John Maunder sunlive.co.nz Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book Fifteen shades of climate… the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect. The following are extracts are from pages 96-98.. Blocking patterns occur when
A lack of planning by the Government for a Delta outbreak has meant as of 1 pm yesterday 78 Covid-19 positive people were isolating at home, having not yet been moved into quarantine, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins revealed
The suggestion by the Minister of Police that media should use the Official Information Act to find out if the officers who arrested the MIQ escapee were vaccinated against Covid-19 is astounding, says National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. Asked by NewstalkZB Christchurch host John MacDonald this morning whether
The Government must explain why the health system was so unprepared for a Delta outbreak and why no new ICU bed spaces were provisioned over the five months since Delta first appeared in our MIQ facilities, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “What’s worse is that the
The Government needs to explain exactly why the South Island should not immediately drop to alert level 2, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “There hasn’t been a positive case of Covid in the South Island for almost a year. None have been reported from the latest Delta
Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union welcomes the report by Newsroom of internal government worries about lack of ‘authenticity’ and ‘inclusion’ in its consultation on their hate speech law changes. That is reassuring to the Union, who has claimed from the beginning that a rushed process where the Minister
The Immigration Minister must urgently reopen the frozen Skilled Migrant Category visa EOI pool and prioritise processing of residence applications for critical healthcare workers to keep them in New Zealand as we battle the Covid-19 outbreak, says National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford. “National is also calling on the
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The Government must apologise to business owners and make sure no one misses out on wages after the wage subsidy applications closed unexpectedly early last night, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Government websites were clear that the wage subsidy applications would close at 11.59
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern’s decision to keep under wraps that a man had escaped from MIQ and posed a risk to the community shows how far her Government is prepared to go to avoid scrutiny. Ardern stood at the podium at 1 pm yesterday and neglected to
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Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz It is wonderful to have support from across New Zealand for my petition to get the Epidemic Response Committee reinstated. It is also great to have heard from the people who have phoned and emailed in support of the House sitting from 31
It was only ever a matter of time. The government has been looking at ways to solve the so-called ‘ageing population’ issue and has proposed that, if superannuitants have earnings other than their pension, they should pay a higher rate of tax on those earnings. Welcome back to the
