LIVE: Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins in The Press Leaders Debate
The debate tonight will be moderated by Press editor Kamala Hayman and political editor Luke Malpass. The debate starts at 7pm and is live streamed on the Stuff website.
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Ardern Continues to Politicise COVID-19
Press Release:ACT Party “It’s deeply disappointing that Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern has continued to politicise the Covid-19 response,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ardern today delivered an important public health announcement to the nation as the Prime Minister and then immediately began campaigning for the Labour Party.
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
UK satire pokes fun at Jacinda Ardern’s handling of Covid-19 – ‘Super-Kiwi-socialistic-extra-nice Jacinda’
A Week After I Called Jacinda Ardern the Mary Poppins of New Zealand Politics, This Happened…
A week ago I described Jacinda Ardern as the Mary Poppins of New Zealand Politics. I posted this on Facebook as well: And Pixy produced this image: Over the weekend the BBC show Spitting Image released a new show that featured Jacinda Ardern as Mary Poppins. Award-winning British political
Backstabber of the Day
Commitment and loyalty do not appear to be traits that today’s backstabber of the day Denise Lee has judging by her political track record and her disloyal actions this week towards both National leader Judith Collins and the National party. Denise Lee stood for C&R and then
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Jacinda Versus Judith
We have now had two leaders’ debates. Before getting to the performance of the two leaders I must pay a compliment to the moderators, John Campbell and Paddy Gower, neither of whom along with Jacinda normally light my fire. But credit where credit is due. Campbell, as Mike Hosking pointed
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Strutting and Fretting Her Hour Upon the Stage: Second Leaders’ Debate, Part 1
the play’s the thing Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2 Between the acting of a dreadful thing and the first motion, all the interim is like a phantasma or a hideous dream Julius Caesar, Act 2 Scene 1 The term ‘method acting’ encompasses a range of training and rehearsal techniques
Will You Miss Winston?
The media are talking about Winston as if he has gone already. The man whose political career spans nearly 50 years has reached an ignominious end. Everyone is treating him as irrelevant. Judith Collins, in promising funding for the racing industry, has just made an attempt to steal his last