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Michael Woodhouse – Reallocating COVID Fund Irresponsible

Michael Woodhouse – Reallocating COVID Fund Irresponsible

Plans by the Government to reallocate $926 million of money unspent from the Covid Response and Recovery Fund is irresponsible and burdens future generations with even more debt than is necessary, National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Finance Minister Grant Robertson told a Wellington Chamber of Commerce audience this

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Judith Collins – Cook Islands Bubble Should Only Be the Start

Judith Collins – Cook Islands Bubble Should Only Be the Start

The Government should be much further down the road towards reconnecting New Zealand with the Pacific Islands than it currently is, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “I’m pleased the Cook Islands travel bubble finally has a start date, but the time it took to figure out quarantine-free

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What Is the Point of the Roche COVID-19 Group?

What Is the Point of the Roche COVID-19 Group?

Reports the Sir Brian Roche group hasn’t provided any formal advice to the Government in relation to the recent positive Covid-19 cases at the Grand Millennium rightly begs the question, what is the point of the group, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “In answers to Written

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The Covidian Cult (Part II)

CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org C. J. Hopkins is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and political satirist. His plays have been produced and have toured at theatres and festivals including Riverside Studios (London), 59E59 Theaters (New York), Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh), Belvoir St. Theatre (Sydney), the Du Maurier World Stage Festival (Toronto), Needtheater

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Are COVID Fatalities Comparable with the 1918 Spanish Flu?

Are COVID Fatalities Comparable with the 1918 Spanish Flu?

Ethan Yang aier.org Ethan joined AIER in 2020 as an Editorial Assistant and is a graduate of Trinity College. He received a BA in Political Science alongside a minor in Legal Studies and Formal Organizations. On April 23, 2021 The New York Times published an article titled “How Covid

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Twelve Times the Lockdowners Were Wrong

Twelve Times the Lockdowners Were Wrong

Phillip W. Magness aier.org Phil Magness is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research.He is the author of numerous works on economic history, taxation, economic inequality, the history of slavery, and education policy in the United States. This has been a year of astonishing

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Masks Don’t Even Work for Nurses

Masks Don’t Even Work for Nurses

It often seems that the primary symptom of the Wuhan plague is a compulsion to lie. The Chinese regime began lying almost from the moment the first sniffle was heard in Wuhan (but then again, “Chinese regime” and “lying” go together like communists and mass graves). But, as the virus

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Government Drops the Ball, Aussies Score Again

David Seymour ACT leader Victoria’s plan to open up to international students and workers is what ACT has been calling for since August last year and New Zealand should follow suit. The Australian state of Victoria is doing this right with plans underway for international students and essential workers

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New Zealand Slipping Due to Slow Vaccine Rollout

New Zealand Slipping Due to Slow Vaccine Rollout

It is worrying that the Government’s slow vaccine rollout has caused New Zealand to slip behind Singapore in Bloomberg’s index of the best places to be during the Covid-19 pandemic, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “New Zealand should be on equal footing with Singapore when

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London Lockdown Protest: It’s Time to Take Freedom Back

London Lockdown Protest: It’s Time to Take Freedom Back

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

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14 Months Later: A Pathway Forward

Paul E. Alexander aier.org Paul E. Alexander received his bachelor’s degree in epidemiology from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, a master’s degree from Oxford University, and a PhD from McMaster University’s Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact. Is there a chance to recover and

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Analysis of NZ Serology Study

covidplanb.co.nz In the year since New Zealand closed its border and adopted an ‘elimination strategy’ against SARS-Cov-2, only one reliable serology test has been conducted. During this period at least 47 serology studies have been conducted throughout the world. Serology tests were banned from import or sale in

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