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Judith Collins in the Hot Seat for Mike Hosking Leaders’ Breakfast
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LIVE: Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins in The Press Leaders Debate
The debate tonight will be moderated by Press editor Kamala Hayman and political editor Luke Malpass. The debate starts at 7pm and is live streamed on the Stuff website.
World-Class Wetness
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Last Saturday at midday, a 4-metre tree fell over in central Wellington’s Midland Park, on to the pavement. As gardeners know this is a common Spring event for deciduous trees, as in this case, which have not budded and are plainly dead. I
New Twist in Pell’s Legal Saga
The saga of the Cardinal George Pell trial had a startling new twist yesterday. It has long been argued that powerful forces conspired to bring down Pell – Victoria Police admitted to establishing a “Get Pell” squad specifically to fish for allegations before any had been made – but the new revelations
Level 1 Welcome, but Lockdowns Unsustainable
Press Release: ACT Party “The Government’s decision to ease restrictions in Auckland is welcome, but lockdowns are an unsustainable long-term strategy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Auckland has been under COVID-19 restrictions for almost two months because the Government couldn’t trace and isolate the current outbreak.
NBA Finals: Wokest, Brokest Ever
How woke do you have to be to break one of the biggest sporting franchises on the planet? Just ask LeBron James. Having chugged the BLM Kool-Aid by the gallon, James has been on a Crusade of Wokeness apparently designed to outdo Colin Kaepernick, Alyssa Milano and Greta Thunberg
New Conservative Challenges TVNZ to Honour Fairness, Free Speech & Democracy
Press Release: New Conservative New Conservative is preparing a legal challenge over the publicly-owned TVNZ’s right to pick and choose which political parties get election coverage in their televised debate planned for 8th October. New Conservative’s action is a last resort, taken after several attempts to discuss
Ardern Continues to Politicise COVID-19
Press Release:ACT Party “It’s deeply disappointing that Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern has continued to politicise the Covid-19 response,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ardern today delivered an important public health announcement to the nation as the Prime Minister and then immediately began campaigning for the Labour Party.
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
UK satire pokes fun at Jacinda Ardern’s handling of Covid-19 – ‘Super-Kiwi-socialistic-extra-nice Jacinda’
Tweet of the Day
This misuse of the so-called “COVID-spot” for Jacinda Ardern to campaign is completely unacceptable. It is a HUGE advantage over the other political parties and it is completely unethical and surely against the rules for campaigning during an election? Hey, how’s it okay for Miss Ardern to
Why We Don’t Want Trump To Die of Coronavirus.
The howls of glee from haters at hearing the news that President Trump has caught the virus were as predictable as they were vindictive. Never mind the fact that many high profile people, including the British prime minister, have caught the disease, the vitriol has been prolific. I find it
Auckland Council Governance Reset Under National
Press Release: National Party National will get New Zealand’s economic engine firing on all cylinders by undertaking an extensive review of Auckland Council and its governance to make sure it is fit for purpose. “Auckland Council is not delivering for Aucklanders, and change is overdue to achieve better performance,
No Longer a Coronavirus Election
Jacinda has said so. In amongst her 1 pm electioneering stunt, she said Aucklanders and New Zealanders (her team of five million) have stuck to the plan that has worked twice now and beat the virus again. “We put our heads down and we got on with it”. One thing’
Association of Sycophantic Socialists (ASS)
I have a family member who lives in Spain. He is a bit left-leaning, and generally more sympathetic to Socialism than to Conservatism. He also suffers from TDS. The politician Jacinda Ardern most admires, Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister of Spain. He is rather incensed to have read that, at