Covid-19
What Level Two Means
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand will move to alert level 2 restrictions from 11:59pm Wednesday, with a staggered reopening of businesses. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen with the details.
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Canny View – Ready and Robust Will Thrive
Nick Stewart Stewart Group COVID-19 has got the attention of the world, and a great deal of information has been published about the pandemic in recent months. As a nation, we did everything in our power to slow down the COVID-19 spread, and at the end of level 4 four
The Depression Is on the Way
LionRed The author is based in the UK at the moment (ex-pat Kiwi) and travels the world as a consultant in developing countries working on business development. As a result, he is totally cynical about NGOs, the UN and WHO etc. He is regularly exposed to contact with governments and
COVID Confusion
Viv Forbes BScApp, FAusImm, FSIA Viv Forbes has studied financial analysis, business economics and politics, and he is one of the oldies more vulnerable to the Wuhan virus. We are drowning in a sea of suspect statistics, many being used selectively by power-hungry politicians. Especially COVID statistics. Suppose an obese
The Government Response Stringency Index
Michael Reddell croakingcassandra.com Having mentioned yesterday the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Stringency Index, I was playing around with variants of this chart, tracing the responses of various governments through time. On this variant I’ve included the Anglo countries and most of the countries of western Europe. It is
The Well-Being Budget
Around this time last year we were delivered a ‘well-being budget’. When introducing the well-being budget Ardern had this to say: It’s a reality because while economic growth is important – and something we will continue to pursue – it alone does not guarantee improvements to our living standards. Nor does
Cuckold Commissioner Endorses ‘Kindness’ Criminality
It’s taken me a few days to write this post as I was so bloody angry before. If I had written anything when this came out it would have simply been Marama’s favourite word, in plural, written 800 times. Quite how we have come to this point is
Ardern Abandoned the Rule of Law
We cannot retain a Prime Minister who does not act constitutionally if we wish to remain a First World democracy In British Commonwealth countries the rule of law is a long-established principle relating to the way in which the country is governed, dating from Magna Carta in 1215 and the
Time for Civil Disobedience?
“The more restrictions and prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be.” Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzu “Never f**K with another man’s rice bowl” A lesser, unknown Chinese Philosopher When future historians describe what happened to the New Zealand economy in 2020 they will no doubt lay the
Are Businesses “Things”?
Section 87 of the Health Act 1956 makes for interesting reading: 87 Compensation for persons injuriously affected (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, in every case where any building, animal, or thing is destroyed by or by order of the medical officer of health, or a health protection
A Response to David Parker’s Facebook Speech
Attorney-General David Parker made a speech Friday last week in response to the leaked e-mail to police and the leaked Crown Law advice to the government that revealed how little legal power the police actually had to enforce the lockdown. In it he revealed that the government have been counting
Daily News Roundup – 11 May 2020
Government documents on Covid-19 response released Derek Cheng (Herald): The gagging order from Jacinda Ardern’s office – cynical, arrogant and unnecessary Tim Watkins (Pundit): Gagging Order Is Double Dumb: Disrespecting Public Sacrifice & Damaging Brand Ardern Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Are these the first signs of third term arrogance from a
Down the Rabbit Warren of the Document Dump
I was reading the article by WH on Saturday about the modelling used around the world and the flaws of one particular model. That model is the one by Neil Ferguson, the world’s most wrong ‘scientist’. WH pointed out how badly flawed the model was, and I’ve also