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COVID-19 Update: 22 March 2020
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
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Is Anyone Home at the Self-Isolation Hotline?
A reader noticed this on the local Helensville Community Facebook page: So they decided to email the self-isolation email that was pushed everywhere on Friday and Saturday by the Ministry of Health. This was the reply: Riiight…you can’t even play a knock, knock joke with that because
Supermarket Shelves on Friday
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The BFD Vigilante of the Day
Today’s Vigilante of the day, Rawiri Waititi has reacted to our PM’s weak as dishwater COVID-19 response by taking the law into his own hands and illegally enforcing what he describes as border controls in an attempt to protect his community. He and his community will be
Trump Clears Way to Use Malaria Drug against COVID-19
Fred Lucas PA Pundits – International Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation and he is the co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast. In what he called a “game-changer or maybe not,” President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the
Covid-19 Clears the Air over China
If long time and highly respected CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour can make the comment that one of the positive outcomes of Covid-19 is the serious reduction in pollution of the skies over China, perhaps I can take a moment to add a few more. Before I do, let me
What Makes the Government Think We Are Different from the Rest of the Entire World?
California is now on lockdown with the Governor issuing a stay at home order for residents. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order for all of the state’s residents to “stay at home” during the coronavirus pandemic. “We need to bend the curve in the state of California,
$51m is Not Enough
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
Zip It Sweetie
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
Too Little, Too Late. Borders Closed.
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