The Government must explain why the health system was so unprepared for a Delta outbreak and why no new ICU bed spaces were provisioned over the five months since Delta first appeared in our MIQ facilities, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “What’s worse is that the
The Immigration Minister must urgently reopen the frozen Skilled Migrant Category visa EOI pool and prioritise processing of residence applications for critical healthcare workers to keep them in New Zealand as we battle the Covid-19 outbreak, says National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford. “National is also calling on the
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern’s decision to keep under wraps that a man had escaped from MIQ and posed a risk to the community shows how far her Government is prepared to go to avoid scrutiny. Ardern stood at the podium at 1 pm yesterday and neglected to
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz It is wonderful to have support from across New Zealand for my petition to get the Epidemic Response Committee reinstated. It is also great to have heard from the people who have phoned and emailed in support of the House sitting from 31
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
We have seen a bit written about the arrest outside a Christchurch Countdown supermarket over the last week or so. Just for the record, I had no input to the first article by Cam, only a tiny input to the second article and basically nothing in the follow-up article
Joe Rogan has announced that, following a trip to Florida, he contracted the CCP Virus. He also defeated the virus in just three days with a drug combination that included ivermectin. The NZ Herald still manages to smear both him and the treatment with their article by describing ivermectin as
Answers are needed quickly from the Government over how a Covid positive person escaped from the Ibis Novotel Ellerslie MIQ facility, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “This is obviously a very concerning situation and will cause many people to worry about the safety and security of our
David Seymour ACT Leader Sixteen days on from the South Island going into lockdown there are still 22 people waiting for a second test. So this is our future; 22 people who are isolating, who’ve had a negative day five test can keep a million people locked down. The
There’s been much gnashing of teeth and nonsensical garbage bandied about, regarding what should happen to those amongst us who choose not to be vaccinated for Covid-19. Suggestions that they be ostracised or prevented from working are surely an extension of the ill-conceived panicked posturing and grandstanding
Breakfast host Indira Stewart accused Judith Collins of breaking lockdown rules by travelling to Wellington instead of staying in Auckland and demeaned Collins’ role in opposition by claiming teachers, supermarket workers and other New Zealanders have to suck up their working conditions under lockdown, so why shouldn’t Collins? The
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Taylor Pace mises.org Government-mandated vaccine passports are a denial of basic human rights. Unlike the ambiguity surrounding abortion, vaccines undoubtedly affect only the individual being injected and therefore should be that person’s choice. Informed consent has historically been a moral principle of the medical field. No cognizant
Newstalk ZB yesterday evening revealed the reason we’re short of vaccine is because COVID Response Minister Chris Hipkins told Pfizer to slow down delivery. In late May Hipkins said New Zealand was due to have eight million doses ‘by the end of September’ but that’s no longer the
