Covid-19
Face of the Day
Listen…can you hear that? It is the sound of Siouxsie Wiles throwing her good friend Dr. Nicola Gaston under the bus! Interesting. She didn’t feel the need to tell her friend what to do, yet feels compelled to lecture everyone else on what to do. Oh…and one
The Devastating Impact on Hospitality
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party has today heard about the devastating impacts the lockdown and Delta Level 2 is having on our hospitality industry. The Government didn’t want the Epidemic Response Committee to continue because it didn’t want to hear real stories from real people about
9/11 and the Age of Panic
It’s sobering to realise that my own children, now in their 20s, have lived with the “War on Terror” as the background to their entire lives. They can barely remember 9/11, of course; they were toddlers, playing, oblivious to the telly on which those shocking images transfixed the
Will the Minister Now Take Responsibility for the Crisis at Middlemore Hospital?
Middlemore Hospital is in the highest risk area in the current Covid outbreak and needs leadership from the Minister of Health – not abdication of responsibility, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “Instead of rebuking me in the House for asking if he takes responsibility for the situation at
You Are Stronger Than You Think
Here’s a little thought experiment for you: imagine that you had gone to sleep at some point in the past few decades, and then woken up in 2021. What on earth would you make of the world? For argument’s sake, I’ll choose my starting-point as 1987: mostly
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Epidemic Response Committee Resumes Today (Unofficially)
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party has today responded to overwhelming demand for the return of the Epidemic Response Committee (ERC) with a special unofficial committee being held at midday. When the ERC was held during the first lockdown it gave scrutiny to the Government’s response. Not only
Seymour’s Reply to the Vaccine Code Outraged
Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz ACT Party leader David Seymour hit a “perfect symbol of something the left worships as sacred” this week when he dared to question race-based policy by tweeting a Covid-19 vaccination priority access code for Maori. The New Zealand Herald printed Mr Seymour’s reply
Butchers Should Meat the Standard for Click and Collect
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party supports the Remuera butcher who’s shown the chops to challenge the ridiculous rules that stop butchers from operating. The Police have visited the Victoria St Butcher for providing a click and collect service, while the dairy next door is operating. It’s
Who Do the Disinformation Police Have in Their Sights?
Eliora The BFD has published three articles recently after spotting a job advertisement that Jacinda Ardern needed to be filled “at pace“. 1. “The Ministry of Truth Is Hiring” 2. “Government’s Kafkaesque Behaviour Epitomised with New Job in the PMO” 3. “Jacinda Ardern Is Employing 1984-Style ‘Disinformation Officers” The
Industry Withers in Spring as Strict Lockdown Rules Bite
The commercial flower industry is being left out in the cold in this latest lockdown. It’s an industry that can’t close its doors and get a wage subsidy to pay its staff. It’s a constant process of planting, toil and regeneration, National’s Horticulture spokesperson David Bennett