Border, quarantine Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Rigorous border system ‘matter of life or death’, public health expert says Hannah Kronast and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): Siouxsie Wiles defends Government’s decision not to test for COVID-19 at border 1News: Health expert calls for New Zealand to change the way new Covid-19 cases
A grieving American woman who was allowed to attend her father’s wake just a day after arriving in Auckland was not tested before being granted a compassionate exemption, the Herald can reveal. The case comes as the Government still can’t say today how many people were allowed out
Border, quarantine Chris Trotter (Interest): When ‘light-handed regulation’ turns out to mean ‘no regulation at all’ Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: Fallout from the Covid border blunder Richard Harman (Politik): The Covid-19 culture clash Stuff Editorial: Breach may have come at critical time for containment Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB)
Christchurch’s beloved Arts Centre could close within 18 months if it fails to secure public funding. Centre bosses are already beginning to wind down its operating organisation and have launched a major restructure in a bid to save money and stave off closure. “This is now last chance saloon,
Border restrictions, quarantine Tracy Watkins (Stuff): The only way to restore confidence is to order an urgent inquiry into our border failures John Armstrong (1News): David Clark is Minister of Health in name only after calamitous Covid-19 testing bungle Andrea Vance (Stuff): If there must be anger, direct it at
Some people lack a certain self-awareness, especially when they think they have a point to make, no matter how obtuse. This is where the apt internet “Karen” meme comes from. In case some of you are yet to know what it means Wikipedia provides a good definition of Karen: … a
Just when you thought it was safe to go back outside, China proves itself as the country that keeps on giving. Euroweekly News reports. Over 1,000 flights into and out of Beijing have been grounded today, after the alarm was raised over fears of a new outbreak of coronavirus.
Xbolt So China has mounted a cyber attack on our closest ally and brothers in arms, the Australians. Where is the ANZAC spirit? Where are New Zealand cries of “we stand with our best friends and allies”? Is it because there is so much Chinese money invested in our politicians
It’s always notable just how far removed celebrity activists are from their own bullshit. Climate loudmouths like James Cameron and Leonardo DiCaprio each have carbon footprints and the sort of conspicuous consumption that dwarf entire African nations’. Wealthy Greens voters who march to demand open borders for illegal arrivals
Auckland police shooting: Police community and country reeling after officer’s death New Zealand’s police community has been left reeling after the first on-duty death of one of its own in more than a decade. A police officer was shot and killed carrying out a routine traffic stop in
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