In 2018 the reaction from the NZ mining industry to the Pike River recovery operation was to predict a budget blowout due to the compromised structural integrity of the mine after the explosions. Solid Energy had identified the most significant risk to manned re-entry as roof fall that could
Paula Bennett is having a massive sook about not being included in the Government’s Covid-19 outbreak discussions. National deputy leader Paula Bennett is firing back at criticism about Simon Bridges‘ and the party’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. It’s a hard time but the Opposition is
The Government has finally decided to close our borders to all but citizens and permanent residents. They have finally done what they should have done with the original border controls less than a week ago: New Zealand is closing its borders to everyone but citizens and permanent residents in an
The Government continues to delude itself and the population by insisting there is no evidence of community spread. That is simply farcical to even believe, as everyone who has it has to have got it from someone else. Now a new study reveals that 86 percent of people in public
This lax: Hi All! We have arrived safely in Auckland and are now in a hotel waiting out our isolation period. I wanted to make everyone aware of what we experienced at the airport this morning. There was no mention on the plane or information handed out explaining self isolation
When you hear the Deputy Prime Minister tell people overseas they better think about getting back here pronto, then you know we have a problem coming. Some of you don’t believe a word that Winston Peters ever says so you can carry on regardless, and suffer accordingly. I’ll
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One of my friends and moderator on Right Minds, Matthew McCluskey, received a visit from the friendly neighbourhood cops on Saturday night at 9 pm. He’s allowed me to use his real name to provide some weight behind this bizarre story, as he usually performs his limited online activity
On Saturday the Prime Minister sold us all a pipe dream. She said they were going hard and getting ahead of the virus, and that the goal was to “flatten the curve”. Unfortunately, politics and the desire of the Prime Minister to be everyone’s friend, rather than a leader,
For a brief and wonderful moment, I thought I’d tuned in to a resignation speech from our Prime Minister, but no, it was simply a repeat performance of her speech on Saturday when she announced the latest knee jerk reaction of this inept government in response to the Covid-
