you would be wise to not get your hopes up. What Jacinda Ardern has failed to tell
Face It, Your Country Has Fallen
First, they brought in lockdowns so they could eliminate the virus, and you all went along with it because you thought staying home saved lives. Then they brought in vaccine mandates for border workers, and you went along with it because you’re not a border worker and it was
Faces of the Day
A recent NZ Herald article had both Judith Collins and David Seymour criticising Jacinda Ardern for creating two different classes of people but are they both on the same page? Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Judith Collins accuses Government of creating two class system National leader Judith Collins said today that
When Does the Team of 5 Million Become the Gang of 4 Million?
Helen Houghton Co-Leader, New Conservative The Prime Minister’s warm smile is wearing off, and we can see the Labour government’s lack of compassion underneath. This is not the ‘Kind NZ”, that Labour promised. This is not the kind of New Zealand we know or want. Instead of
Then They Came for Leunig
The Chinese Communist Party have no compulsion about cutting down even the tallest poppies. From the nation’s most famous actress to its richest man, Beijng will summarily “disappear” anyone who gets on the wrong side of the Xi Xinping. Then there’s Daniel Andrews. Michael Leunig’s storied half-
NZ COVID Disaster Movie Lacking a Plan
Francis Kennedy I want you to forget about Covid, passports and traffic lights for a moment and I want to throw one word out there – “process”. Picture any disaster movie you want and you can visualise a round table of experts drawn from various countries or fields to discuss how
Vaccination Certificate
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Dealing with the Backsliders
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments I grew up in a New Zealand where we looked up to really inspiring people. People who made