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Covid-19
The Danger Is Not the Virus – It Is Ardern
We now find out there is every chance we have been locked down again because Ardern didn’t act hard and early with regard to testing of those working at the border. According to Michael Morrah from Newshub, as of a week ago, nearly two-thirds of Auckland’s COVID-
TV Series Reviews: 1 pm Daily Update (Part 1)
NZ’s favourite show is back for season 2, which I wasn’t expecting since the season 1 finale seemed to have wrapped up all the storylines. Stars of 1pm Daily Update the TV series 10/10 Season Two The first episode was incredibly gripping, although I must admit I
Authoritarianism in Auckland
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
It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
I have just come back from the supermarket, in a South Island town that never had a single case of COVID the first time around, let alone now. This is my first trip since the second phase of the new normal started on Wednesday. There was no queuing outside. There
Experts Slam Government’s Border Testing
Public health experts are slamming the debacle at the border: Auckland University Professor of Medicine Des Gorman rated the Government’s response as “somewhere between two and three” out of 10. “I’ve seen health systems manage medical emergencies worse than this but it takes some doing,” Gorman told Hosking.
Covid Disruptions
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The news that Auckland was being ordered into an Alert level 3 lockdown for three days, and the rest of New Zealand into Alert Level 2, came as a blow to a country that is still struggling to recover from a lockdown assessed as “the
There is ‘One Source of Truth’ Burned to the Ground in 30 Seconds
Chris Hipkins went on a mad rant at yesterday’s briefing about how the government was the sole source of truth. It was quite extraordinary: But there was also a problem with that exhortation and that was that the claims that Pakuranga College had a student with the Chinese plague,
Know Us By Our Deeds – Bungling the Borders
The Prime Minister has exclaimed that we should know them by their deeds. We’ve covered their deeds with housing, their deeds with flu vaccinations and the Prime Minister‘s lying. Now, with the community transmission outbreak sweeping Auckland, we should know them by their deeds at the border: Newshub
Letters From Melbourne, a ‘Ghost Town Police State’ Under Brutal COVID Lockdown
Robert Bridge strategic-culture.org The citizens of Australia’s second most populous city are suffering under the harshest lockdown conditions of all Western democracies. Their voices need to be heard. In the last several weeks, Melbourne has introduced shockingly draconian anti-COVID measures, imposed on the metropolis of some
Pay Up, Boomers – Business Leader
Way back in April (1st, no less!) I suggested that perhaps it might be condign for the older generations to pony up for the devastating economic and social costs of pandemic responses that are designed mostly for their benefit. The suggestion did not seem to go over well with many
Irrationality
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A Greg Harford, described as the Chief Executive of Retail NZ which is apparently a shopkeepers association, had an article published on the Stuff website. Specifically, he called for building owners to subsidise his members for their decline in sales and losses due to the
You Can Only Shout “Look! Over There! a Virus!” for So Long
There is a spectre stalking Australia and New Zealand – no, not just the Wuhan pandemic but a killer even worse which is following in its wake. But while the media and politicians can’t stop yammering about COVID-19, they politely avert their eyes from its shadow. Probably because it’
The Fallacy of New Zealand’s Pandemic Police-State
In contrast to the fawning adulation of the legacy media, venerable think-tank the American Institute for Economic Research has cast a jaundiced eye over the reign of Jacinda Ardern. Suffice to say, they’re not much impressed. For months we’ve heard the cry: oh how wonderfully New Zealand