Government, NZ moves to Level 2 Graham Adams (Democracy Project): The Perils of Premature Congratulation Natasha Hamilton-Hart (Stuff): NZ’s toolkit for the Covid-19 response limited by our institutions Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda Ardern rolls dice on jobs, lives and re-election (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand will move to alert level 2 restrictions from 11:59pm Wednesday, with a staggered reopening of businesses. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen with the details.
Stuff’s Australian owner says it terminated talks with New Zealand media company NZME last week. NZME, owner of the New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB, said in a statement to the NZX on Monday morning that it was seeking urgent legislation to allow it to buy rival publisher Stuff
Government documents on Covid-19 response released Derek Cheng (Herald): The gagging order from Jacinda Ardern’s office – cynical, arrogant and unnecessary Tim Watkins (Pundit): Gagging Order Is Double Dumb: Disrespecting Public Sacrifice & Damaging Brand Ardern Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Are these the first signs of third term arrogance from
I was reading the article by WH on Saturday about the modelling used around the world and the flaws of one particular model. That model is the one by Neil Ferguson, the world’s most wrong ‘scientist’. WH pointed out how badly flawed the model was, and I’ve also
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Justin Knight Freedom of the press is the right to circulate opinions in print without censorship by the government. An independent press is one of the essential pillars of democracy. It’s the people’s protection against secret government, against authoritarianism and against tyranny. Without the press, the concept of
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com THE BEST: By a country mile, Al Jazeera. It alone presents full international news. A Zambian or Honduras Presidential election result will be advised, even if in an announcement running along the bottom of the screen. An added bonus is their flock of stunning female
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After Thursday’s release of previously secret Crown Law advice the government has hit the spin cycle. On top of that they have been trying to bully media organisations to remove the story, and have even set some journalists on the trail of trying to identify the leaker. Barry Soper
Democracy, lockdown legality Matthew Hooton (Herald): Government abusing lockdown powers (paywalled) Chris Trotter: The Safety Of The People Shall Be The Highest Law Peter Dunne: Cracks in the machinery of democracy Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Leaked Crown Law advice shows alert level 4 rules had no legal force Cameron Slater
