The Government needs to explain exactly why the South Island should not immediately drop to alert level 2, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “There hasn’t been a positive case of Covid in the South Island for almost a year. None have been reported from the latest Delta
The Immigration Minister must urgently reopen the frozen Skilled Migrant Category visa EOI pool and prioritise processing of residence applications for critical healthcare workers to keep them in New Zealand as we battle the Covid-19 outbreak, says National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford. “National is also calling on the
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern’s decision to keep under wraps that a man had escaped from MIQ and posed a risk to the community shows how far her Government is prepared to go to avoid scrutiny. Ardern stood at the podium at 1 pm yesterday and neglected to
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz It is wonderful to have support from across New Zealand for my petition to get the Epidemic Response Committee reinstated. It is also great to have heard from the people who have phoned and emailed in support of the House sitting from 31
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Lockdowns are what you call a necessary evil. Forcing people to stay at home, and kids away from school is a huge imposition on people’s rights of travel, association, expression etc. But they have been necessary as the deaths and hospitalisations from Covid-19 before vaccination would have been
Joe Rogan has announced that, following a trip to Florida, he contracted the CCP Virus. He also defeated the virus in just three days with a drug combination that included ivermectin. The NZ Herald still manages to smear both him and the treatment with their article by describing ivermectin as
Answers are needed quickly from the Government over how a Covid positive person escaped from the Ibis Novotel Ellerslie MIQ facility, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “This is obviously a very concerning situation and will cause many people to worry about the safety and security of our
David Seymour ACT Leader Sixteen days on from the South Island going into lockdown there are still 22 people waiting for a second test. So this is our future; 22 people who are isolating, who’ve had a negative day five test can keep a million people locked down. The
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Alexander gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. As New Zealand grapples to bring a Delta outbreak under control and to accelerate the vaccination rollout, social cohesion is vital for a successful elimination
To quote the unnamed fish from Spongebob Squarepants, “How many times do we have to teach you this lesson?” For our political leaders and the fools who hang on their every utterance, obviously at least once more: Lockdowns do not work. At The BFD, we’ve been trying to hammer
Information Satire Sheriff Ardern flew into the Karangahape Saloon, the doors banging behind her. She said to the bar person, “Trotsky, I’ll have a RED-EYE (whisky) Comrade. “My 1 p.m. Daily Announcement from the Dear Leader has turned into the ‘Comedy Hour’. “Chippie’s’ Comedic Routine was
Dear Editor, I thought I would forward you the school email we received prior to lockdown. My child in year 12 said teachers were talking about subjects being loaded to online learning on Monday, much to his surprise. He thinks they were being warned of the lockdown. It seems the
It’s clear Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) is going to be with us for some time, so it’s past time we fixed the festering issues with our current system. National is proposing five sensible improvements to the beleaguered Managed Isolation Allocation System. “New Zealanders overseas trying to come
