In politics to avoid answering a question, a politician will divert, dodge and evade a simple yes or no answer to sidestep the question. Further plunges into alert level 4 are unlikely if New Zealand’s vaccination rate surpasses 90 per cent, says Health Minister Andrew Little. […] “The number of
Michael Rectenwald mises.org Michael Rectenwald is the author of eleven books, including Thought Criminal (2020), Beyond Woke (2020), Google Archipelago (2019), Springtime for Snowflakes (2018), Nineteenth-Century British Secularism (2016), and others. It is neither Red Scare hyperbole nor misplaced attribution to say that the covid regime established in the
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 19th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Winners picked and losers packed The economic response to the COVID-19 threat was a mixed bag from the start. In mid-March,
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Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz The long short sharp lockdown in Level 4 First I want to thank everyone in Auckland who is coping with another week in lockdown. Auckland is doing the hard yards to keep everyone else in New Zealand COVID-19 Delta free. This week we
New Zealand needs to get vaccinated now to beat Delta – and that’s why the NZ Herald and NZME are launching The 90% Project today. A very high vaccination rate is vital for us to make our population safe from serious disease, keep our hospitals running and gradually allow our
Graham J Noble libertynation.com Chief Political Correspondent & Satirist at LibertyNation.com. Raised and inspired by his father, a World War II veteran, Graham learned early in life how to laugh and be a gentleman. After attending college, he decided to join the British Army, where he served for
Contrary to the smug media narrative, the main drag on uptake of Covid vaccines are not “anti-vaxxers”, but the “vaccine hesitant”. People who are entirely comfortable with existing, proven vaccines, from polio to tetanus to the annual flu vax, but concerned about the rush to market and novel mechanism of
David Seymour ACT Leader New Zealanders deserve to have clarity on what the vaccination target is and when we can get back to living our lives. When Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the target should be 90 per cent, he directly contradicted the COVID-19 Minister and the Prime Minister,
As reported recently in The BFD, the two major Australian parties have colluded on new electoral rules clearly designed to freeze out minor parties. No such party is a greater target than the Liberal Democrats, who’ve previously been a gadfly in the ointment of the nanny-staters on both sides
New Conservative Recently, the NZDF (New Zealand Defence Force) mandated that all personnel take the COVID-19 vaccine as a part of the baseline medical requirements for deployment in NZ and overseas. This decision has a far-reaching impact on servicemen and women who may have legitimate and genuine personal reasons for
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 18th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. How bad can it possibly be? Having indulged in that favourite New Zealand pastime of measuring ourselves against other countries, it’
