The Government must re-establish the Community Sector Reference Group after neglecting the sector throughout the Covid lockdown, National’s Community and Voluntary Sector spokesperson Maureen Pugh says. It’s been revealed through a written parliamentary question that the only engagement Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Priyanca Radhakrishnan had with
As Auckland enters its fifth week under Level 4 lockdown, the Government must present its plan to assist businesses to get through the stringent restrictions, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “The worst result is for businesses to fail from a lack of cashflow as a result of the
It is hard to believe that, five months after Delta hit New Zealand arrived and after five weeks of lockdown, that the visitor policies of Auckland’s three district health boards are yet to be figured out, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “This is another example of
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 16th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Perspectives I am a National Party MP. As such, I’m a member of Her Majesty’s loyal opposition, at least
Don Brash Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Of those who have an opinion, 64 per cent oppose changing the name of New Zealand to Aotearoa, according to a Curia Research poll released today, prompting Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash to call for a binding referendum on the issue.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com European – 70.2% Maori – 16.5% Asian – 15.1% Pacific – 8.1% Other – 1.5% The above figures show New Zealand’s ethnicity breakdown. We have a Minister for Pacific Affairs and one for Maori Affairs. Why not one for Asian Affairs? We all know
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Arthur Yes, you read that correctly. It is blatant clickbait on my part but that was how I read it. In a backhanded way that was what was implied by one Joel Maxwell. He is a contributor to that dire, woke and socialist swamp, NZ Stuff and its Wellington, pimple
Information Satire Entertainment Explainer Explainer Editor: Walt Disney has announced a remake of its iconic cartoon characters. In a worldwide news release, a spokesperson laid out the plan to introduce present-day children to characters they can understand and relate to. A three-hour, genre-breaking, blockbuster special will resurrect
covidplanb.co.nz Many areas of the world are now in a race to achieve high coverage of covid-19 vaccination. Some commentators in New Zealand are now criticising the government for not rolling out fast enough. Given the high efficacy of many vaccines, this seems like a sensible strategy,
Cards on the table at the outset: last Saturday morning, this in the Weekend Herald gave me a gutsful. It led to me emailing colleagues in an email chat group, saying: Murray Kirkness is a bloody hypocrite with his mendacious “Proudly Independent” claptrap on Herald on-line republishing rot from
Are cracks appearing in the Ardern government’s Covid elimination-and-lockdown narrative? With the certainty of a mediaeval pope, Jacinda Ardern has posed as New Zealand’s “sole source of truth”. That “truth” includes Ardern’s Canute-like decree that the tide of Covid will be turned back from
I know it will come as a devastating surprise but Jacinda Ardern lied to the nation in the 4pm press conference on Monday. Jacinda Ardern: Mystery cases still coming through and the fact that we are finding them through surveillance and community testing rather than through contact tracing , that is
It’s time for Minister for Children Kelvin Davis to quit stalling and release findings from the latest review into institutional dysfunction at Oranga Tamariki, National’s Children and Oranga Tamariki spokesperson Harete Hipango says. The report was completed in June, but its launch has been delayed by Covid-19
As Auckland remains in Level 4 lockdown, and the rest of New Zealand is in Level 2, we’re focused on holding the Government to account for their policies, decisions, and highlighting how they will affect the lives of everyday Kiwis. Our thoughts are particularly with the Auckland Region as
