If you don’t have a Silver level subscription yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by Stephen Berry that was first published 21 February 2020. What Scapegoating Landlords is Gonna Cost You Last week I wrote
State of emergency, Lockdown Press Editorial: Welcome to the pandemic police state Richard Harman (Politik): Army and police to show no tolerance RNZ: State of National Emergency explained Zane Small (Newshub): Government officials declare state of national emergency in New Zealand amid COVID-19 pandemic ODT: Call for calm as
The media sob stories about stranded Kiwis are getting on my nerves. There are a couple of stand out examples. The first is the family of tossers who went on a skiing holiday in Northern Italy at the beginning of March. You know, when Italy’s case count was already
Simon Bridges was on Breakfast yesterday morning and he looks strangely like the cat that’s licked the cream: He is going on about chairing the new committee to provide oversight, a system that Trevor Mallard established. Mallard should rightly be given credit for establishing this committee. But look at
New Zealand is now in a State of National Emergency, after 50 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus were confirmed today, bringing the total to 205. * Temporary visas will be extended until late September * Every New Zealander coming through the borders will be screened * Some showing symptoms or failing
New Zealand is currently at Alert Level 3. We are preparing and will move to Alert Level 4 at 11.59 pm on Wednesday 25 March. More information on our alert level Government COVID-19 Response Briefing Ministry of Health Update: * 50 new confirmed and probable cases in NZ – 47
George Below are random extracts pulled from two of our two most recent Prime Ministers’ speeches when they were addressing the nation in crisis. The first set of quotes has been taken from Monday’s (23 March 2020) speech by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The second
Public health strategy Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back harsh measures but are extremely worried about virus Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back the Leviathan of the state Michael Baker (The Conversation): ‘Overjoyed’: a leading health expert on New Zealand’s coronavirus shutdown, and the
China is mounting an impressive and so far successful propaganda war trying to reset perceptions that they are to blame for the global COVID-19 pandemic. They are, of course, being assisted by global media who, despite months of calling the virus variations of the Chinese virus, are now lambasting
You can get toilet paper, Dettol and tissues if you try hard enough, but one thing that is impossible to get hold of these days is hand sanitiser. And the advice to wash your hands often and well is good, but there are always times when you simply cannot wash
New Zealand is now at Level 3 to stop and eradicate COVID-19. Full detail of what Alert Level 3 entails can be found at the Government’s COVID19.govt.nz website. PM and Finance Minister Update * Confirmed 12 had now fully recovered, and this number was likely to increase.
The PM’s address about the four-stage alert levels for Covid-19 was intended to reassure the nation, but instead of averting panic, her disappointing lack of leadership fuelled it. Ardern was criticised for not closing airports earlier and for allowing cruise ships, (breeding grounds for the virus), to
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