National is calling on the Government to investigate construction of a purpose-built COVID-19 quarantine facility on the outskirts of Auckland to help safeguard against future lockdowns in our largest city. “The recent Pullman hotel cases showed just how much risk Auckland is at of another community outbreak because
Housing Bernard Hickey (Stuff): Should Reserve Bank overheat economy to blast free of low interest rate trap? Gareth Vaughan (Interest): You can’t lose with property mate Zane Small (Newshub): Housing Minister Megan Woods fires up when quizzed on lack of property shortage figures Gill South (Stuff): Single buyers get
Henry Cooke has done a profile of new MP Christopher Luxon. The article headline raises a very good question: “Is Chris Luxon the new John Key, or the new Todd Muller?” The article then goes on to show what an arrogant, self-centred, wanna be if he could be fellow
Warning Attempts to breach suppression orders will be met with a lifetime ban. Just don’t do it. Those in the inner circle of politics are watching the fascinating case of the “prominent businessman” very closely. The rich-lister is on trial in the High Court at Auckland, accused of
A couple of articles ago I wrote that my favourite NZ Herald opinion piece writer, alongside the persistent pedal pusher Simon Wilson, was Audrey Young. Well, now I’ve got a threesome! Number three is Diana Wichtel. After reading her article in the Canvas I found myself, metaphorically speaking, pretty
“WHO has reported a 16% worldwide decline of new COVID-19 cases over the last week”. She continues, “This has been partly due to the rollout of the Coronavirus vaccines.” The Week USA – Catherine Garcia – Feb 18 2021 Yet in New Zealand, we have reported seven new community cases: up
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Rather than talking about how to tackle the rise of firearm violence in our communities, the Police should just take the guns off the gangs, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “It’s past time for the Government to implement National’s Firearm Prohibition Orders. This would immediately give
The PM never ever makes a Covid announcement without an unfortunate expert standing alongside her in the parliamentary dock when she passes another sentence to remove our freedoms. Ardern is reliant on her expert advice, and you could say, as David Theobald did when he wrote for The BFD, that
Claire Breen University of Waikato Dr Claire Breen holds a BCL from the National University of Ireland (University College Cork). She also holds an LLM (International Law) and a PhD from the University of Nottingham.Her research focuses on international human rights law with a specific interest in children’s
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The Government needs to stop condemning tourism businesses to the scrap heap and instead urgently redirect support to the ailing sector, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Tourism Minister Stuart Nash’s dismissal of the sector is extremely distressing for the thousands of Kiwis who have poured their life
