NZ Politics
Is New Zealand’s COVID-19 Story Past Its Use-By Date?
Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz Most New Zealanders believe now that we are in an exalted position on the COVID road. We are world leaders who have beaten a deadly virus thanks to a tough lockdown. Our only threat now remains from overseas travellers who are quarantined at the border.
Free Speech Dividing Lines
As election rumblings grow louder it’s worth reviewing some of the key fault lines of the last three years. Some of these cracks in the public square will inevitably re-open in the next term, especially in the (unlikely!) event that the current government is returned. Among the most
Working or Welfare, Aspiration or Apathy
On Wednesday Judith Collins launched National’s Business Start policy whereby unemployed workers could access their KiwiSaver retirement fund to start a small business. Collins said she had started three small businesses and all had been successful. This was probably during the time her opponent in the election was struggling
American Doctors Say COVID-19 Is Treatable but We Are Supposed to Be “Riveted by Fear”
A YouTube video was taken down within hours with the explanation “This video has been removed for violating YouTube’s community guidelines”. What was so dangerous that it had to be censored? A group of doctors meeting in Washington to share their experiences treating COVID-19. We have a lot
Leaders Lead; Judith’s Got Your Back
True leaders lead intuitively. They don’t need courses, gurus or management courses, they just lead. Judith Collins, with one simple statement, has told her MPs that she’s got their back: National leader Collins says [sic] is shocked by the “nasty and dirty” bullying of a teen National candidate
Oral Questions – 29 July 2020
Questions to Ministers Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she support a policy which would allow New Zealanders to access up to $20,000 from their KiwiSaver to start a new business? JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: How is the Provincial Growth Fund helping
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New Report Asks If the Government Should Be Buying Medicines for Kiwis
The New Zealand Initiative is an evidence-based think tank and research institute contributing to public policy discussion. Should the government buy medicines for people who could afford the drugs themselves? This is one question asked in a new report by think tank The New Zealand Initiative. Written by Bryce
Another Sex Scandal Erupts in Parliament
Information Satire A survey conducted amongst all serving MPs has shown over half of them are missing out on secret affairs, a bit on the side and general hanky-panky. In a special 11am news conference, the Prime Minister and the Speaker Trevor Mallard lamented the disparity within parliament and
Not All Lefties Are Bad Buggers
In my circle of friends and acquaintances there are several who range in areas to the left of centre. Some of them are just mildly so with a “feelgood” attitude that everybody deserves a fair go, while others are so far out in left field with their thinking, that they’
Tova Fighting a Rearguard Action to Justify Their Dodgy Poll
It seems that Tova O’Brien has mobilised to try and destroy Judith Collins after Newshub’s dodgy poll was slated. Yesterday we saw a milk moustache on a 14-year-old as news, a story about Judith Collins’s eyebrows and then their word soup polling. Someone is acting
The Greens Admit to Loving Tax
If you are a hard worker and do your best to get ahead in life, then may I state the obvious: don’t vote Green at this election. I don’t know what these people are smoking but their major overarching policy is to burn a hole in your back
New Zealand Suspends Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong
RT Hon Winston Peters Deputy Prime MinisterForeign Affairs The New Zealand Government has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and made a number of other changes in light of China’s decision to pass a national security law for Hong Kong, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “China’s