I hurt myself this morning, my own fault of course. Any of you people, much smarter than me, will have said ‘don’t do it.’ You may in hindsight stretch to an entirely unsympathetic ‘what did you expect?’, and you would be right, but I went ahead and did it
There have been a number of people in key leadership positions during the COVID-19 event who have come up well short of what we would expect in terms of job performance. Some of them have conned us, deliberately or otherwise, some have shown their true colours and some appear to
In the Southern District Health Board area, which is basically most of the lower South Island below about Mt Cook, we have had two people die supposedly as a result of contracting this virus. Yes, both old and both with comorbidities. The last person to be confirmed with the disease
UMR poll Matt McCarten (E-Tangata): Jacinda Ardern’s rising tide Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Poll won’t roll Simon Bridges but that doesn’t mean he’s safe Henry Cooke (stuff): How much has Covid-19 truly changed politics? Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): National has a difficult decision to make
Not satisfied with blindly and non-analytically peddling the government’s propaganda and presenting Jacinda Ardern as the saviour of the nation, covering her in yet more fairy dust and glitter, without questioning the veracity or accuracy of her utterances, the New Zealand Herald last week joined our schoolmarm, scolding prime
Damien Grant is a liquidator. He drives the ambulance to the bottom of the cliff. His latest piece is an interesting view on the economy from a liquidator’s perspective and his further comments provide food for thought for those who think that National is going down in a screaming
At the start of the Level 4 lockdown, unknown to the public, the Police were flying by the seat of their pants, receiving almost daily updates telling them how to deal with the lockdown. At the start of the lockdown on 25th March, the Medical Officer of Health (MedOH) notice
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Perhaps mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest has got used to the idea that he can boss around Australian governments, after his 2010 campaign against the Minerals Resource Rent Tax contributed directly to the downfall of then-PM Kevin Rudd. Perhaps he is just eager to bootlick the Communists who pour billions
George What the hell is wrong with our country? It feels as if our backbone has been stripped from our spine. If the polls are anything to go by, this country is a dead man walking. We are currently governed by a group of student revolutionaries who are physically adults
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
While frustration grows over the massive damage to both our civil liberties and our economy, damage caused by the over-reactions of Ardern’s Covid emergency-level management and her obvious failure on early border control, more and more voices join the chorus, saying – where’s the data you relied on, Ms?
I know this may come as somewhat of a shock to all you good people, sober of mind (in varying degrees) and firm of conviction, but I am going to suggest The ‘Artful Codger’ Winston Peters and his frightful sidekick “The Fisherman’s Friend” Jacinda Ardern, the duet masquerading as
