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The Embarrassing Incompetent Personages of COVID-19

The Embarrassing Incompetent Personages of COVID-19

Now that the unraveling of the shambles that was the handling of COVID-19 is becoming apparent, there is also becoming apparent a number of personages who have suffered embarrassment as as a result of the fallout. There is no better place to start than at the top with the Prime

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Cruise Industry Says It’s Time to Allow Ships to Sail Again

Cruise Industry Says It’s Time to Allow Ships to Sail Again

The cruise industry wants a ban on cruise ships lifted to allow Kiwis-only voyages around the New Zealand ports. The Government suspended all cruise ship visits until the end of June and Cruise New Zealand Association chief executive Kevin O’Sullivan said they were anxious to prevent any extension. Several

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Winners Picked and Losers Packed

Winners Picked and Losers Packed

Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Winners picked and losers packed The economic response to the COVID-19 threat was a mixed bag from the start.  In mid-March, the Minister of Finance announced support for business

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Daily News Roundup – 19 June 2020

Daily News Roundup – 19 June 2020

Border failure Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Heads have to roll over border catastrophe, but whose head should it be? Michael Morrah (Newshub): Blame for COVID-19 quarantine, PPE fails lies squarely with Ministry of Health Jane Patterson (RNZ): Covid-19 border botch-up: ‘Next few days will be crucial’ Jane Clifton (BusinessDesk): Good old-fashioned

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GDP Drops 1.6%

GDP Drops 1.6%

So after all that effort on the part of the ‘Team of 5 Million’,  we now have 3 new COVID-19 cases, with two of the cases having done a road trip from Auckland to Wellington, hugged people, attended a funeral and God knows what else. That has already resulted in

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The Greens Don’t Really Care About Black Lives

The Greens Don’t Really Care About Black Lives

Old Mate David Shoebridge is having a hard time keeping out of the news, these days. Whether it’s employing Marxist vandals or getting in Rich People Fights with his neighbours, Shoebridge continues the Greens’ tradition of mouthing off hard-left platitudes while living the most bourgeois lifestyle imaginable. He’s

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How Bad Can It Possibly Be?

How Bad Can It Possibly Be?

Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. How bad can it possibly be? Having indulged in that favourite New Zealand pastime of measuring ourselves against other countries, it’s worth making another comparison, namely time. The

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Daily News Roundup – 18 June 2020

Daily News Roundup – 18 June 2020

Border failure ODT Editorial: Defence must be tightened RNZ: Checkpoint: Covid-19: Isolation audit not enough to ensure safety – expert Shaun Hendy et al (The Conversation): 2 new COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, but elimination of community transmission still stands Heather Du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Ministry of Health can’t follow

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has decided to call in the military to enforce border controls after two women who arrived from the U.K. were allowed to leave quarantine early and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19.

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