Simon Bridges, yesterday, announced that he might be prepared to operate in a grand coalition: Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges won’t rule out participating in a grand coalition to fight COVID-19, as he officially puts the National Party’s election campaign on hold. A grand coalition, which
The government has produced a list of essential businesses. This list may evolve over time. SectorsEntities providing essential services (including their supply chains)AccommodationAccommodation services for essential workers and people who need to be isolated/quarantined BorderCustoms New Zealand, Immigration New Zealand and the Ministry for Primary IndustriesBuilding and constructionBuilding
Casey Costello Hobson’s Pledge Trust There is not the slightest justification for allocating $56-million in Covid-19 funding on the basis of race, Hobson’s Pledge spokesperson Casey Costello said yesterday. In today’s announcement: * $10 million from Vote Maori Development is for community outreach, * $30 million for
Lizzie Presser ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. As of Friday, Louisiana was reporting 479 confirmed cases of COVID-19, one of the highest numbers in the country. Ten people had
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Prime Minister’s statement: * Alert Level 3 now in place immediately * PM will issue an epidemic notice and will move country to a national civil defence emergency * Two cases of possible community spread. * Potential for cases to double every five days. * Reviewed in 48 hours, will go to Level 4
Press Release: New Conservative New Conservative joins the many experts in their fields and is calling for the Government to immediately implement Covid-19 Alert 4. On Sunday alone, Auckland had 4 schools linked to Covid-19. Today, a call to Government to go to Alert 4 and close all
Reports out of Europe this week say that as a result of the lockdowns over there, too many people are using Netflix and YouTube, and as a result, the Internet is becoming overloaded and slow. As a result, YouTube and Netflix will temporarily reduce video quality in the United Kingdom
In 1346 the Mongolian army brought the Black Plague to Europe. Laying siege to the Crimean port of Caffa, Jani Beg the leader of ‘the Golden Horde’ decided to catapult the infected corpses of his comrades over the city walls. Those citizens who escaped took the bacterium Yersinia Pestis back
John Daley Chief Executive Officer Grattan Institute This is longer than the usual Conversation article, so allow some time to take it in. Nobody likes talking about the COVID-19 endgame, but we need to choose one. The appropriate interventions – public health, government spending, and freedom of movement – all depend
Kiwi Shanghai resident, Andy Boreham, documents just how useless our border controls are for halting the spread of COVID-19 especially when compared with China’s border and quarantine response. I never thought I’d need to be tested for novel #coronavirus, especially with all the precautions I take, but
By drip-feeding information and up-grading our Covid-19 status on a weekly basis, the government is stretching out the pain for every New Zealander. Each announcement has resulted in a mad rush for the supermarkets from that same old panic buying group that has to get in ahead
Flying somewhat, and so far, under the radar following the anniversary of the alleged-murderer Tarrant’s despicable deeds are the proposed follow-up of controls on so-called “hate speech.” They have been subject to considerable speculation in the year since, this despite zero evidence produced or alleged so
According to Jo Moir, Peeni Henare supports Maori communities breaking the law. What Peeni Henare is actually saying is that he disagrees with his Prime Minister and the Ministry of Health both of whom are saying that we are at Level Two in our response to COVID-19. He is
Cruise Ships as Floating Isolation Wards? Right now there are four cruise ships in Auckland. They are all empty – no passengers. They are the La Laperouse, Silver Muse, Bremen and Noordam. Noordam has been moored off Whangaparaoa since Wednesday last week. La Laperouse also; until Saturday night when it moored
