Eliora A Taiwan Health Command Centre versus an Election Risk in NZ Taiwan’s politicians gave the responsibility for COVID-19 to a specialised management team. In contrast, the response to COVID-19 in New Zealand was controlled essentially by the PM. Jacinda Ardern took charge in early 2020. She
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s unacceptable the Government won’t play hardball with unions and force those employees unwilling to get a COVID vaccine to vacate MIQ premises for another 18 days,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stop pussyfooting about and take the necessary steps to protect
IINZ israelinstitute.nz On 24 March, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman accepted a petition created by a group with ties to a terror organisation that is based on a flawed report. Anti-Israel activist group, Wellington Palestine, acknowledged the petition originates from Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) – an organisation with
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Two days after my recent piece highlighting the “Reddell solution” to cooling the ridiculously over-heated housing market, the Government came out with its housing policy announcement. It had three main features. First, it extended the “bright-line test” from five years to 10. Whatever the
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com To the best of my knowledge this Blog alone in New Zealand has in recent months hammered the cold hard, brutal reality that Health Minister Hipkins, not once but twice, gave assurances six months ago, that we’re at the head of the queue for
The mind-numbing stupidity exhibited by this Labour Government is on full display in the horticulture and viticulture sectors right now but, unlike the leverage that the Greens had over the disastrous Taranaki oil and gas decision-making, this one can be fully attributed to the Labour Government alone. Cast
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com With an economy much more dependant on tourism than ours, Thailand has done superbly on the Covid front. A rigorously enforced prohibition on foreign visitors and many other restraints, has resulted in 95 deaths compared with our 25. But, Thailand’s population is 14 times
Labour MP and Minister for Maori Development Willie Jackson has to be the joker in the political pack of cards. The card he most often likes to pull out he dealt again at the weekend on The Nation: The institutionalised racism card. It’s the one that he favours because
Maori Party referred to Police over donations Henry Cooke (Stuff): Maori Party referred to police over $328,000 in undeclared donations Rachel Sadler (Newshub): Maori Party undeclared donations: Electoral Commission notified as soon as error was noticed – party president Che Wilson David Farrar: Who are the mystery Maori Party funders?
I’m really getting sick of hearing from these Karens who are scared of their own shadow, running off to the media to snitch on more sensible people who can think for themselves. A senior healthcare worker, wearing his hospital swipe card, has been photographed flouting mandatory mask rules on
The media are engaging in trying to make news again. Fake news at that. They must protect the ‘Princess of the Pestilence’, Jacinda Ardern, at all costs. So they’ve created a false narrative that Judith Collins is at risk of a coup. As is usual it is all based
Power prices rising to two to three times the long-run average, is the latest sign New Zealand is rapidly facing an energy emergency, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “The consequences of Labour’s oil and gas exploration permit ban are coming to fruition across New
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government is shutting out a standing army of vaccinators like pharmacists and General Practitioners (GPs) in a flawed model that will ensure the continued slowness of our COVID vaccination rollout,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This may be because it has tied its
Michael Reddell croakingcassandra.com I’ve been bothered for some time by how lightly the Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, was excused over his lapse of judgement in accepting hospitality from New Zealand Cricket at a time when preferential access to the Covid vaccine for the New Zealand cricket
Information Satire While lockups create far more problems than they solve, there is a silver lining as far as your intrepid eyewitness is concerned, which is that they allow more time for the perfection of the Spyfly device. During the last lockup, for example, I was able to increase the
