National’s big plan to assist with recovery in a post-COVID-19 world appears to be an extra big dollop of corporate welfare. Once again the pitch seems to be for people to vote National because they aren’t quite as bad as Labour. National Party leader Simon Bridges
Scott Morrison is at least showing that he is the bigger person in the trans-Tasman relationship, by throwing Jacinda Ardern a bone she has done little to merit. At every turn in their relationship, Ardern has sniped, cry-bullied and hectored Morrison and Australia. Realistically, Australia is naturally going
A newspaper reported “Oliver Christiansen’s dad lay dying and asking: “Where is my boy? Where is my boy?” Oliver Christiansen was prevented access to his dying dad by the Ministry of Health. The Director General fronted on the AM show Tuesday morning to apologize for getting it totally wrong
Dieuwe de Boer Botany Candidate Dieuwe (DEE-wuh) de Boer is a father, husband, devout Presbyterian, conservative commentator, software developer, licenced firearms owner, and unapologetic nationalist. He is 25 years old and married with three young children. Dieuwe has lived in Counties Manukau since his family moved to New Zealand
We all have different ways of protesting when something upsets us. Some of us tell the person where to go verbally, some start a petition, some silently ignore rules they see as dumb, and some just start writing for an online news and views sites ;0) Some people though are
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com For centuries syphilis was a huge killer, especially after the First World War. Then in 1928 the Scottish virus researcher Sir Alexander Fleming, accidentally discovered penicillin, the world’s first and still most used anti-biotic. At last, it seemed the scourge was over. But
Press Release: Green Party The Green Party says New Zealanders now have a clear vision of how a safe, regulated cannabis market would work in Aotearoa, with the release of the final version of the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill. The bill is one of two referendums being voted on
saynopetodope.org.nz Potency: Today’s marijuana is a different, harder drug. Let’s be blunt. 2% THC weed of Woodstock era has been replaced by popping a handful of gummy bears containing 10 times the legal limit of THC per serving, or a 90% THC dab. It was just
Level 2 – What’s To Decide? Media reports that the Cabinet is meeting to decide how Level 2 would work. This morning the Prime Minister said there was lots to work out. So we consulted the Government’s table of COVID-19 Alert Levels, published on 16 April. To summarise,
Questions to Ministers Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: What advice, if any, beyond the economic scenarios published on 14 April 2020, has he received from Treasury during the COVID-
Press Release: NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners In a time when the Christchurch shootings and the COVID-19 pandemic have allowed the Government to take the opportunity to increase its power, a case in the Wellington High Court today will test the Government’s right to ban property without
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Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com The police are running around ordering people off Christchurch beaches. Their message: “If you’re not exercising, clear out.” So you can skip on a beach but not sit on it. It’s a revolting and indefensible state of affairs. But it set me off
Jacinda Ardern told Mike Hosking that she had seen no evidence of gangs being involved with illegal roadblocks. She is clearly wilfully blind. Mike Hosking challenged her on this but she still denied there was any evidence. Her darlings at Newsroom and NewstalkZB last week documented this exact occurrence: Volunteers
Alex Davis theemperorsrobes.blogspot.com When the government compelled New Zealand into lockdown on March 24th most New Zealanders, desperate for any kind of decisive action, were relieved. Whether you believe the government’s decision to lock down the country was justified (I argue here and here it was not)
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
