Policing and crime Robin Martin (RNZ): Facial recognition used on photos of unidentified suspects only – Coster Geraden Cann (Stuff): Police drones, body cameras likely to be scrutinised by new independent panel Jane Clifton (Herald): What about a long-term Level 4 for gang members? (paywalled) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Police dodged
10th March 2021 Well, the situation is getting interesting. The BBC carried a report today and an interview with members of the Myanmar police force who had crossed the border and sought asylum in India as they didn’t agree with killing innocent people. Following on from my report about
National Party Richard Harman: National’s review is political dynamite (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): National Party’s review a double-edged sword (paywalled) Herald: Editorial: What the National Party review needs to see (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): National’s review report is a ‘challenging and difficult read’ – leader Judith Collins Parliament
9th March 2021 Many of you may have seen and read of the attack on an ambulance and the brutal treatment of the medical staff recently, if not on The BFD then the MSM did carry a report. The window was shot out by a shotgun. Where did the cartridges
9th March 2021 Kneeling before them in the dust of a northern Myanmar city, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng begged a group of heavily armed police officers to spare “the children” and take her life instead. The image of the Catholic nun in a simple white habit, her hands spread,
Covid: Vaccine RNZ: Covid-19: 51% of New Zealanders willing to take vaccine – survey The Hui: New poll shows 23 percent of Maori unlikely to get coronavirus jab Zane Small (Newshub): Greens say lack of full COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan is ‘unacceptable’ Liu Chen (RNZ): NZC lobbied Ashley Bloomfield for player
The vaping regulations promoted by Ayesha Verrall will ban most vaping products and probably force vaping stores to close. This is not the Minister’s intent, it is due to a conflict between the legislation and the proposed regulations. The government is spending heavily on promoting vaping, while at the
8th March 2021 As things progress in Myanmar with the same routine of a few deaths, a lot of beatings and pictures of violence and mayhem I will try and report on matters that the MSM miss or ignore. Of course, if there is unusual brutality or a change in
PM pulls out of weekly Mike Hosking interviews Mike Hosking (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern doesn’t answer the tough questions Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): PM turning her back on voters by abandoning interview slot Barry Soper (Herald): Jacinda Ardern is treading water, the master of soft, flattering interviews
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7th March 2021 Today I was fortunate enough to contact a couple of my sources in Myanmar who are well placed in the civil service. What I am going to comment on is uncorroborated and probably won’t appear in the MSM. In the days leading up to the coup
Covid: Govt comms, blame, compliance Graham Adams (Democracy Project): Ardern’s halo slips, rhetoric wears thin Luke Malpass (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern’s Covid comms strategy is starting to look a bit tired Michael Morrah (Newshub): Epidemiologist Michael Baker says recent COVID-19 cluster should have been contained earlier – points to communication
Despite the GNLM reports, all is not well in Myanmar as the economy continues to tank. In a continuation of its policy of pretending that life in Myanmar is carrying on as normal, the Global New Light of Myanmar carried this as its main story today. I.S.P.E
Paul Sperry realclearinvestigations.com All told, seven people died in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6. But only Ashli Babbitt’s death was directly caused by violence that day. She was a rioter killed by a Capitol Police officer, who fired the only shot by any
