Election 2020
What Would Make You Change Your Vote?
Eliora Much has been said recently about the hapless James Shaw, co-leader of the Green Party. He is publicly pleading for forgiveness. Shaw signed off on a $11.7 million deal for a private green school in Taranaki. He looked sheepish as he begged and beseeched green voters not to
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
I have always said that the Greens are people who live in an ideological world, but I have recently changed my view. Their world is not entirely ideological. It is, in fact, quite possible. They live in a world where there are cycle lanes everywhere, pop-up walkways, few cars (and
Daily News Roundup – 9 September 2020
Economic inequality Susan Edmunds (Stuff): New Zealand’s trillion-dollar wealth gap: Who are we leaving behind Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): The Government likes to say it follows expert advice – that’s not quite true Susan Edmunds (Stuff): 185,000 workers expect to lose their jobs within next year, Stats NZ say
No Leaks at the Border. Hmm…
The Government still says that there is no link to the border for the resurgence of the Chinese plague, despite the fact the B1.1.1 genome comes from Australia. We discovered last week that 179 people left isolation with no tests, and now we find that more than 100
Face of the Day
An event planner has slammed the Health Minister for telling Aucklanders not to attend a conference – advice which went against official guidelines. During the daily coronavirus update, Health Minister Chris Hipkins said “no” when asked whether he was comfortable with Aucklanders attending a conference in Queenstown this weekend. However, guidelines
State Control of Farms
Information Satire A discussion document leaked to The Woke Examiner shows that state control of all farms is now complete. It details how a long term plan using Health and Safety measures, the Resource Management Act, principles of Te Treaty, the zero-carbon target, COVID lockdowns and now, freshwater reforms – has
A Masterpiece of Mendacity
Crikey; what a masterpiece in the delivery of mendacity was Jacinda Ardern AKA Hardernurly’s outpouring to the pleb’s on Sunday past: “there’s never been any inconsistency from this podium.” That’s hilarious, but it was only the set-up for the real howler: “Never, ever have we made
Face of the Day
Greens co-leader James Shaw said the decision to support the funding of a private green school “was an error of judgment” and that he apologised for it. But he said the mistake wasn’t one that would warrant his resignation as co-leader. He did say there was a risk that
Oral Questions – 1 September 2020
Questions to Ministers 1. Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement that “if we were going to do something so significant as asking hundreds of thousands of people to be tested … we would not leave a message as significant as that to a website,
Next Up, Alert Level 2.25
Free Press The ACT Party As recently as last Monday, Auckland needed to stay at Level 3 for another week to defeat the virus. Yesterday it turned out that Level 2.5 was sufficient. New Zealanders want to trust the Government, but changes without rhyme or reason make it difficult.
An Electorate Tick for the National Candidate
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com When I get annoyed with National for taking positions I disagree with it makes it harder to support their MPs. But Chris Bishop has been a highly visible and effective local MP and this seals the deal for me: Hutt South MP Chris Bishop helped
