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Press Release: ACT Party D-Day The Government will tell us on 20 April whether the Level 4 lockdown continues past 22 April. It needs to give clear guidance on what a Level 3 world looks like because business cannot prepare with two days’ notice. But there is another problem.
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
For the nostalgia buffs. Do you remember when the lefty-press (almost all of them) said talk of a lockdown was fake news, totalitarian, and all that? Do you remember when they said it would cause massive social alarm and induce panic? Do you remember when Ms Ardern, the single
The Coronavirus has put the spotlight on three people in high places who are not up to carrying out the tasks their positions demand. Two are attached to political institutions and one is a Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has a goal of also being a member of one of
At the beginning of March, our government would have been very wise to take serious steps in sealing our border. They did not do so despite the recently repeated slogans from our “slogan princess” Jacinda Ardern about going in early and hard, and the result is an economy in tatters,
Winston Churchill once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” It’s amazing how few people question authority during a crisis, and how easily and quickly a crisis can be used for other purposes by ethically flexible governments. Ours is no exception. People really started getting scared when
George I, like most of us here on The BFD, have gathered information and knowledge about Coronavirus from numerous sources. I have read an avalanche of material published within medical journals, scientific reports and of course what is fed to us by our local and international media and politicians. I
It’s possible to learn a lot in a short time. For instance; if you wanted to learn about mass and gravity quickly you could drop a hammer on your toe: a very brief lesson, but one which you would remember. I did the mental equivalent: listening to a podcast
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One of the things that Jacinda called for as the COVID-19 crisis worsened was the end to all political parties campaigning and scoring political points. It seemed to be a reasonable request; the government needed to be able to make sensible decisions and having the opposition shout down every
Good morning fellow lock-downers, and lock-uppers. All hail the Prime Minister, your single source of truth, who can do no wrong. Saturday morning it was revealed that Ms Ardern, “Esteemed Leader of the Nation and Fisherman’s Friend”, was shocked. Some of you would but wish that was
The Greens initial party list has been released. Stuff reports: An initial list for the Green Party puts activist Teanau Tuiono ahead of several sitting MPs in the party. The Green Party list will dictate which of their MPs enter Parliament after the next election, should they win over five
Apparently our leader is a great communicator. She spells stuff out really clearly. For example ‘Stay home’ and ‘Act like you have COVI- 19’ and ‘Be kind’. All unambiguous instructions. But it isn’t easy to follow instructions if you don’t understand why. Here’s a simple analogy. I’
Okay, unlike the PM, I’m going to be honest. I’ve had a guts full. I’ve had a guts full of this lockdown. I’ve had a guts full of the individual who currently inhabits Premier House. I’ve had a guts full of being dictated to. I’
George 1. Considering that there are 1,239 confirmed cases of COVID-19 cases in New Zealand of which 98% are linked to overseas travel, could that suggest that the claim that you went hard and early with regards to border control was neither correct nor effective? 2. Why, having
