Stuff applauds Jacinda Ardern and Joe Biden’s declaration of a climate change crisis while feigning, as Ardern and Biden do, their commitment to welcoming “diverse opinions” and practising “openness and transparency”. They lie. Their minds are made up. They believe that man-made climate change will destroy the planet
When the Prime Minister closed down New Zealand’s oil and gas industry in order to signal her environmentalist credentials and prove commitment to her comrades at the Socialist International, she did so against murmurs of discontent which eventually came to nothing. When she did the same thing to tourism
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Vaccines against COVID-19 – Where are ours? It is time to stop relying on kindness and spin and start listening to the medical experts. We need COVID-19 vaccines in New Zealand. Currently we have none although we were told we would be
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Southern Wairarapa mayor Alex Beijen, has started a petition to demand the government order banks to open branches in small towns. Beijen lives in Martinborough with a population of less than 2000. The region’s other small towns have similar numbers. The mayor invented
When push comes to shove, you soon find out who your real friends are. The trans-Tasman relationship has long been regarded as one of the strongest in the world: 13% of New Zealanders live in Australia and Australia’s day of remembrance, ANZAC Day, explicitly acknowledges our shared history.
In a clear example of toadying to the CCP, Trade Minister Damien O’Connor has lectured the Aussies about being better behaved when dealing with China: Minister for Trade Damien O’Connor has suggested Australia speak with “more diplomacy” about China, so it too can have a “mature” relationship. He
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com An international row broke out yesterday in Europe, with the European Union crying unfair and accusing Britain of hogging access to coronavirus vaccines at the expense of EU nations. Boris countered, saying it’s a contractual matter which they expect to be honoured. Plainly Britain
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Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Peering through the gloom, I think I can see light at the end of the tunnel. The covid pandemic is all but over! Let me explain, noting that I am all too fallible, that I am an incurable optimist, that I am not medically qualified, that
Covid: MIQ Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Calls to restrict returnee numbers to avoid more Covid-19 outbreaks 1News: NZ should ‘have goal of no Covid-19 positive people’ arriving into country – Michael Baker RNZ: Pressure mounts for full audit of MIQ network after Covid-19 community cases John Anthony (Stuff): Allowing
Good afternoon, I’m lost for words upon reading this – “I can’t speak for Australia and the way it runs its diplomatic relationships, but clearly if they were to follow us and show respect, I guess a little more diplomacy from time to time and be cautious with wording,
It seems odd that people are leaving quarantine hotels, otherwise known as Managed Isolation Facilities, with COVID-19. Speaking as someone currently interned in one, it is also very disturbing. In any western liberal democracy, quarantine hotels are a gross outrage. It is beyond the pale that a socialist government
