I’m disappointed to announce that Professor Shaun ‘80,000-dead’ Hendy’s self-penned, self-congratulatory screed published Wednesday last at Newsroom, left me feeling bitter. That’s not a nice emotion to have. Nevertheless the good professor’s column, in spite of the hubris on display, is enlightening as to the
ACT Party What to make of the Government’s announcement of an announcement? After Cabinet yesterday, the Prime Minister told us when the much-anticipated Aussie Bubble will be announced, in nearly three weeks’ time on April 6th. It is what you’d expect from a leader whose main expertise is
National Party National Leader Judith Collins Yesterday, the Prime Minister had a chance to do the right thing and announce a date when the trans-Tasman safe travel bubble will be open. She chose not to. Instead, she announced that she will soon announce an announcement of a date. You just
You really have to hand it to Jacinda Ardern: she’s brilliant at announcing things. Yesterday she announced that she will announce the date of the start of a trans-Tasman bubble on April 6. I kid you not. Watching Stuff‘s commentary tells a story in itself. Waffle, prevarication, and
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s simply not good enough for the Prime Minister to treat the media like five-year-olds and tell them there are ‘layers of complexity’ ‘which I won’t bore you with now’ behind why she can’t say more about a trans-Tasman bubble before
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Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “For some reason the Prime Minister is trying to talk down expectations of substantive movement on quarantine free trans-Tasman travel at Cabinet today, when she’s got every reason to be talking it up,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “First, the Prime Minister must
The ‘Covid Queen’ started her political career as the ‘Crisis Queen’, rising to international stardom on lucky breaks provided by the politically motivated exploitation of cyclical weather changes (initially named global warming then renamed climate change), the Christchurch killings and then the White Island eruption. All attracted global media attention.
Apparently, it is okay now for media to call someone a “dick”, as TVNZ Breakfast host John Campbell was not censured for calling Donald Trump’s son “a total dick” Today’s heartless “Dick” of the day is Labour MP Damien O’Connor for saying that Covid-19 has taught the
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Daniel Bernardus Augusto Silberstein mercatornet.com Daniel Bernardus writes from the Netherlands. He teaches biology at Amsterdam University College and is the director of Leidenhoven College, a collegiate hall of residence. He blogs at danielbernardus.com. (Daniel Bernardus is the pen name of Daniel Bernardus van Schalkwijk.) Augusto Silberstein is
The vaccine rollout is faster overseas than here, but that might not be a bad thing because one expert wants more debate on the relationship with the vaccine and achieving herd immunity. Geert Vanden Bossche, DVM, Ph.D., argues that a prophylactic vaccine should be used BEFORE a pandemic – not
Major Strawberry Grower Perrys Berrys Calls It Quits Amid Labour Shortage Francie Perry, a stalwart of New Zealand horticulture and an outspoken critic of the Government’s inflexible Covid-19 border policy for foreign workers, is throwing in the towel after 40 years of strawberry growing. Perrys Berrys is among the
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
