Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Marvellous news. Following Simon Bridge’s attack, two of the parasite law firms are repaying the millions they took from taxpayers. Now Bridges is piling into Ash Bloomfield, the ringmaster in the absurdly, over the top reaction to the virus by an out-of-its
All has been revealed. Now we know why Jacinda went home to Mummy to get the cabbage leaves to practice wrapping fish and chips. In her very own words, not letting her ego get in the way, on Monday afternoon with her now-defunct Woman’s Weekly cover smile, she
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
In response to a 06 May post by Cam “No, Simon, We Don’t Need a Better Form of Socialism” rantykiwi responded: A significant proportion of small and medium business was arguably insolvent before the COVID lockdown and had been for some time. All that has really happened is their
Video Transcript: General Debate Hon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to acknowledge all the people in business who have kept paying the wages, who have kept paying their rent, who have kept their employees employed, and who are not sacking their staff or making
An application for a judicial review of the draconian lockdown laws was filed last night. It seems that someone has taken the original application that was dismissed and applied proper legal processes and thoughts to it, coupled with the revelations we broke on Monday about the Crown Law advice to
A woman in managed self-isolation has been granted an exemption to see her dying mother. After being twice denied an exemption from the Ministry of Health – Renee West has been successful on her third application. She and her two sons rushed home from Australia, after fears she might never
saynopetodope.org.nz Tobacco companies lied to New Zealanders and the world for more than a century about the dangers of smoking. They based their market on addiction. They deliberately targeted kids. They even had doctors promote cigarettes as medicine. And today we are paying the price. The conversation is
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Former MP and current Dunedin City Councillor, David Benson-Pope has brought no pants and a feather duster to the latest council meeting. It had all the hallmarks of a classic British sitcom: a feather duster and a pants-less gentleman cleaning his study. But this was no laughing matter,
Questions to Ministers GREG O’CONNOR to the Minister of Finance: What actions has the Government taken to support businesses and households to respond to COVID-19? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the
George The emotional bond that develops between two people can be as simple as a close friendship or as complex as falling in love with a partner including the expansion of that unconditional love extending to the children that may issue from that bonding. When any relationship ends through death,
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Day One: I’m now out of our first day of hearings and a “Zoom” meeting with our lawyers. Of course a result is impossible to predict, and I make this observation as a non-lawyer, but it appeared Justice Cooke really engaged
There is a lot to like about the New Conservative Party’s policy platforms and as a social conservative, I would love to see them as part of a coalition government in the future. There is one big fly in the ointment for me and that is the fact that
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
Simon Bridges and Winston Peters had a little sledge-fest at the end of Question 1 yesterday: Parliament was fairly subdued during its first day with MPs in the physically distanced debating chamber making their points without many interjections. This comity appeared to have faded on Tuesday. As Question One
