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
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
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
OPINION: Thursday morning began with a typical Wellington breakfast: a whole lot of egg, served on a whole lot of faces. From the all-but-canonised Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and director-general of health to the beleaguered health minister, no one’s reputation was spared from repeated stories of serious failures to
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Mike: So it turns out Michael Woodhouse had it right, the women whose trip to Wellington has seen the government’s entire quarantine strategy fall to pieces in front of our eyes did stop, and they did meet people, and on the back of those revelations the flood is now
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
When the plane wheels ground against the runway at Auckland international airport, the two sisters would have been stressed and exhausted. They’d crossed the globe from London, via Doha and Brisbane, to be with their dying mother. But first, they had to sit out 14 days of managed isolation
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
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
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
National leader Todd Muller is calling for the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to sack Health Minister David Clark. Muller said he was appalled by the lax quarantine measures that allowed two people with the coronavirus to leave mandatory isolation. “It’s appalling, I think New Zealanders are waking up incredibly
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
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.
