Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com It will not be lost on the government, like all political participants with their finger always in the wind, that the latest lockdown has been badly received. That said, I feel it was justified in Auckland given the wide-spread movements of the culprit family.
The magazine “Thrive” has published an interview with the Prime Minister which was conveniently transcribed and summarised in the NZ Herald yesterday. This appears to be the standard direction the NZH ventures in whenever Ardern is up against the wall of public opinion. The focus was on the cuteness of
Mostly we try to avoid sad incidents until they happen to cross our path or the path of someone nearby. This week our local coffee shop/bakery opened during Level 3 lockdown having stayed closed through previous lockdowns. On Tuesday evening the owner was forced to admit defeat and dump
This country has become captive to the whims of fear-driven fools. The latest Auckland lockdown is a case in point. Since ‘Jackboot’ Jacinda Ardern locked us up again, because of an “abundance of caution”, there have been precisely zero further cases of community spread. Either this super tricky virus
Lifting the Auckland lockdown will be welcome news to all those people who have slogged their way through Level 3 multiple times now, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. But given the Government’s confidence that this outbreak is under control, National sees no good reason why Auckland can’
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Or any dollars at all. That’s the message from Southland’s mayor to Destiny Church leaders Brian and Hannah Tamaki who he says are not welcome in his region. The only reason why today’s unkind face of the day Southland
From memory, it’s about ten days since I last wrote an article and since then rather a lot has taken place. Auckland was put in and pulled out of a pointless three-day lockdown and now we are in a seven-day lockdown which will prove to be equally
National is calling on the Government to provide more detail on the schedule for vaccinating the entire population so that New Zealanders – particularly businesses – have the clarity they need to plan for the post-Covid future, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “It is great that border workers are
Boss-Lady’s gaffe: “We drum in that messaging around the dangers of Covid pretty diligently for a full two-week period of sustained propaganda” on Monday was just too big, and too public to ignore. So her sycophants did as sycophants do, and went in to bat for her:
A few months after taking office the PM withdrew from duties to attend to her six weeks of maternity leave. During this time she was undoubtedly on full pay, which proportionally amounted to about $57,000. This absence from work was hailed both locally and internationally as a shining example
Tim Dare University of Auckland Tim trained and worked as a lawyer before completing his PhD in philosophy. His publications include books and articles on the philosophy of law, legal ethics, immunisation programmes, the significance of judicial disagreement, parental rights and medical decisions, the proper allocation of the burden of
Today in Things That Didn’t Age Well: the great foot-and-mouth scare of ’01, starring a very familiar face. Australia is rushing specialist veterinarians to Britain as countries across the world move to contain the catastrophic outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that began there. And amid warnings
