In my previous article, I outlined how the Prime Minister got us into the COVID crisis by largely manufacturing it. Having successfully got us into it she now has to get us successfully out of it. Like wrapping the fish and chips this will be beyond her capabilities. In fact,
Press Release: ACT Party “A wave of economic destruction is approaching the country, and, with just one active COVID-19 case remaining, the Prime Minister must explain why she continues to wait to ease remaining restrictions on the economy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stats NZ said on Thursday that
I’ve always viewed The Australian as a reliable news source with a substantial line up of award-winning journalists, many with years of experience behind them. After finding a suspicious story in the NZ Herald, however, I have had to revise my opinion. Covid 19 coronavirus: Nathan Turner held
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David Theobald Yesterday I hijacked ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ idea that this government coalition had four members and not three with the MSM being the fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse. Our current Prime Minister lives and survives on public opinion that has for some time and in some quarters bordered on
Kerry Grant The further we stumble our way through this Pandemic thingy the more obvious it becomes that life will never return to how it was before the lockdowns. New ‘norms’ are being established, as the old ones are reluctantly left in the past to be slowly forgotten, like a
Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz A curious phenomenon has developed in the race to beat COVID-19. Advisors to the government have recently become anti-anti-bodies. Before I explain what that means, let me provide some context. While we’ve weathered the initial COVID-19 storm, we now have
Fresh water reforms, environment, conservation Richard Harman (Politik): Swimming together; the coalition agrees on freshwater reforms Collette Devlin (Stuff): NZ First claims win as Government softens freshwater reforms Jamie Morton (Herald): New Govt water reforms miss mark on nitrogen pollution, advocates say Science Media Centre: Action for Healthy Waterways – Expert
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Due to our nation’s fortunate isolation, our COVID-19 situation was a small demographically isolated ‘outbreak’ and not a pandemic or an epidemic. Together my darling wife (40 years plus in the medical profession) and I discussed the daily data. We acknowledged that our hospitals were never overloaded, and
Clearly some pigs are more equal than others in Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand. Ordinary New Zealanders were forced to endure weeks of Level 4 lockdown, including being barred from the bedsides of dying family members. But well-heeled foreigners were secretly allowed to slip in through New Zealand’s
National Party Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National sets up ‘intelligence unit’ to dig up info on political opponents during 2020 election campaign Claire Trevett (Herald): Todd Muller’s sink or swim introduction to Leader of Opposition (paywalled) Mark Longley (Newshub): Dear Todd, the honeymoon is over – welcome to political leadership
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has broken rank with Labour over coronavirus restrictions, saying the country should be at level 1 now. Peters also said that the trans-Tasman bubble, allowing quarantine-free travel, should also already be operational. […]Peters told Newstalk ZB on Wednesday morning that it was his
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On Monday I was enlightened by Siouxie, ‘cos Siouxie does facts, and this week she informed us that “Videos like these are endangering lives”. What videos, you may ask? Videos recommending the use of power saws for haircuts, perhaps? Videos with instructions for making gunpowder in your bedroom? Well; no.
