Covid: New community outbreak Audrey Young (Herald): The best place to judge Ardern’s lockdown is from a rear view mirror (paywalled) Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): Ardern’s Year of Reckoning? Richard Harman: The advisors behind today’s lockdown decision Hannah Kronast (Newshub): Police set up Auckland checkpoints to
ACT Party “We must hope that the Government’s testing and tracing can isolate this outbreak before a damaging extended lockdown harms livelihoods,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT’s primary concern is for all those businesses, workers and households who now face the uncertainty of a further lockdown, and
National Party Judith Collins The latest lockdown will be a devastating blow to New Zealanders who have sacrificed so much to keep this country COVID-free, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “I feel for the people who have already sacrificed their livelihoods, their jobs and their businesses to
Today’s hypocrite of the day, Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi made a massive fuss about being forced to wear what he derogatorily referred to as a “Colonial noose”. Yet he happily wore it during the election campaign long before he was in parliament where high standards of dress
National Party Paul Goldsmith Labour’s messaging on New Zealand’s curriculum is confused and misses what is important to improve student achievement, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “On the one hand, Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti says the re-announced curriculum review will focus on ‘wellbeing, identities,
The Government is hell-bent on implementing a gun register; apparently, such a thing will keep us all safe. Meanwhile, an NZTA worker has been sacked after 44 customers’ personal details were accessed unlawfully: Police have charged a worker at the New Zealand Transport Agency, and the worker has been
Dominic O’Sullivan Charles Sturt University Dominic is a Professor of political science at Charles Sturt University and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at the Auckland University of Technology. The recent controversy over a decision by the Tauranga City Council to establish a Maori ward
ACT Party “For three and a half years the Labour Government has been pushing housing further away from those who most need it, and from today that challenge will be amplified,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Warnings that increased business risks and costs being piled onto landlords by
National Party Nicola Willis The Government needs to show more urgency and commitment if it ever wants to make meaningful strides towards solving the housing shortage and getting wins for the environment. National’s spokesperson for Housing and RMA reform Nicola Willis says first-home buyers will be disappointed the
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ACT Party “The Government’s dismal failure to be flexible and pragmatic about immigration to support the primary sector means hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for apple, wine and other growers is a near certainty,” says ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “That a scheme of financial inducements
