Press Release: ACT Party “Either the Government didn’t know what was in its national testing strategy, or it lied to New Zealanders about the extent of border testing,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister and the Health Minister have insisted that the Government expected the Ministry
Jeremy Harris Jeremy Harris is a businessman and investor from Auckland, New Zealand. Last Tuesday morning I had a very difficult conversation with my staff. With tears in my eyes, I told them that due to the likely renewed lockdown there was a good likelihood I would eventually have to
You may well remember when The BFD first broke the story that the legal advice given to Police showed that the first lockdown was illegal, at least for the first nine days. We were then subsequently leaked more details to back that up. At the time Attorney-General David Parker
Early stages of Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown ruled unlawful by High Court The Government message to isolate at home at the start of the national Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown was justified, but unlawful, according to a judgement from the High Court. While the measure was a “necessary,
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I’ve said it more times than I wish I had to, but the grim fact is that Jacinda Ardern has, for the foreseeable future, locked New Zealand into a bleak cycle of infections and lockdowns. The plain fact is that SARS-CoV-2, the Wuhan virus, is not going
1. DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Was her statement yesterday that “I have had reported reluctance amongst staff around asymptomatic testing” based on a weekly report to Cabinet from the Minister of Health; if not, what did she base that statement on? 2. Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime
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It has started up again! Nastiness is back. It has only taken a day or so of level two restrictions for nasty behaviour between people to start again. Ardern’s plea for Kiwis to be kind is not working. On Saturday, only a few days into level two, there was
As Watercare CEO Raveen Jaduram departs ignominiously, it is time to look at the structure of the organisation. Is he the scapegoat for a deeper problem? Supposedly the Chief Executive is controlled by the Board of Directors. So why is Raveen the fall guy while the Board members continue collecting
Leighton Baker New Conservative Leader Most days, hundreds of thousands of young New Zealanders make their way to various learning institutions where their caregivers assume that they will be developing their young minds and gaining the skills to become fantastic citizens. Adults trust these learning institutions to provide facts and
Information Satire Broadcasting from her Facebook bunker, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced today that as a protective measure due to the recent lockdown, tinfoil hats are to be compulsory. A tinfoil hat manufacturing complex has been set up. A grave and concerned Jacinda said, “Fellow covid hysterions, the other
As New Zealand moved to “Level 3” (the first time around), clutching our shiny new elimination strategy, it was apparent to me, and a disconcertingly small number of others, that this government had made a Faustian bargain. We had gained a temporary reprieve from the virus, sweetened by a large
I haven’t watched New Zealand TV for months. With the election coming up, I thought I’d try just once more to watch this apology for current affairs called Q & A. I’ll post my thoughts later but for now maybe you will have some. JT Why do
