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There Are Ethical Issues, but Let’s Do It Anyway

There Are Ethical Issues, but Let’s Do It Anyway

On 27 August, the WHO published the Technical Specifications and Implementation Guidance for digitally implementing a COVID-19 vaccine passport. Call it “The Great Reset”, “A New World Order”, “Build Back Better” or whatever you like.  It is not a good development. An interesting section examines the ethical considerations of

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Vaccination Is Not and Will Never Be the Solution for NZ

There’s been much gnashing of teeth and nonsensical garbage bandied about, regarding what should happen to those amongst us who choose not to be vaccinated for Covid-19. Suggestions that they be ostracised or prevented from working are surely an extension of the ill-conceived panicked posturing and grandstanding

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Lockdown through the Eyes of Children

Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 As I write, me and my family are under house arrest. We are allowed out only to exercise and then only nearby and only briefly. I have to

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An Ex-police View of the Arrest for Not Wearing a Mask

An Ex-police View of the Arrest for Not Wearing a Mask

The BFD has several ex-Police officers who advise us from time to time on Policing matters. They have provided the following observations regarding the arrest of a man in Christchurch for not wearing a mask. Relevant legislation: S.315 of the Crimes Act 1961 allows for arrest without a

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Bayly Urges Govt to Adopt Rental Support Package

Bayly Urges Govt to Adopt Rental Support Package

Small business owners need help urgently so that they can survive this Covid-19 lockdown and any future lockdowns so that they can continue to play a significant role in New Zealand’s economy as well as providing employment all over the country, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says.

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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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