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Daily News Roundup – 16 April 2021
National Party leadership Matthew Hooton (Herald): My message to National – and how to avoid another leadership fiasco (paywalled) Peter Dunne: National needs to sort out what it stands for before it thinks about leadership Grant Duncan: The National Party’s leadership woes Government Richard Harman: So Grant, what’s next?
‘Jackboot’ Jacinda’s Loose Lips Smear Another Minimum Wage Worker
It looks like Jacinda Ardern‘s loose lips in Parliament have smeared yet another minimum wage worker: First Security says the Government has misrepresented its efforts to ensure its managed isolation workers are getting regular Covid-19 surveillance tests. The company, contracted to provide security guards to some managed isolation
Slow Start for a Slow Train
It seems that Blind Freddy was right, and yet again the government was wrong. The much-vaunted and highly advertised Hamilton to Papakura slow train through the Waikato is a massive flop: It’s been a slow start for passenger numbers on the new Hamilton to Auckland train, with only
Face of the Day
The Immigration Minister has defended the lack of migrant workers, saying the Government’s doing everything it can. Fruit growers claim there are hundreds of millions of dollars worth of produce going to waste, and they can’t last another year without more seasonal workers. […] Minister Kris Faafoi told Mike
Does She Know She’s PM?
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Prime Minister should take some personal responsibility when things go wrong, instead of throwing members of the public under a bus.” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government has extreme powers to keep us safe from COVID, but the Prime Minister is not
We Are Now Entering Full-Blown Tyranny in the Western World
Michael Snyder endoftheamericandream.com If we accept what they are doing to us now, they are just going to keep pushing the envelope. Over the past 12 months, authorities throughout the western world have used the pandemic as an excuse to impose Orwellian measures that we never would have accepted
17 Schools Have Fewer Than 20 per Cent of Kids Regularly at School
Today’s revelation by the Government that there are 17 schools where fewer than 20 per cent of students are attending school regularly is just another illustration of the magnitude of New Zealand’s attendance crisis, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Four schools have fewer than 10 per
‘A Gift to Anti-vaxxers’: Bojo Angers Brits after Claiming Lockdown Not Vaccinations Reduced COVID Cases
rt.com Boris Johnson is facing heavy criticism after telling weary Brits that the reduction in Covid-19 cases and deaths was not due to the UK’s massive vaccination program, but the restrictive lockdowns endured for months. Speaking on Tuesday – the day after England’s shops and pubs reopened
Military Casualties Increase
14th April 2021 The military attempted to retake one of its outposts today and succeeded in sustaining heavy losses. Lesson number 1. It is always difficult to try to attack guerrillas who hold the high ground when you have to proceed uphill through the jungle to get at them. The
Vehicles Responding to Electrical Emergencies Prioritised
The Government must support a sensible law change that would allow lines companies to use flashing lights so traffic can give them priority when responding to electrical emergencies, National MP for Pakuranga Simeon Brown says. “Congestion in Auckland and across New Zealand is making it more difficult for lines companies
‘Our Focus Was to Get Trump Out of Office’: CNN Technical Director Admits Network Is ‘Propaganda’ in New Project Veritas Video
rt.com An undercover video released by Project Veritas shows CNN technical director Charlie Chester revealing how the network purposefully painted Joe Biden in a positive light to get Donald Trump out of office. In a conversation with a Project Veritas journalist, Chester can be seen on video admitting CNN
Homebuyers Need Action, Not Political Pondering
The Government’s admission that it’s considering forcing councils to open up more land for housing in the near future is the right idea, but New Zealanders need a Government that will take action rather than just think about it, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “It’s