NZ Politics
Other Prime Ministers Have Apologised
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealand Prime Ministers have on a number of occasions realised their comments or behaviour were ill-judged, gotten over their own egos and apologised to people for doing them wrong,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern should climb down from
Lots of Law, Not Enough Order
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato I work primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. New Zealand’s COVID-19 response might be the envy of the world, but that hasn’t stopped New Zealanders themselves getting angry about it this
Lockdown’s Impact on Student Learning Dire
NZQA’s assessment that the University Entrance pass rates for 2020 would have ‘fallen off a cliff’ without free credits shows the huge impact lockdown disruption is having on learning, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Every time we go into lockdown our children are missing out on vital
Jacinda’s Luck Running Out?
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Watching TV last night, I couldn’t help thinking that the Prime Minister’s extraordinary luck is starting to run out. Every aspect of her lockdowns was questioned. Endless bungling over the South Auckland community outbreaks of Covid 19 were revealed, and she didn’t seem
Standing Tall for Women
Anne I worry about the future of women if we cannot say ‘women have babies’. I’m a woman with XX chromosomes, have grown from girlhood through all life stages to deliver three wonderful babies, breast-fed those babies and given them the best start I possibly could. Nobody knows
Daily News Roundup – 4 March 2021
Covid: Govt messaging, blame, compliance Claire Trevett (Herald): The Prime Minister, Case L and the pickle of confusion (paywalled) Michael Morrah (Newshub): Growing calls for an apology after Unite Against Covid-19 post contradicts Jacinda Ardern Lana Andelane (Newshub): Unite against Covid-19 Facebook post contradicts PM’s claim infected
NZ Has Become a Nation of Karens, Narks and Snitches
Egged on by the head Karen, Jacinda Ardern, the country has turned into a nation of narks, snitches and Karens. Anna Leask reports: Auckland business owners already struggling to stay afloat during current level 3 restrictions say being unfairly reported to police for “breaching” the rules is causing them huge
Open Letter to the MSM and NZ Parliamentarians
John Rofe It seems that our PM and Minister for Climate Change are determined to keep repeating the lies spread by the UN IPCC and their socialist cronies, together with active support from NIWA and the Ministry for the Environment, that we humans have a detrimental effect on the earth’
How’s the Serenity? You Can Feel the Devastation
James Macpherson goodsauce.news James Macpherson is a sought after international speaker with a background in journalism at the Courier Mail and Daily Telegraph. He previously pastored a significant church in Australia and South Africa. James’ weekly Good Sauce podcast comes out every Tuesday. He also writes regularly for The
Someone Owes Someone an Apology
The KFC worker who was vilified by the Government for not self-isolating deserves an apology from the Prime Minister if the Covid-19 Facebook post contradicting Jacinda Ardern’s claims is accurate, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Prime Minister pointing the finger of blame at rule
Climate Report an Outline for Bankruptcy
Laura Henderson gisborneherald.co.nz People talk about their concern for future generations but as one of the future generation most likely to be affected by a “warming” planet, the current political response concerns me more. The recently-released report from the government-sponsored Climate Change Commission would be laughable
Director General Say What?
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield gave a simply astonishing explanation this afternoon of why community contact tracing performance might be so far below the at least 80 per cent of contacts within four days of exposure to a source case, recommended by
Lockdowns to Be More Structured
Information Satire TWE Jacinda Ardern Explainer Editor: The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today that things will be more structured in the future so that businesses can organise their affairs in a more rational way. The underutilised minister, Phil Tryford, is drawing up a new schedule of planned lockdowns for