The Prime Minister locked down Auckland for a second time and refuses to reduce Auckland’s default setting of Level 2.5. Apparently we have a tricky virus that could flare up again. She also told all Aucklanders that if we moved about the country then we should behave as
So much for the Prime Minister’s kindness message. Aucklanders are now being treated like proverbial lepers by others in the rest of the country. A Dunedin pizza restaurant has placed a temporary ban on all customers from Auckland over Covid fears. A couple on a South Island road trip
Eliora New Zealand is experiencing a change in the type of crime being committed. According to the NZ Police, the number of home burglaries is down but shoplifting is up. On top of an economic hit, Kiwi businesses face an increased level of theft. Businesses in New Zealand have been
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David “Jim” Penman – the “Jim” of Jim’s Mowing – is nobody’s fool. An historian who graduated with Honours from La Trobe university, Penman started mowing lawns to get by while completing his PhD. Nearly 40 years later, his Jim’s Group is an international success story. Penman describes his
Look, we rural folk know that public servants and journalists haven’t the faintest clue what life is really like outside the latte belt. But do they have to make it so obvious? When former PM Julia Gillard went on a “fact-finding” tour to darkest Rooty Hill, she packed more
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Total Road Deaths to Date: 218 Total Coronavirus Deaths to Date: 25 NOTE: Thanks to the lockdown the road toll is down on past recent years. Consistency and common sense (and doubtless Ashley Bloomfield) says we should forthwith ban all motor vehicles. The government should
The BFD. Things that make me go Hmm. Jacinda Ardern pictured visiting Massey in Palmerston North. Credit: David Unwin/ Stuff Imagine the outrage if National leader Judith Collins did something similar. Jacinda Ardern should refer to her own guidance document from the Covid-19 website for Level 2. Personal movement At
PREFU and the June quarter GDP numbers have been announced this week. Yes, we all knew the numbers were going to be bad. But how bad? Well, the answer is very bad, yet the media, on both occasions, has played it down, saying (quoting the politicians) that things are ‘not
Editorial Note: The death toll is now 25 Our Coalition Government hasn’t got a lot to choose from when it comes to appointing some of them to Ministerial positions. The situation has been made even worse by some of the original selections having to be fired for sundry reasons.
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Jacinda Ardern needs to get with the implementation of her rules. She does her pathetic little stand up every afternoon, making the Guinness Book of Records for the most facial contortions in half an hour, while using COVID as an electioneering platform. She gets out her little red book of
Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update, Economy Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): High unemployment, high house prices and a social crisis on the books Audrey Young (Herald): Leaders make case for wisdom, honesty, balance and discipline (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): No matter who wins the election, the belt will have to tighten Heather
I still can’t fathom what is going on in this country. The Government has made a first-rate Horlicks of the COVID-19 situation and as a distraction, switched back to providing leaks and updates about Brexit. The EU and the UK have about 5 weeks to reach an agreement on
The Prime Minister’s obsession with control in relation to COVID is making her look like the fool that she is. Often what comes out of her mouth is not the reality being experienced by many in her dream team of five million. As I have mentioned in earlier articles
