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
Dear Editor The legacy of Ardern is shaping up to be the most divisive in NZ history, even surpassing Muldoon’s tenure as PM and that is somewhat unkind to him as he achieved many good things and his modus operandi was clearly understood. The current government has been surreptitiously
I am a nerd and I do statistics as a hobby! For the record, I am double-jabbed based on an assessment of my personal risk but I am absolutely pro-choice because the risk for many other people is more from the vaccine than the virus. The abuse of
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz In the past few weeks, I have begun to hear the phrase ‘holding us to ransom’ a lot more frequently. Specifically, it is the unvaccinated who are apparently holding the country to ransom. Is this really accurate? Let’s imagine a scenario where a terrorist
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The giant Merck pharmaceutical company has announced production of its covid “booster pill” which it has successfully tested. It’s abundantly clear that boosters are critical, our Pfizer vaccines losing strength within six months. While no doubt Covid Minister Hipkins will trot out our “head
Joanna Pennyfeather So it is finally official. New Zealand is a two-class system, with some people granted some of their basic human rights and freedoms back, and others being actively and legally discriminated against. The unpersoning of the unvaccinated is now government policy. Medical apartheid is now a fact.
@gluboco How to help: please amplify this message My initial goal with this article was to inform English-language readers of the Covid Pass changes happening in Europe. But as I’ve seen that my post has bounced back and gotten attention in my country, I’ve thought that maybe
@gluboco What to Do? My wife and I don’t know what to do. We’ve never been involved or interested in politics. We don’t like to fight. And we don’t want publicity. We like our privacy. Can’t Talk to Officials. I’ve tried to meet with
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KSK The rain continues in my neck of the woods. So far, four days and nights of non-stop rain and thick fog that blankets the area, and I cannot see the boundary. It could be a metaphor for the confusion and uncertainty that are obscuring the country. The landscape
Eye Patch Jack Mari Yamaguchi treats Japan’s latest valley in coronavirus cases like it is some kind of miracle and goes searching for answers in this propaganda piece. Ignoring some other obvious factors like seasonality and ivermectin, she cherry-picks some ‘experts’ who thank vaccines, masks and teetotaling. Yes,
Dear Editor Saturday’s Government Jab Mandate Order says you need to be jabbed…. but actually no you don’t. You DO need to be registered, however. “Papers” anyone? The wide-ranging exemption is indeed a whopping win and there will be thousands of educators and healthcare workers breathing considerably
Dear Editor The article by Thomas Coughlan notes (NZ Herald October 22) that the former Maori Party President Pem Bird has been quoted in Parliament as calling for more vaccine choice in his community rather than just the Pfizer vaccine. Perhaps this is because re-infection can occur with this
