Jacinda Ardern has announced: * All incoming travellers to NZ (except from Pacific Islands) after midnight Sunday must self-quarantine for 14 days. Nothing stated as to how this will be enforced or if there will be any legal obligation to do so or even any penalties for non-compliance. This
As we all know Tracey Martin is in self-isolation and being tested after being at a meeting last week with Peter Dutton, who is confirmed as having Covid-19. On Monday night, she was at a debate at Auckland University with several hundred people, including Jack Tame and David
Editorial Note: At the time of writing and when this post was scheduled the service had not been cancelled. It is possible that by the time this publishes things may have changed. The Black Caps are playing their One Day series against Australia behind closed doors. The series will go
Numerous surveys have shown alarming declines in public trust for every institution from the government, to police, to the media – and is it any wonder? All of them have repeatedly and obviously lied to the public about everything from Obamacare, to weapons of mass destruction, to where the US president
I never quite got to see the Birthday Party play live, but I was quite a fan of their dark, confronting noisescape. Nick Cave’s solo debut, From Her to Eternity remains one of my favourites. Since the 80s, though, to my mind it’s all been downhill, as Cave
Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com The old adage that what doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger may never be truer in our time than in the case of the Corona Virus that is currently throwing almost everyone into hysteria and panic. First, even if Islamo-Marxist Merkel’s
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com In the permissive tradition made famous by Metiria Turei, Greens co-leader Marama Davidson says: “It doesn’t matter why you can’t work – you should be able to immediately receive support.” She wants stand-down periods permanently abolished and benefit rates increased substantially. This
Shane Jones has doubled down again on his Indian student comments. This time with Ngati Woke Kaumatua John Campbell. He will be ecstatic that the Media Party keep on promoting him: Shane Jones has both doubled down on his controversial comments about Indian students and changed tack entirely, claiming he
It is hard not to come to the conclusion that the Apex Union are not only scumbags but led by scumbags too. A Newspaper reports: Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says it’s “disappointing” that a laboratory workers’ union is using the coronavirus outbreak as leverage in planned strike
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Our first-ever recipient of the Wooden Spoon Award goes to abortion-up-till-birth supporter Green MP Jan Logie. Jan Logie wins this week’s Wooden Spoon Award for failing to pay attention when it came time to vote. […] MPs seemed unprepared for a second vote on the substance
