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Show Me the Kindness

Show Me the Kindness

Jacinda travelled to Queenstown last week to announce $85 million of government funding, aimed at assisting the town’s Town Centre project and also to help fund stage one of Queenstown’s Arterials projects. These projects are not of immediate assistance to the tourism sector, but will be funded partly

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Just a PPE Dream

Just a PPE Dream

Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Just a PPE dream As we’ve seen, the perception of widely available testing proved, on closer inspection, to be a mirage. A similarly elusive image appeared on the

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“Elimination” Nation

“Elimination” Nation

Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. “Elimination” nation No word sums up the government’s misplaced sense of self-congratulation as much as “elimination”. Let’s start with this perfectly reasonable observation about a certain unqualified

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Sheriff Muller and the COVID Gang at Large

Sheriff Muller and the COVID Gang at Large

Information Satire Some of the Wild COVID gang have escaped from The lock-up in Missie Ardern’s Saloon. Some of them have been rounded up but not all. Apparently there were earlier escapes as well. My Marshall Woodhouse has revealed this to the townspeople but they are still very worried

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Border Botch-Ups

Border Botch-Ups

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com New Zealand’s COVID-19 free status was short-lived. The team of 5 million is being badly let down by government incompetence at the borders. While bureaucratic ineptitude is nothing new, given the personal sacrifices that everyone was required to make during the lockdown, the stakes

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Victoria’s COVID Spike Is No Second Wave

Victoria’s COVID Spike Is No Second Wave

Don’t be fooled by the hysterical fear-mongering from the media and governments. The spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria is a concern, but it’s nowhere near the feared “second wave” we keep getting threatened with. The panic-mongering from Daniel Andrews is particularly hypocritical. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews likens

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Lessons Learnt?

Lessons Learnt?

Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Lessons learnt? The stresses and strains on New Zealand’s teaching fraternity must have been enormous.  As always, I take my hat off to those working hard in our

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The Carpenter’s Tale

It was October 2019. On a sunny spring day in Wellington, Richard, a builder, was doing some work in a house in the suburb of Seatoun. The renovations had been a bit erratic, as the lady of the house had just come back from a trip to the UK and

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Daily News Roundup – 26 June 2020

Daily News Roundup – 26 June 2020

1News – Colmar Brunton Poll Jason Walls (Herald): National’s poll bump – It’s too early for leader Todd Muller to break out the bubbly (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): Todd Muller staunches the bleeding, but Jacinda Ardern remains well ahead Selwyn Manning (Evening Report): Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

It’s been a week since problems at the New Zealand border first emerged, but the cloud hanging over Health Minister David Clark’s career hasn’t lifted. It’s a big deal calling for someone to resign. Despite much jeering and jibing, the Opposition doesn’t often call for

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Stop the Press!

Stop the Press!

Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Stop the press! One of the sectors thrown into considerable chaos by the government’s coronavirus choices is the media. First, consider the difficulties that the Fourth Estate faced

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Plan B – Does It Exist?

Plan B – Does It Exist?

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com With the public’s broad support, in the face of the COVID threat, the government closed down New Zealand, imposing a dictatorial control regime to an extent unprecedented in our history. That said, every measure they took copied to the letter what was being done

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Daily News Roundup – 25 June 2020

Daily News Roundup – 25 June 2020

Auckland light rail, coalition tensions Henry Cooke (Stuff): Phil Twyford, minister of embarrassing failures Audrey Young (Herald): Pressure on Transport Minister Phil Twyford over light rail being ditched (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Political utu in the coalition Jason Walls (Herald): The Government’s handbrake: What else has New Zealand First

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The Team of 5 Million Let Me down

The Team of 5 Million Let Me down

Information Parody I beat Covid19 but the National party let it back in. pic.twitter.com/CefmAFy49v — Jacinda Ardren (parody) (@JacindaArdern_0) June 20, 2020 I will be resigning this afternoon. The Team of 5 Million let me down. I have not been on a holiday for over 3 months.

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