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Media Treat Collins with Contempt

Media Treat Collins with Contempt

Breakfast host Indira Stewart accused Judith Collins of breaking lockdown rules by travelling to Wellington instead of staying in Auckland and demeaned Collins’ role in opposition by claiming teachers, supermarket workers and other New Zealanders have to suck up their working conditions under lockdown, so why shouldn’t Collins? The

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Good and Bad Poll News for Morrison

A week, as they say, is a long time in politics. Little more than a week ago the Australian federal government was at the mercy of state premiers. Now, PM Scott Morrison is seizing the initiative and demanding that premiers abide by Canberra’s roadmap to end lockdowns and restrictions.

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Briefing Bingo

Briefing Bingo

I’ve put together a Bingo card in order to alleviate the tedious nature of the daily propaganda from the Podium of Truth. Briefing Bingo DownloadDownload Wibble has put together every single one of the terms in a single statement: “Kia Ora Koutou to my team of 5 million, thanks

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Pub Quiz Prize for Government’s Vaccine Rollout

New Zealand’s vaccine rollout is, in fact a ‘winner’ – having just pipped Mexico to be the second slowest in the developed world, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “Based on their own data, Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins told the House yesterday we were no longer the slowest

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The Truck Stops Here

The Truck Stops Here

While the images of teargas and rubber bullets in Melbourne shocked the world, they were just the tip of Australia’s freedom movement. Tens of thousands also marched in protest at Covid lockdowns in Sydney and Brisbane. They may well have been just the beginning. There have been whispers for

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Fear

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The Need for Experts with Wider Vision

The Need for Experts with Wider Vision

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 Whenever some unexpected global affliction hits mankind a set of instant “experts” rear up and give us their wisdom.

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Reflections on the Skegg Report PT.2

covidplanb.co.nz Dr Martin Lally Director, Capital Financial Consultants Ltd In an earlier comment on the Skegg Report, I noted that the authors did not provide any empirical analysis in support of their conclusion that the elimination strategy should continue to be pursued in New Zealand.  However, in para

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Jacinda Ardern Is No Boy Scout

Jacinda Ardern Is No Boy Scout

Nervous Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards says he “has never been more prepared” for Hurricane Ida, with some $14 billion of Federal funds spent strengthening levees, since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when almost 2,000 people lost their lives. The same can’t be said for New Zealand’s Prime

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