Would you believe that New Zealanders have a guaranteed right to freedom of speech? It’s right there in the New Zealand Bill of Rights: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and belief, including the right to adopt and to hold opinions without interference and Everyone
Labour-Greens talks, Labour govt Henry Cooke (Stuff): There is no evidence National voters backed Labour to keep the Greens out Audrey Young (Herald): Labour holds all the cards as Ardern’s talks with Greens get underway RNZ: Greens better off independent – Former Green MP Catherine Delahunty Heather du Plessis-
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Once again, it seems that Victorian premier Daniel Andrews is either telling porkies or is just the world’s second-most clueless leader. Andrews has, it must be remembered, repeatedly denied any knowledge of when or by whom it was decided to use private security guards for the state’s
Election Jack Vowles (The Conversation): The 2020 NZ election saw record vote volatility — what does that mean for the next Labour government? Jason Walls and Chris Knox (Herald): 20 fascinating facts about the 2020 election you might have missed Stuff: Labour Day: A vote-by-vote analysis of New Zealand’
Jacinda Ardern’s landslide election is widely – and almost certainly, rightly – attributed to her handling of the Wuhan pandemic. But it is also true that Ardern was able to capitalise on the Chinese virus because voters are yet to really feel the effects of her panicked resort to lockdowns and
Ryan McMaken mises.org Last week, Dr. David Nabarro from the World Health Organization admitted that lockdowns have been devastating for much of the world, noting that “Lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never, ever belittle, and that is making poor people an awful lot poorer.” Nabarro went
Coalition negotiations, shape of government Audrey Young (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern holds preparatory talks with Greens but coalition looking unlikely Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern tight-lipped after talks begin with the Greens Jason Walls (Herald): Jacinda Ardern meets Greens leaders about Government discussions time frame 1News: As Labour
Election analysis Chris Trotter (Interest): Ardern claims “mandate to accelerate” – but where to? Josie Pagani (Herald): Time for Labour to bank Jacinda Ardern’s popularity and take risks (paywalled) Max Rashbrooke (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern has huge majority but that may not be much use to her Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda
Jacinda Ardern likes to boast – contrary to the public record – that she “went hard and early” with New Zealand’s lockdowns, thus saving the lives of countless New Zealanders. But only one of St Jacinda the Kind’s boasts is in any way true. The harsh truth is that she
Stacey Rudin aier.org Last week, in a major departure from months of pro-lockdown messaging, Britain’s envoy to the WHO Dr. David Nabarro called for world leaders to stop locking down their countries and economies as a “primary method” of controlling COVID19. “I want to say it again:
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Election Henry Cooke (Stuff): Thank goodness this empty election is almost over Richard Shaw, Bronwyn Hayward, Grant Duncan, Jennifer Curtin, Rawiri Taonui (The Conversation): The final debate and the campaign’s winners and losers ahead of the big decision Luke Malpass (Stuff): This seemingly eternal campaign is now all over
The wheels are fast falling off Dan Andrews’s clown-car dictatorship. Another high-ranking head has rolled, bringing the axe one step closer to the premier’s own neck; the public tide is inexorably turning against lockdowns and even Andrews himself is tacitly admitting that his extraordinary lockdowns have
Dear Editor This election, one of the most critical issues facing our country is the government’s response to COVID-19. It is this response that is crippling the country’s economy, and also destroying our freedoms in many ways. Freedom is becoming a crucial issue for many voters, as
Wealth tax Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): Tax the wealthy? I don’t think so Heather Du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): National’s ‘wealth tax’ assault isn’t working Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern’s absurd day in Christchurch, still battling the wealth tax Newshub: Revealed: How your wealth ranks compared to
