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A BFD photoshopped image by BFD photoshopper Luke has made all the media headlines as a result of a bunch of whinging COVID Karens who were upset that Judith Collins‘ husband, David Wong-Tung, has a sense of humour…at the expense of the Prime Minister. It made the news across
Education Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Couple who called COVID-19 ‘manufactured natural disaster’ held ‘DNA activation’ event at Green School Katie Scotcher (RNZ): James Shaw looking for solution in Green School controversy Deena Coster (Stuff): Marfell School community tells minister ‘we’re shovel ready’ as Green School funding row continues Amanda Clinton-Gohdes
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Greens fund private school Luke Malpass (Stuff): Hypocrisy, thy colour is Green Chris Trotter (Interest): From safe bet to Shaw loser Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: The Greens’ private school funding scandal Stephanie Ockhuysen (Stuff): James Shaw invited to see mouldy, leaky state schools after million-dollar grant to private school
Information Satire The Empress has no clothes someone tell her. I couldn’t help notic’ that on Tuesday’s AM show the corners of the RED QUEEN’S mouth were down, rather than up like they usually are. She was asked if there had been ‘STUFF-UPS’ at the border There
Brenton Tarrant sentenced to life without parole Tim Brown (RNZ): Terrorist sentenced to life in jail without parole Kurt Bayer and Anna Leask (Herald): Brenton Tarrant will never be released from jail Newshub: Terrorist Brenton Tarrant to spend the rest of his life in prison, without possibility of parole Thomas
Election, voting age Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Public still backing Government and Jacinda Ardern despite second outbreak, new poll shows Liu Chen (RNZ): Poll shows large majority of Chinese New Zealanders still favour National over Labour Claire Trevett (Herald): Judith Collins, Jacinda Ardern and the virus blame game
Economic response to Covid Kate MacNamara (Herald): Government mulls use of $400m fund to buy stakes in firms hurt by Covid 19 (paywalled) Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): Companies refusing to apply for Government sick leave subsidy to cover workers David Fisher Herald): The Road Ahead: The missing piece in our Covid-19
PM’s levels announcement, govt management of coronavirus Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern faces little opposition to alert level extension Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): A nervous week ahead for a suddenly vulnerable government (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Covid “here for some time” say Ardern and Collins Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Experts
