Davo42 Has COVID-19 now guaranteed Labour an election win? With New Zealand entering a new phase of poverty thanks to “The COVID” as I like to call it and the power of incumbency we must now accept that the next government as a Labour/Greens coalition without the need
One of the best things about the COVID-19 pandemic is that everyone has forgotten about climate change. We are all much more worried about getting sick; about infecting others or being infected by others; of looking after elderly parents or relatives and trying to survive financially. Times are tough
Governments – all governments – operate at such a high level, that when they try to design a package specifically to aid small business, they almost inevitably fail miserably. The intentions are always good, but those that usually work at the macro level always struggle with looking at things from a micro
Dr Ananish Chaudhuri– Professor of Experimental Economics, University of Auckland and Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Decision Making, Harvard University, Massachusetts, US covidplanb.co.nz There is a trade-off: how many lives will be taken by Covid-19 and how many lives will be lost due to our
Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com New Zealand just recorded a further four Coronavirus deaths. That brings the total to nine (as of 14 April 2020): * Woman, aged 70’s with an underlying health condition. * Female, aged 90’s with an underlying health condition. * Male, aged 80’s with an underlying
Dr Simon Thornley – Senior lecturer of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Auckland Dr Grant Schofield – Professor of Public Health, AUT, Auckland Dr Gerhard Sundborn – Senior lecturer of Population and Pacific Health, University of Auckland. Dr Grant Morris – Associate Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Ananish Chaudhuri– Professor
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David Seymour MP ACT Leader The COVID-19 crisis has wreaked havoc on New Zealand’s economy. Over 40% of workers are receiving support from the Government’s wage subsidy programme and businesses across the country are suffering from a sudden halt in revenue due to the lockdown. MPs should
Press Release: ACT Party D-Day The Government will tell us on 20 April whether the Level 4 lockdown continues past 22 April. It needs to give clear guidance on what a Level 3 world looks like because business cannot prepare with two days’ notice. But there is another problem.
I was fortunate to have done most of my globe trotting when I was young. A few trips to Europe, mostly by train in my teens and early twenties, followed by a couple of years living in Hong Kong gave me plenty of opportunity for travel, and by the time
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Apparently our leader is a great communicator. She spells stuff out really clearly. For example ‘Stay home’ and ‘Act like you have COVI- 19’ and ‘Be kind’. All unambiguous instructions. But it isn’t easy to follow instructions if you don’t understand why. Here’s a simple analogy. I’
While I’m not one to suggest that our Prime Minister leans a little bit towards the authoritarian/socialist side of things, here are a few of the changes that we’ve experienced- with scarcely a criticism – over the last two weeks: * Government has decided which of our businesses are
