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Ardern’s COVID Rules Are a Joke

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

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Daily News Roundup – 17 September 2020

Daily News Roundup – 17 September 2020

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

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Ardern Is in La La Land

Ardern Is in La La Land

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

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A Brilliant Election Campaign

A Brilliant Election Campaign

You have to admit it. Jacinda is a master. She is streets ahead of everyone else in this election campaign. She campaigns just about every day, appearing on our screens at 1 pm, and if she can’t make it, usually due to her 3-day weekends, then one of

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Daily News Roundup – 16 September 2020

Daily News Roundup – 16 September 2020

Election Henry Cooke (Stuff): Judith Collins and David Seymour battle for the right wing Richard Harman (Politik): How Collins and Seymour are divided Andrew MacFarlane (1News): Vote Compass: Most New Zealanders support higher taxes for the wealthy Claire Trevett (Herald): Are National and Labour both guilty of ‘misinformation’? (paywalled) The

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Government Failure at the Border Confirmed

Government Failure at the Border Confirmed

Ashley Bloomfield has finally confirmed what we all suspected, that the latest outbreak, the one that caused the lockdowns we are still suffering under, came as a result of Government failure at the border. https://embed.trint.com/C7K92qd5Qvuq7etoZ1kjCQ/player.js He told Mike Hosking AND the AM Show the

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Escaped Chinese Scientist: Virus Came From Lab

Escaped Chinese Scientist: Virus Came From Lab

Some months ago, The BFD reported on Dr Li-Meng Yan, the Chinese virologist who escaped to the West to try and expose the truth of the Wuhan pandemic. In July, Dr Yan confirmed what everyone already knew: the Chinese government had lied about the origin of SARs-CoV-2

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In a War on Restaurants, Media Tout the Lockdown Narrative

Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and eight books in 5 languages, most recently The Market Loves You. He is also the editor

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The Government’s Approach to Wuflu

The Government’s Approach to Wuflu

I have been pondering awhile on the Government’s approach to Wuflu, and have concluded that it really boils down to 2 factors; ideology and planning. In the early days of the outbreak, no one really knew what was going on and how bad the virus was (or wasn’t)

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Ardern Is a Disgrace

Ardern Is a Disgrace

Jacinda Ardern is a disgrace. She is a disgrace for managing, in just three years, to exacerbate all the problems the country was facing and starting to solve. She has failed in all the areas that she says her party stands for. She has completely failed her voter base. All

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Daily News Roundup – 15 September 2020

Daily News Roundup – 15 September 2020

Alert level decision Luke Malpass (Stuff): Big questions linger after Covid-19 alert level decision Derek Cheng (Herald): Travel spike could thwart Government’s level 1 plans – Covid modeller Science Media Centre: Alert Level status quo stays a little longer – Expert Reaction Crystal Wu (Stuff): Public health, economic experts react

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Faces of the Day

Faces of the Day

Our faces of the day today are three against one as Judith Collins, David Seymour and Winston Peters have all come out against Jacinda Ardern’s decision to keep the South Island in a level 2 lockdown. National leader Judith Collins says South Islanders have had enough and slammed the

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