Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Our government likes to rule under cover of darkness while people are utterly distracted and have little knowledge of bills going through parliament. They’re never shouted from the rooftops for a reason. I share my submissions sometimes in order for others to notice these issues
My sister has had enough, she has a personal message for Jacinda Ardern: I predict that many more of these messages will start coming forth as Aucklanders continue to feel the sole of Jacinda’s Jackboots on their necks. Like What You’ve Read? Become a Member and Directly Support
National’s warning that it was only a matter of time before an innocent member of the public got caught in the crossfire of increasing gang violence has sadly come true, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. The gang shooting of a family home in Mangere Wednesday night is
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT can reveal Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has attended Cabinet 17 times this year, a breach of Cabinet’s own rules. Ashley Bloomfield probably speaks more in Cabinet than most Cabinet Ministers. He almost certainly attends Cabinet more than Ministers out of Cabinet, such
On Wednesday the government told us, in a grotesque example of how power-mad they’ve become, that they were going to restrict Aucklanders from leaving town for the summer holidays, and the un-vaccinated were going to remain corralled in the Auckland Gulag. Their suggestion that Aucklanders (except for
Mark Cameron ACT Primary Production spokesperson The Government needs to answer how it’s going to meet its pledge to cut biogenic methane emissions. The Government has pledged to cut biogenic methane by 10 per cent on 2017 levels by 2030, and by between 24 to 47 per cent lower
Small business owners in the retail sector deserve answers from the Deputy Prime Minister after he declared that throughout the whole pandemic “less than a handful of cases” were transmitted in retail settings, National’s Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. Minister Robertson’s comments were in reference to Auckland
With the Government considering keeping the Auckland border in place over summer, it must consider the significant impact this will place on police resources in Auckland and throughout New Zealand, says National’s spokesperson for Police Simeon Brown There are more than 300 police officers dedicated to working the Auckland
The time has come to end the lottery of human misery that is MIQ, says National’s Covid Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. We have today launched a new petition so that Kiwis on and offshore can tell the Government in no uncertain terms that it’s time to end MIQ.
David Seymour ACT Leader A survey by the Restaurant Association of over a thousand members shows the grim toll the lockdowns are taking on those in the industry. This Government talks about “being kind” and “governing for all New Zealanders” and yet the health and wellbeing of people in hospitality
In a round of confusing media appearances yesterday, the Government piled yet more needless uncertainty on long-suffering Aucklanders by suggesting families will be allocated timeslots to be allowed to leave the city over summer. It seems everyone except the Government can see that this idea is unworkable and ridiculous,
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Dear Editor I have just done a bit of asking around at my DHB. There are about 50 local nurses/staff involved in the VFF support group, who do not want to take take the Pfizer jab. Two of six nurses are going to leave from our specialty’s outpatient
You’ve got to hand it to Stuff: it takes real chutzpah to break Betteridge’s Law of Headlines, while at the same time pretending to criticise the Ardern government — but really doing its dirty work. First up: Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states that “Any headline that ends in
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and
