As Auckland enters its fifth week under Level 4 lockdown, the Government must present its plan to assist businesses to get through the stringent restrictions, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. “The worst result is for businesses to fail from a lack of cashflow as a result of the
It is hard to believe that, five months after Delta hit New Zealand arrived and after five weeks of lockdown, that the visitor policies of Auckland’s three district health boards are yet to be figured out, says National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. “This is another example of
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familyfirst.org.nz Below are some excerpts from the interview with Megyn Kelly (full article here) “In my sons’ school they asked the boys, one of the best all-boys schools in the country, whether they were ‘still sure’ they were boys,” Kelly said. “Are they ‘still sure’? They asked
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 16th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Perspectives I am a National Party MP. As such, I’m a member of Her Majesty’s loyal opposition, at least
Don Brash Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Of those who have an opinion, 64 per cent oppose changing the name of New Zealand to Aotearoa, according to a Curia Research poll released today, prompting Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash to call for a binding referendum on the issue.
Douglas Elliffe Lindsay Matthews University of Auckland Douglas Elliffe is a former Head of Psychology and Deputy Dean of Science at the University of Auckland Lindsay Matthews is a Honorary Academic in the Psychology Department at the University of Auckland Can we toilet train cattle? Would we want to? The
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com European – 70.2% Maori – 16.5% Asian – 15.1% Pacific – 8.1% Other – 1.5% The above figures show New Zealand’s ethnicity breakdown. We have a Minister for Pacific Affairs and one for Maori Affairs. Why not one for Asian Affairs? We all know
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Arthur Yes, you read that correctly. It is blatant clickbait on my part but that was how I read it. In a backhanded way that was what was implied by one Joel Maxwell. He is a contributor to that dire, woke and socialist swamp, NZ Stuff and its Wellington, pimple
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Information Satire Entertainment Explainer Explainer Editor: Walt Disney has announced a remake of its iconic cartoon characters. In a worldwide news release, a spokesperson laid out the plan to introduce present-day children to characters they can understand and relate to. A three-hour, genre-breaking, blockbuster special will resurrect
covidplanb.co.nz Many areas of the world are now in a race to achieve high coverage of covid-19 vaccination. Some commentators in New Zealand are now criticising the government for not rolling out fast enough. Given the high efficacy of many vaccines, this seems like a sensible strategy,
