Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Below is the oral submission Don Brash made today, August 26, before the Environment Select Committee of Parliament. You can read the written submission here. Mr Chairman/Madam
When one digests the events of the last couple of weeks the question seems not an unreasonable one. Things have happened and decisions have been made that are out of step with what one would expect in a true Western democracy. There are traits in the Prime Minister’s demeanour
Chris Trotter bassettbrashandhide.com When Daily Blog Editor, Martyn Bradbury, says Labour’s lucky the country’s currently distracted by the Covid-19 Delta Variant, he’s right. Were New Zealand safe and out of Lockdown, it would be in the midst of a dangerously divisive row about Oranga Tamariki,
I have a good mate who contracted Covid while living in Indonesia. After nearly two weeks of being the sickest he has ever been he called a mate to ask what he suggested for treatment. He was told to get some Ivermectin, doxycyline and zinc into him. Fortunately for him
It is time we as adults stop listening to this crazy power-hungry bunch who enjoy this authority to have you locked away in your home. Why do we let them keep alive the big lie that they, only they are keeping us free of Covid-19?
If the Prime Minister can hold in-person press conferences every day under Level 4, Parliament should be able to sit with limited numbers and distancing. Democracy isn’t optional. National Party
Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First One of the common themes of our recent Forum on the Family is the need to push back on some of the social engineering that is coming at us with increasing regularity. An example happened just in the last couple of days. Many of
Information Satire Sheriff Ardern tied her horse ‘Marx’ to the rail outside the Karangahape Saloon and made her way through the dim light up to the bar. “Barperson, I’ll have a RED-EYE (whisky). Evangelical Morrison has really stuck his didgeridoo in this time. He said I live in
The lengths Labour will go to in order to avoid scrutiny and accountability are quite extraordinary. The National Party will not stand for any more of their antics; the Epidemic Response Committee must be reinstated as soon as possible, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “When Prime Minister Ardern
New Zealand must urgently step up plans to evacuate our Afghan allies from Afghanistan following the deadly terror attack at Kabul’s international airport, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “The Defence Force has ended efforts to evacuate New Zealanders and their families from Afghanistan but there are still
Information Satire I’m not sure which was the tipping point. It might have been this: “Unfortunately there is a very small but very vocal minority of people in New Zealand who are prepared to communicate information that is patently ridiculous,” says Professor Michael Baker, an epidemiologist at Otago University.
The Government should be making it as easy as possible for our pharmacies to become authorised to administer the Covid-19 vaccine, especially while the country is locked down due to a Delta outbreak, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Only 3 per cent of pharmacies in Auckland,
Chris Baillie ACT Small Business spokesperson The pressure and uncertainly placed on small businesses this lockdown has been enormous and the Government needs to do more to offer certainty. Restaurant and cafe owners will be beside themselves wondering whether to order food or not. If the level changes at 3
The Australian PM has hit back at New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern over her continued pursuit of Covid elimination, rather than opening up and “learning to live with” what will become just another seasonal virus. Scott Morrison’s rare attack on his trans-Tasman counterpart (in contrast to the continual
