State of emergency, Lockdown Press Editorial: Welcome to the pandemic police state Richard Harman (Politik): Army and police to show no tolerance RNZ: State of National Emergency explained Zane Small (Newshub): Government officials declare state of national emergency in New Zealand amid COVID-19 pandemic ODT: Call for calm as emergency
The media sob stories about stranded Kiwis are getting on my nerves. There are a couple of stand out examples. The first is the family of tossers who went on a skiing holiday in Northern Italy at the beginning of March. You know, when Italy’s case count was already
New Zealand is currently at Alert Level 3. We are preparing and will move to Alert Level 4 at 11.59 pm on Wednesday 25 March. More information on our alert level Government COVID-19 Response Briefing Ministry of Health Update: * 50 new confirmed and probable cases in NZ – 47 are
Courtesy of the entrenched Trump Derangement Syndrome in one of their opinion writers, Bryan Gould, Kiwis are being fed lies by the NZ Herald, again. I am not easily shocked – and certainly not when it comes to anything to do with Donald Trump. But I confess that I was shocked
Public health strategy Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back harsh measures but are extremely worried about virus Luke Malpass (Stuff): Poll shows Kiwis back the Leviathan of the state Michael Baker (The Conversation): ‘Overjoyed’: a leading health expert on New Zealand’s coronavirus shutdown, and the
New Zealand is now at Level 3 to stop and eradicate COVID-19. Full detail of what Alert Level 3 entails can be found at the Government’s COVID19.govt.nz website. PM and Finance Minister Update * Confirmed 12 had now fully recovered, and this number was likely to increase. * Staying
Prime Minister’s statement: * Alert Level 3 now in place immediately * PM will issue an epidemic notice and will move country to a national civil defence emergency * Two cases of possible community spread. * Potential for cases to double every five days. * Reviewed in 48 hours, will go to Level 4
Reports out of Europe this week say that as a result of the lockdowns over there, too many people are using Netflix and YouTube, and as a result, the Internet is becoming overloaded and slow. As a result, YouTube and Netflix will temporarily reduce video quality in the United Kingdom
According to Jo Moir, Peeni Henare supports Maori communities breaking the law. What Peeni Henare is actually saying is that he disagrees with his Prime Minister and the Ministry of Health both of whom are saying that we are at Level Two in our response to COVID-19. He is a
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Naftali Bennet, the Israeli Defence Minister says on Facebook: We will take care of the elders of the state of Israel. Operation “saving grandpa and grandma” is underway:The Goal:Protect everything from the adult population from Corona. The method:1. Old people who have family and family members will
Cruise Ships as Floating Isolation Wards? Right now there are four cruise ships in Auckland. They are all empty – no passengers. They are the La Laperouse, Silver Muse, Bremen and Noordam. Noordam has been moored off Whangaparaoa since Wednesday last week. La Laperouse also; until Saturday night when it moored
UPDATED/URGENT Request of Doctors: This petition has clearly grown beyond just medical professionals now, with many other people signing the petition. If you are a doctor, please urgently sign this doctors-only petition instead: https://bit.ly/nzmedicalspecialistspetition as it is being delivered very soon. This alternative petition was created
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Ministry of Health briefing: * 14 new cases confirmed. * Total is now 66. * Five cases were in Auckland, 1 case in Northland, 1 in Canterbury, 2 in New Plymouth, 2 in Waikato, 1 in Tauranga, 1 in Coromandel, and 1 in Dunedin. * 11 have history of international travel. 2 cases have
