Green private school funding row, education Stuff Editorial: Shaw’s Green School shambles risks his party’s future Claire Trevett (Herald): Will James Shaw’s endless sorry save the Greens? (paywalled) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): NZ First and Greens fighting for survival, trying to kill each other off amid Green
The Government still says that there is no link to the border for the resurgence of the Chinese plague, despite the fact the B1.1.1 genome comes from Australia. We discovered last week that 179 people left isolation with no tests, and now we find that more than 100
An event planner has slammed the Health Minister for telling Aucklanders not to attend a conference – advice which went against official guidelines. During the daily coronavirus update, Health Minister Chris Hipkins said “no” when asked whether he was comfortable with Aucklanders attending a conference in Queenstown this weekend. However, guidelines
The reaction of governments on both sides of the Tasman to the Wuhan pandemic has been near-hysterical overreaction coupled with the most bizarre wishful thinking. Panic – and an innate taste for untrammelled power – drove the unacknowledged shift of the pandemic goalposts from “flatten the curve” to “elimination”. Bear in mind
New Zealand’s national carrier is well on the way to emulating its national symbol: a flightless bird at risk of extinction. Like the kiwi, Air New Zealand’s possible demise is the result of predators and the loss of its natural habitat – international air travel – due to human interference.
Information Satire A discussion document leaked to The Woke Examiner shows that state control of all farms is now complete. It details how a long term plan using Health and Safety measures, the Resource Management Act, principles of Te Treaty, the zero-carbon target, COVID lockdowns and now, freshwater reforms – has
I have a question. I know I’ll be accused of being a racist for asking it but frankly, those who think I’m a racist may feel free to do so. I know who I am and I’m comfortable in my skin regardless of its colour and I’
Green private school grant row Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Green co-leader James Shaw refused to sign-off on $3bn of infrastructure projects unless Green School was included Jane Patterson (RNZ): Treasury opposed Green School grant over lack of approvals Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): James Shaw has a bigger problem than the
I’m back in Wellington, having spent a few weeks in the South Island. Last time I was here, we were in Level 1, and life was pretty much as normal, but not now. In spite of there being no cases in Wellington, and absolutely none in the South Island,
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Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Why watch COVID press conferences and briefings by politicians? They are just upsetting. These people seem to have no clue about why the virus is ignoring them. They keep issuing strange and arbitrary rules that they make up, change by the day, all enforced by
Plan B While New Zealand commentators remain enamoured with lockdown, the rest of the world is thinking again… A member of the UK’s Sage group advising the government says lockdowns were a mistake. “Lockdown was a panic measure and I believe history will say trying to control Covid-19 through
Free Press The ACT Party As recently as last Monday, Auckland needed to stay at Level 3 for another week to defeat the virus. Yesterday it turned out that Level 2.5 was sufficient. New Zealanders want to trust the Government, but changes without rhyme or reason make it difficult.
Cheerleaders for massive, police-state lockdowns invariably justify their taste for authoritarianism by pious moralising. “It’s all about saving lives,” they self-righteously intone. “If it saves just one life, it’s worth it.” This is a hollow argument even on its own merits: the panic-mongers don’t, for instance, shut
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Seven people died on New Zealand roads on the weekend. That was not a headline story. But imagine if seven people had died of the COVID virus. We’d be back to full lockdown panic mode. From the beginning, back eight months, all governments were
Education Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Couple who called COVID-19 ‘manufactured natural disaster’ held ‘DNA activation’ event at Green School Katie Scotcher (RNZ): James Shaw looking for solution in Green School controversy Deena Coster (Stuff): Marfell School community tells minister ‘we’re shovel ready’ as Green School funding row continues Amanda Clinton-Gohdes
