Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Winners picked and losers packed The economic response to the COVID-19 threat was a mixed bag from the start. In mid-March, the Minister of Finance announced support
OPINION: Thursday morning began with a typical Wellington breakfast: a whole lot of egg, served on a whole lot of faces. From the all-but-canonised Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and director-general of health to the beleaguered health minister, no one’s reputation was spared from repeated stories of
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It has been a typical week for New Zealand’s councils with yet another massive cost blow-out. This time it was Whangarei’s turn with the new Hundertwasser Art Centre going from $16 million to $33 million. Additional costs included asbestos removal, deeper pilings, and extra seismic strengthening. Any
When the plane wheels ground against the runway at Auckland international airport, the two sisters would have been stressed and exhausted. They’d crossed the globe from London, via Doha and Brisbane, to be with their dying mother. But first, they had to sit out 14 days of managed isolation
So after all that effort on the part of the ‘Team of 5 Million’, we now have 3 new COVID-19 cases, with two of the cases having done a road trip from Auckland to Wellington, hugged people, attended a funeral and God knows what else. That has already resulted
Redline rdln.wordpress.com Attitudes in this country have changed considerably over the past century and racism is far less overt than it once was. However, racism still persists and is most blatant when it comes to refugees and migrants who are still too frequently viewed as less worthy of
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. How bad can it possibly be? Having indulged in that favourite New Zealand pastime of measuring ourselves against other countries, it’s worth making another comparison, namely time. The
Questions to Ministers KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in her Minister of Health’s management of the COVID-19 response, given the implications it has on
Yesterday National’s Police spokesman Brett Hudson asked questions of Police Minister Stuart Nash on yesterday’s exposé that the Police failed to follow the law and properly vet the Christchurch shooter which enabled him to obtain a firearm’s licence and then legally purchase firearms for his terror attack.
Hello Todd and Brett, I have been a National voter all my adult life. I am also a licensed firearms owner. You are currently going to lose my vote (along with that of my partner, also an LFO). First, National under Simon Bridges threw their weight behind the firearms law
National leader Todd Muller is calling for the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to sack Health Minister David Clark. Muller said he was appalled by the lax quarantine measures that allowed two people with the coronavirus to leave mandatory isolation. “It’s appalling, I think New Zealanders are waking up incredibly
