Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Dear Reader, If New Zealanders have not yet tumbled to the realisation that what we are watching unfold is spectacularly sinister, then we’re in deep shit and we’ve already lost the spirit of our ANZAC camaraderie, in fact, it’s worse than that for
I decided to give in and apply for my COVID passport. Here it is. Pretty neat, don’t you think? I’m not sure it will make my life any easier though, as each day seems to bring more and more proposed restrictions. Now it seems that we may need
The Financial Professional Services Trading Advice Transparency Bill, which was drawn from the ballot last week, will remove an inherent conflict of interest that exists for those providing advice on the trading viability of troubled companies, National’s Barbara Kuriger says. “Businesspeople, creditors and investors need to be assured any
John McCormick Chairman Hawkes Bay Friends of Israel Kiwi girl Killed in Israel. In what I believe to be our first victim of terrorism 19-year-old Miss Judith Sinton of Auckland was shot dead on Kibbutz Shamir in northern Israel on June 13 1974. She was a tourist working
The word “vaccine” these days no longer means what it used to mean, and likewise when you hear that people can now get medical “exemptions” from having the Covid vaccine in New Zealand you would be wise to not get your hopes up. What Jacinda Ardern has failed to tell
National’s position on vaccine certification is simple and we have been calling for a reliable proof of vaccination to be available since February, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Government should have begun work on providing proof of vaccination long ago – perhaps when I first enquired about
First, they brought in lockdowns so they could eliminate the virus, and you all went along with it because you thought staying home saved lives. Then they brought in vaccine mandates for border workers, and you went along with it because you’re not a border worker and it was
A recent NZ Herald article had both Judith Collins and David Seymour criticising Jacinda Ardern for creating two different classes of people but are they both on the same page? Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Judith Collins accuses Government of creating two class system National leader Judith Collins said today that
Helen Houghton Co-Leader, New Conservative The Prime Minister’s warm smile is wearing off, and we can see the Labour government’s lack of compassion underneath. This is not the ‘Kind NZ”, that Labour promised. This is not the kind of New Zealand we know or want. Instead of
Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com Cabal (noun): 1. A secret intrigue. 2. A political clique or faction. These are the two main definitions in my Oxford Dictionary. There’s a third, historical one which reveals that the word originated under King Charles II, who had a committee of five
Francis Kennedy I want you to forget about Covid, passports and traffic lights for a moment and I want to throw one word out there – “process”. Picture any disaster movie you want and you can visualise a round table of experts drawn from various countries or fields to discuss how
Harry Hunt In a desperate attempt to not acknowledge their failures, Labour has done the smart thing. They have listened to the National Party. By doing this, they are acknowledging the ghost of Kiwibuild over 4 years after it failed and how it will haunt their tarnished legacy for a
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments I grew up in a New Zealand where we looked up to really inspiring people. People who made
Dear Editor The legacy of Ardern is shaping up to be the most divisive in NZ history, even surpassing Muldoon’s tenure as PM and that is somewhat unkind to him as he achieved many good things and his modus operandi was clearly understood. The current government has been surreptitiously
