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Letter to the Editor: My Local List MP
Dear Editor The ineptitude of the National Party really knows no bounds. After almost three years of doing their absolute best to not be a credible opposition and annoy me as often as possible, their recent change of leadership had given me a glimmer of hope that they might be
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Talkback Hosts Slam the Covid Queen and her Government
Talkback hosts have been fielding hostile calls all week. Little wonder that they’ve been damning in their weekly columns. Heather du Plessis-Allan is scathing of the government in her column: The Government’s decision to extend Auckland’s level 3 lockdown is a massive disappointment. Worse, it is
Tell Us What Is Missing
In a week dominated by enormous blunders by the government in their handling of COVID-19 and one where they inflicted lockdowns on the population, does anyone see anything missing from this week’s Herald cartoon roundup?” August 16 illustration Peter Bromhead Herald on Sunday August 10 illustration Guy Body
Face of the Day
In a statement released yesterday, Mr Peters said the Government’s health response must come before politics. “Since Monday evening, August 10, we have said that our health response must come first and politics second. That remains our view as the case numbers rise each day,” Mr Peters said. Mr
Kamala Harris May End up Running the Country
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Pirate Pete’s Gun Gets Spiked
Like a good old custard pie in the face, there’s nothing quite so deliciously amusing as watching an online poll go pear-shaped. In 2016, Australian Muslim Mariam Veiszadeh ran a Twitter poll demanding to know whether her followers opposed or supported a ban on Muslim immigration to Australia.
Government Hiding Behind Covid
Kate Hawkesby points out what is becoming increasingly obvious. The government is taking advantage of COVID to avoid having to be held accountable for its incompetence. I know of four families who lost teenagers to suicide these past school holidays. […]Our suicide rates in this country should be of no
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My Wuflu Test
On Tuesday this week, I woke up with a runny nose. It was completely my fault: I went to bed very late Monday night without having had the heater on during the evening, or at night. Having turned soft by living too many years in Auckland, and the fact my
The Children Are Running the Playground
The chickens are now coming home to roost. The Government setting out to eliminate COVID was a huge miscalculation. This was never a realistic option. It’s on a par with their Kiwibuild pledge. The Labour politicians seem divorced from reality, even the three or four that have something resembling