David Seymour ACT Leader When asked yesterday what the Government has done to protect New Zealanders against Delta, COVID Response Minister Chris Hipkins fell back on N95 masks for MIQ workers. In an appearance that showed Hipkins was unlikely ever a boy scout, the motto “always be prepared” certainly doesn’
David Seymour ACT Leader The same day the Government pronounced out that ‘74 per cent of currently eligible people are booked or vaccinated at least once,’ a much more telling figure emerged. The Prime Minister has said it does not matter when the vaccine rollout starts, but when it finishes.
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Covid Level 4 Lockdown I hope you are safe and well at home as we continue this Level 4 lockdown. I can imagine that some of you may be feeling anxious, fed up, even angry! This virus is virulent, unpredictable and brings challenges
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 This morning I read a profoundly disturbing article by Karl du Fresne. He told the story of a little Maori girl who, for the sake of the story,
Nurses in New Zealand are poorly paid. There is a significant shortage which is only going to get worse as experienced nurses leave the profession through exhaustion or burnout. This puts those still left in the profession under more pressure, which will only result in more nurses leaving. It is
Family First Bob McCoskrie National Director The latest Government advice regarding booking COVID-19 vaccinations for children is a real concern. It explicitly says: “as a 12 to 15-year-old, your parent or guardian’s permission is not required if your health care provider is confident you are deemed competent to give
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The shambolic result of not planning for another level 4 lockdown by this government is not pretty. And to add insult to injury our performing seal, aka Dear Leader, on a whim, announced that children 12-15 can go with their parents, UNBOOKED, for a vaccination! She cannot bear to be
Eliora Who in their right mind would queue for up to 9 hours for a nasal swab by a PPE attired nurse, working at a Testing Station? The answer is any New Zealander who needs to be tested for COVID-19. Kiwis must queue for hours to get a long swab
Israel was held up as the poster-child for the Pfizer jab. They very quickly vaccinated the majority of their population and then got hit by delta. Last month they began their 3rd shot round of booster jabs. A recent UK survey by the University of Oxford and the Office for
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Chris Hipkins’ claim there was nothing New Zealand could have done to secure Pfizer vaccines any earlier flies in the face of hard facts, says National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “Mr Hipkins might not like to admit it, but in his interview on Q&A this morning
David Seymour ACT Leader COVID response Minister Chris Hipkins has shown how unprepared the Government was for a Delta outbreak in an interview on Q+A this morning. Hipkins said, “Delta raises some big questions that we’re going to have to grapple with… it does mean our existing protections
The government’s Covid-19 message this week fuelled anxiety and fear when the country was locked down at very short notice. Panic ensued, with people clinging to the government’s Covid-19 elimination strategy of masking, social distancing, contact tracing and testing mandates. The six o’clock news the previous night
The Telegraph UK has written a scathing opinion piece on Jacinda Ardern’s COVID strategy. Seeing that she has been, until now, the darling of the overseas media, it is a particularly savage piece. Read on and enjoy the turning of the worms, in all parts of the globe. Poetic
