There was an anti lockdown protest in Auckland on the weekend. On the ysb.co.nz website, they posted the following photos from the march and reported that a police officer had been taking photos of those in the crowd. I would be very interested to know if the BLM
Border failures, criticism Hayden Donnell (RNZ): Mediawatch: A backlash over tough questions for Dr Ashley Bloomfield Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup – How serious are the Govt’s border botch-ups? Andrea Vance (Stuff): Big little lies: Getting to the facts in New Zealand’s border failures Michael Morrah (Newshub): Conflicting messages
Saturday 22 August 2020 News: Maori framework sets ground rules for council https://www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjUzMzM/Paakiwaha/WNEWS-21.08:-Maori-framework-sets-ground-rules-for-council Iwi say they will reopen Northland checkpoints near Kawakawa https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/424071/iwi-say-they-will-reopen-northland-checkpoints-near-kawakawa Police warn against Waiomio roadblock https://www.waateanews.
Govt’s coronavirus response, border policy, political fallout Peter Dunne: Labour will be watching and checking everything and keeping its fingers crossed like never before Tim Watkin (RNZ): Test fail: Is Labour bordering on trouble? Keith Rankin (Evening Report): Epidemic Costs and Responses: Coronavirus and Tuberculosis Brent Edwards (NBR): The
Breaking Views update 20/8/20 Thursday 20 August 2020 News: Auckland’s colonial-era statues could be removed after vandalism, protests stuff.co.nz/national/300080246/aucklands-colonialera-statues-could-be-removed-after-vandalism-protests What is Islam’s appeal to Maori? newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/what-is-islams-appeal-to-maori Police plan for iwi checkpoints waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjUzMDA/
Border testing, quarantine facilities, alternative plans from NZ First, National, ACT Thomas Manch (Stuff): The Covid-19 border testing saga that’s going septic amid ministers’ muddled accounts Karl du Fresne: Incompetence is one thing, misinformation another Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Government was advised testing all border staff wasn’t viable when
You may well remember when The BFD first broke the story that the legal advice given to Police showed that the first lockdown was illegal, at least for the first nine days. We were then subsequently leaked more details to back that up. At the time Attorney-General David Parker denied
Early stages of Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown ruled unlawful by High Court The Government message to isolate at home at the start of the national Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown was justified, but unlawful, according to a judgement from the High Court. While the measure was a “necessary, reasonable and
Border Michael Morrah (Newshub): Senior quarantine whistleblower says staff were refused regular testing programme despite pleas Derek Cheng (Herald): Horrible sense of déjà vu over Government border blunders (paywalled) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): As officials hunt for the source of Auckland’s COVID-19 cluster, there’s also a search for political
Election date Bryce Edwards (Guardian): By delaying the New Zealand election Jacinda Ardern appears magnanimous and conciliatory Audrey Young (Herald): Full marks to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for the way she delayed the election (paywalled) Matthew Hooton (Herald): October 17 choice masterful by Jacinda Ardern (paywalled) Stuff Editorial: Election postponed:
Newstalk ZB reporter Andrew Dickens has claimed that Aucklanders have behaved “unforgivably” during this latest lockdown by flouting level three restrictions and enjoying the winter sunshine on our beaches. What do you think, dear readers? I am one of the many Aucklanders who has been forcibly barricaded into my city
In a perfect display of the fourth estate’s (or should I say the left estate’s) contempt for debate and the free exchange of considered opinions, Stuff on Saturday editorialised in prose and cartoon, box-holing all criticism of Dear Leader’s handling of our COVID response as conspiracy theories
