Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Reaction to the New Zealand government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown has ranged from high praise to criticism that its actions were illegal and its management chaotic. Partly in response to the concerns, and to put the continued containment of
Not long ago, a family-run hospitality business in my town posted a plea for help on the local Facebook page: please come and buy our stuff! In anticipation of some big annual events in Tasmania, months ago they had ordered piles of perishable stock. Now it was all sitting
Kristy While many are happy we are now in level two I woke up, turned the radio on, heard the COVID ad for contact tracing and felt like I was part of a “1984” social experiment. Much like the Milgram social experiment of days gone by, this experiment wouldn’t
National Party leadership vote Richard Harman (Politik): D-day for Bridges Matthew Hooton (Herald): National’s only leadership choice is Muller (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): It’s a tough race when you are Mr 29 per cent – Simon Bridges faces extraordinary pressure Audrey Young (Herald): Damage and risks in National’
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Don Franks rdln.wordpress.com As we face new unknowns against COVID-19, there’s something reassuring about level 2’s basic rules. “Physical distancing – keep your distance when out and about. Two metres in public and in retail stores, like supermarkets. One metre in most other environments like workplaces,
As revealed on The BFD, Crown Law advice to the New Zealand police was that enforcing the government’s lockdowns was beyond their legal powers. Naturally, the government rushed to cover its arse and to shout How dare you! at the Opposition for having the temerity to point out that
Many commentators have observed that the public health, social and economic havoc wreaked by the Xi Plague are a sneak preview of the kind of world we could expect should Extinction Rebellion and Greta Thunberg have their way. But the COVID-19 world has something else in common with climate
Sorry … Fake News. But imagine the headlines from the CO2-is-evil gang had there been the slightest detectable dip in measured CO2 as a result of the worldwide government mandated lockdowns. The evil aviation industry has, to all intents, been grounded. The evil private cars have been parked in
As the old saying goes, “A rule of government is never look into anything you don’t have to, never start an enquiry unless you know what its findings will be”. China has fiercely resisted holding an enquiry into the origins of the Xi Plague, threatening and bullying the Australian
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
National Party leadership Luke Malpass and Henry Cooke (Stuff): Simon Bridges vs Todd Muller: It’s all about the big W for National Luke Malpass (Stuff): National had better be sure if Simon Bridges is to be axed Claire Trevett (Herald): Game on for Simon Bridges and Todd Muller (paywalled)
It’s all very well for certain well-off Westerners to coo over how much nicer everything is under lockdown, but they’re not shouldering the real burdens of the Xi Plague crisis. While the lifestyle pages of the legacy media are awash with well-heeled columnists penning rose-coloured
Summary Page One: * WHO ignored credible reports of Virus spread in Wuhan in early December. * WHO knew that there was a “major health concern” in Wuhan in Late December. * Taiwan authorities told WHO of human to human transmission but WHO did not alert the world. * China did not inform WHO
