We are at Level 3 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. New Zealand moved to Alert Level 3 at 11:59pm on Monday 27 April. We will stay in Alert Level 3 for two weeks, before Cabinet reviews how we are tracking and makes further decisions
Yesterday saw the first post-COVID-19 parliament, and to kick it off there was a ministerial statement from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. We don’t need to torture you all with her speech. It was her usual speechify, sloganeering and fake news about how hard and early we went
An interesting article floated through our tipline overnight. Apparently Jacinda Ardern participated in a conference call with other countries leaders, including Bibi Netanyahu. It can’t have been much of a secret because the Israeli PM published a video of it: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in a
National’s caucus has become a colander. Caucus meetings are now leaking moments after they’ve finished. Simon Bridges is now answering more questions about his leadership than anything else and what I’ve been saying all along has been proven true. National’s caucus hasn’t seen their internal
Pandemic preparedness, “eliminating” Covid-19, contact tracing Emma Russell (Herald): New Zealand ‘currently eliminated’ virus. So why are we still seeing new cases? (paywalled) Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Reinventing elimination shows PM has lost count Amelia Wade (Herald): Virus won’t be eliminated until there’s a vaccine, says PM
You know you are screwed when the former leader’s mouthpiece and a pal of your deputy write articles about your imminent demise. John Armstrong has done precisely that: There are no attractive scenarios for the Opposition after a calamitous week from Bridges. Simon Bridges has to go. The moment
We are at Level 3 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. New Zealand moved to Alert Level 3 at 11:59pm on Monday 27 April. We will stay in Alert Level 3 for two weeks, before Cabinet reviews how we are tracking and makes further decisions
When you look at the anatomy of a coup, the first things to look for are signs of instability. It starts with minor leaks, then bigger ones, then people put their names to things and the leak turns into a deluge. National has reached that point. Firstly abysmal poll numbers
Imagine being a ‘news’ outlet pretending to stand on some sort of moral high-ground but deliberately misrepresenting the context and content of a press-pool briefing. Imagine the same outlet rushing to further misrepresent such statements by recording a little vid to post to a wider audience platform. Imagine
We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with
Yesterday we wrote about the coverup instigated by NewstalkZB after Mary Lambie, one of their guests, wished supporters of Donald Trump would inject themselves with poison. NewstalkZB tried to bury the audio, deleting the segment from their On-Demand page, and producing only an edited version of the segment some
Lab creates 3-D printed nasal swabs during emergency shortage The University of South Florida (USF) Health, Formlabs, a leading 3-D printing company, and Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider, have announced they have successfully produced and tested a 3-D printed nasal swab to address emergency
We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with
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