Election 2020
Nearly 400 a Day Out of Work Over Lockdown
Press Release: National Party The first full week of lockdown cost nearly 400 New Zealanders their jobs every day, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Statistics from the Ministry for Social Development show that in the week till 21 August a total of 2,717 Kiwis joined the now
The Government Is the Real Cluster
The Government’s shambolic handling of COVID from the outset proves that they are the biggest cluster of all. Starting with the late closing of the borders through to the latest misinformation about testing the Government has shown that the superintendency of the virus was, for them, a step too
As Seen on TV
A BFD photoshopped image by BFD photoshopper Luke has made all the media headlines as a result of a bunch of whinging COVID Karens who were upset that Judith Collins‘ husband, David Wong-Tung, has a sense of humour…at the expense of the Prime Minister. It made the news across
Perspective
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Seven people died on New Zealand roads on the weekend. That was not a headline story. But imagine if seven people had died of the COVID virus. We’d be back to full lockdown panic mode. From the beginning, back eight months, all governments were
PM Says We Should Only Trust Government Ministers
The circle of those who we can trust now no longer includes the Ministry of Health, and is just the Prime Minister and her ministers, according to our one source of truth: The Ministry of Health has launched a review into the communications botch-up that led to 700,000 people
Turning Cities Into Ghost Towns
Dr Oliver Hartwich nzinitiative.org.nz Walking around central Wellington, more shops are boarded up. On Lambton Quay, two bank branches recently disappeared. Just as the two Burger Kings on Lambton Quay and Courtney Place. Walking down Featherston St, there are empty shops every 40 or 50 metres. Reports from
Taiwan Shows How to Make Elimination Affordable
Press Release: ACT Party “An interview with Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang shows the way to making elimination of COVID-19 affordable through a Wellbeing Approach,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “ACT has been saying for months that New Zealand should look to Taiwan’s approach to managing COVID-19. I have
Easing Border Pains
Roger Partridge nzinitiative.org.nz In mid-April, German sewerage experts were allowed through New Zealand’s tightly controlled border with the country still locked down at Alert Level 4. At the time, Wellington ratepayers were paying nearly $100,000 a day to ferry wastewater by truck from the city’s
National Works to Support Southland Jobs
Judith Collins National Party Leader national.org.nz A National Government will facilitate negotiations between Rio Tinto, power companies and Transpower to achieve a more cost-competitive environment to keep the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter open. New Zealand is losing thousands of jobs every week due to the largest economic crisis
Our Government Says One Thing…Nek Minnit
This government is all over the place like a mad woman’s poo when it comes to lockdowns, the use of masks and COVID strategy. Jacinda Ardern informed the nation at the very start of the pandemic that the government would be pursuing a COVID strategy of flattening the curve.
A Different Shade of Green
What’s in a name? When I first heard about James Shaw’s school funding debacle, I thought that the taxpayer funding of an outfit called “Green School” was some kind of unfortunate coincidence. Surely a Green Party minister wouldn’t be so crass as to funnel taxpayer money to
Private School of 50 Students Receives $11.7 Million
Steve Elers Manawatu Guardian Last week there were lots of eyebrows raised at Green Party co-leader James Shaw’s announcement to give $11.7 million of government funding to a private school, or $234,000 per student. Minister of Education Chris Hipkins left his coalition bro to fend for himself,