Yesterday the National Party released a comprehensive 56 page plan for reopening our economy after we’ve lived like hermits for more than 18 months. While the plan is by no means perfect, it is at least a detailed and peer-reviewed plan to get out of the cul-de-
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 30th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Self-isolation self-delusion We’ve already looked at self-isolation in the context of the practically non-existent border controls.
One of the many rules of politics is to not involve your family. If you do this makes them a target and opens the floodgates for media to write about them. The spouses of former New Zealand PM’s have always kept well out of the limelight and protected their
This was sent to us by a contractor who was wanting to tender for Auckland Council work. Morning [redacted] We have decided to not progress with this Auckland Council, Healthy Waters Tender as we’re not prepared to accept and actually won’t qualify with the first pre-condition; Do
IINZ The recent admission by the Guardians of the New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF) that they continue to invest in certain companies complicit in gross human rights violations in (China for example), while conspicuously divesting from Israel banks calls into question the integrity of the funds application of their ‘ethical
National Party New Zealand led the world during 2020 in eliminating COVID-19 through a bold and aggressive strategy. Mistakes were made along the way, but overall the strategy worked. By the start of 2021, New Zealanders enjoyed freedoms that many other people didn’t have. The future looked bright,
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Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins today launched National’s comprehensive plan to tackle Covid-19, end lockdowns and reopen New Zealand to the world. Titled ‘Opening Up’, National’s plan outlines a pathway to avoid nationwide lockdowns and then allow most fully vaccinated travellers to and from New Zealand
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s rushed Commercial Property Laws will erode New Zealand’s reputation as a safe place to invest. We have a Government of clueless children. They haven’t a clue what impact their jerky policies have. Like their oil and gas ban, they are telling
Information Satire Maori Affairs Explainer Editor: Police are walking back the idea that the police need to adopt Te Reo Maori as a crime-fighting tool. Initially, they said students from Kura Kaupapa total immersion schools could be crucial to the future of the force. A spokes-them-they-it-
Having been deeply interested in politics since my first encounters with Keith Holyoake in Pahiatua in 1948, and active in the National Party since 1960 after our return to Wellington from living in (then Western) Samoa for seven years, I now reflect on New Zealand’s political history. It has
The BFD Transcript Kerre McIvor Mornings on Newstalk ZB Monday 27 September 2021 11:15, starts 3:11 minutes in. Cam: I just wanted to make a very quick comment. Umm…I’m a Maori myself, married to a Pakeha. Kerre: Yup. Cam: So, we are two peoples coming together
There are many Kiwis who mistakenly believe that they can comply their way out of the tyranny we are now experiencing. They are the Karens reporting people to the emergency 111 phone line for daring to play touch rugby in a park, or the Karens who tut tut at you
Nanaia Mahuta’s performance in Parliament yesterday has shown any spirit of partnership she may have feigned with councils is well and truly gone and the Three Waters Reforms will be rammed through at any cost, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “The Minister is clearly facing massive
