Unemployment figures are skyrocketing. “More than 60 per cent more people are now receiving Jobseeker Support work-ready benefits than the same time a year ago – and the number of people aged under 24 on the benefit has leapt 80 per cent.” Christie wrote this week about unemployment being the
Mark Williams I got my title from a 90’s dance music album by a group called Altern-8. Famous for their mask-wearing and hazmat suits at raves I was reminded of them by the mask hysteria we are now currently experiencing. How did we go from no facemasks
Dear Judith, I know you’re out there on the campaign trail and all that, and you’re probably hugely busy, listening to your PR advisers and doing your own brand of kissing babies, shaking hands and so on, but some of us are getting a bit worried, quite frankly.
I keep returning to the SARS-CoV-2 situation as one which is in equal parts astonishing and appalling, and also because we seem to have sleep-walked into the biggest singular threat to democracy so far this century without anyone realising it. We are in the grip of a
The Prime Minister locked down Auckland for a second time and refuses to reduce Auckland’s default setting of Level 2.5. Apparently we have a tricky virus that could flare up again. She also told all Aucklanders that if we moved about the country then we should behave as
Eliora New Zealand is experiencing a change in the type of crime being committed. According to the NZ Police, the number of home burglaries is down but shoplifting is up. On top of an economic hit, Kiwi businesses face an increased level of theft. Businesses in New Zealand have been
We cannot tax our way into prosperity. With the economic indicators of the last few days showing that we are in a deep recession and that unemployment is going to rise and remain with us for seven years, we need a government with a plan to grow the economy. Labour’
For the next few days, I will remind the Prime Minister that we have long memories. It is only when you explore her hyperbole that you realise how much of her rhetoric was outright posturing rather than delivery. I will expose three examples a day. There is a huge volume
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Stew The government recently passed a law that allows the police to enter my home without a search warrant. My question for all political parties is this: If your political party is part of the government after the election will your party remove this law and promise never to introduce
Dr Shane Reti, in my view, is turning out to be one of National’s greatest assets. Anyone who doesn’t vote for his health policy obviously doesn’t rate health as a major concern. Reti has proven he is a thinker and has the qualifications to match. Here is
The BFD. Things that make me go Hmm. Jacinda Ardern pictured visiting Massey in Palmerston North. Credit: David Unwin/ Stuff Imagine the outrage if National leader Judith Collins did something similar. Jacinda Ardern should refer to her own guidance document from the Covid-19 website for Level 2. Personal movement
The Prime Minister has told us that we will know her party by their deeds. At the last election Jacinda Ardern promised light rail to Mt Roskill before 2021. As is becoming an unfortunate habit of Jacinda Ardern that promise was in fact just a slogan and that is where
