Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warns New Zealand businesses will be hit by Auckland remaining in alert level 4. […]”This is going to be an area where even though a business is operating at level 3 it may be complicated by some parts of the country that continue to have that
David Seymour ACT Leader At current rates, the Government is on track to run out of Pfizer doses on September 2nd. It needs to either source more doses, or slow down on the ‘incredible news’ of 90,000 vaccines per day. Ninety thousand doses a day is 630,000 per
The Government needs to be much more upfront and release more comprehensive data about the current Covid-19 community outbreak, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “National, like commentators and public health experts, is calling on the Government and Ministry of Health to be more transparent. Journalists
David Seymour ACT Leader Campaigning by ACT has led to a change in the fishing and whitebaiting rules, making them fairer for all. Due to ACT advocating for fairness, the rules have now been changed. Had ACT not raised the issue, fishing would still be banned. On Saturday afternoon the
ACT Party We might have been in lockdown, but your ACT MPs have been working hard to hold the Government to account and come up with positive policies. This week we proposed a Major Events Insurance Fund, a COVID Tracer app lottery and we launched ACT TV. Plus, our MPs
The Ponderer My sweet wife just came home from the supermarket in tears. On entering the supermarket, she was stopped by a big, bearded, intimidating man, who told her that by law she had to sign in. She refused because he was lying (or misinformed). There is no such law.
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Taxpayers’ Union With the headlines dominated by COVID-19, an important story escaped attention: motorists are set to pay more in ETS levies at the pump. That’s because the Government is lifting the price cap on carbon credits. ETS levies are nothing new. But this latest move raises an
Dear Editor Call me a moron, but why can’t we vaccinate people who turn up for COVID testing at the same time as providing the test? Having completed my two vaccinations, I’ve observed how the process could easily be adapted to accommodate those seeking a test. The same
Taxpayers’ Union The Taxpayers’ Union has continued to expose how the Government has frittered away the $62 billion Cv response fund. The Cv response fund was 20 times larger than Shane Jones’s infamous Provincial Growth fund, and yet even before the current lock down, Grant Robertson had whittled it
Simon Court ACT Local Government spokesperson The ACT Party has today released our Three Waters Policy as we respond to the Government’s proposal to move control of water assets away from local communities and into centralised bodies. It is critical that New Zealanders have access to safe drinking water
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins has today announced a minor reshuffle of the Opposition Shadow Cabinet following the retirement of Dr Nick Smith and the decision of Todd Muller to not to seek re-election at the next General Election. Michael Woodhouse replaces Chris Bishop as Shadow Leader of
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party has today welcomed the Parliamentary Business Committee decision that a socially distanced Parliament will go ahead next week. Any ACT MPs who attend next week will already be in Wellington, be double vaccinated, masked, and taking all precautions. As Trevor Mallard has said,
There’s a good reason that, despite the feathers it ruffled, I described New Zealand’s response to the Wuhan pandemic as lazy, complacent and selfish: because it is. Except that I forgot to add: delusional. The stated goal of the Ardern government is “Zero Covid”. This is a fantasy.
