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Last week as the government took its foot off our throats and allowed us the partial freedom to move around and socialise again, the move to Level 2 came with the usual admonishments about what would happen if we took too many liberties with this new found freedom. Most of
Covid-19 coronavirus: Donald Trump’s laughable excuse for the scale of US outbreak NZ Herald headline Given the amount of US TV news I watch, how did that one get past me? What’s he said now that warrants being called a “laughable excuse”? Maybe it’s something new
Leo Molloy HeadQuarters Viaduct The PM enters into a press conference discussion about us with Tova, who names me, and the Prime Minister of Candy Floss makes it clear she’s all over our (totally legal) dinner party and has knowledge of our dialogue with the Police…Mike Bush still
New Conservative Facebook A powerful piece, and one which we are sharing with permission: Three weeks into lockdown a friend called to tell me he disagreed with my stance on the situation we are in (which I respected) and then last week called me to tell me changed his mind
Depressing read about how dictators around the world are using #COVID as a cover to quash their opposition https://t.co/DOYUaqOeo3 — Dr Siouxsie Wiles (@SiouxsieW) May 15, 2020
There is a Jacinda Ardern Facebook Fan club that will not tolerate any criticism of their beloved leader. Here is just a small sample of what goes on inside it: As you can see their tolerance for name-calling is high despite the below post that paid lip service to
The creative genius behind the c mccoy Youtube channel has been busy during the lockdown and his latest video is a fascinating compilation of news and social media clips of Jacinda Ardern with a voice-over from a documentary about Stalin. Very cleverly he has matched the clips to the
This article is a very personal one and it is 100% biased as I am so very, very angry about the price my loved one has had to pay because of the PM’s COVID-19 Captain’s Call. There is someone in my life who I care for deeply.
I knew that any contract tracing app could not be forced onto me due to my right to privacy so I was very surprised to encounter Retail shops refusing to serve customers if they didn’t fill in all their personal details in a contact tracing book. It turns out
I have fared pretty well during Levels 3 and 4, leaving home infrequently, only to make trips to the supermarket where, after one or two teething issues with keeping my distance from other shoppers, I encountered no real problems. Being in lockdown in a town with no reported cases, the
If you believe this face of the day’s tall tale then I have a bridge to sell you… Helped dye partners hair and gave daughter a haircut with scissors I bought at supermarket for $6. Remarkably both parties still talking to me. — Clarke Gayford (@NZClarke) May 17, 2020 Methinks
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THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE #ObaMAGAte pic.twitter.com/jteqCCyWqp — Eric ?? (@ThatTrumpGuy) May 11, 2020
Grant Duncan Massey University New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won global admiration for her personal style. But how will Kiwis judge her government’s performance at the ballot-box in September? A major factor in that decision will be how well today’s budget is received – and how
Kris Gledhill Auckland University of Technology As New Zealand approaches the end of its strictest lockdown period, a debate has begun about whether it was legal in the first place. This is important because people are being prosecuted for breaching the lockdown. Naturally, lawyers are getting involved, so things are
Using computer models, doomsayers predicted disaster for Sweden if it didn’t lockdown. Swedish journalist Johan Norberg reports what has actually happened. At last we’re getting a debate about Covid-19 modelling. When people finally got to look under the hood of the famous Imperial College study, they found
