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There Is No Logic to the Vaccine Passport
So we Kiwi’s go into our summer break and holiday season with a government and their army of uni based scientific advisers pushing rules and regulations that have no basis in common sense.
Let’s Blame the Users for Government Failure
The blame game has started again with Chris Hipkins accusing Kiwis vaccinated overseas of clogging up the system by “supplying their information at the last minute”. So it had nothing to do with a system that is inadequate? Let’s instead blame the user, the victim of yet another massive
NZ Victims of Stockholm Syndrome
Stuart Smith MP for Kaikoura Spokesperson for Climate Change, EQC and Viticulture The traffic light system starts this week and the only thing we can really be sure of is that there are three different colours, Red, Orange and Green, but what they mean is not at all certain. If
Labour’s Slide in the Polls Continues
The slow and inexorable slide of Labour continues in the polls with the latest Roy Morgan poll: Support for New Zealand’s Labour/Greens ‘coalition’ government was down 3.5% points to 46.5% in November as support for the Labour Party dropped 3.5% points to 36%. Support for
Time To Rise
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Trump Calls for National Guard to Take Over Crime-Ridden Cities!
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Morrison Drips While His Base Burns
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” It was actually Ernest Benn who said it, not Groucho Marx — although I’m sure Groucho would have agreed wholeheartedly. Especially if he’d lived to see Australian Prime Minister Scott
Victoria — Back to the Basket Case
Plus ça Change, as they say in France: “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. It’s coming up on three years since Victorians made Jeff Kennett premier, and, as it was back then, the state is an economic basket-case, thanks to a Labor government. Of
Red Light Setting Cold Comfort for Aucklanders
After more than 100 days in lockdown and endless announcements of announcements, Aucklanders will be relieved by a bit more freedom today but there is much more for the Government to do, says National Leader Christopher Luxon. The Government is yet to explain exactly why Auckland needs to enter the
Believe It or Not
The Ponderer Apparently, the Selwyn district has the highest vaccination rate in the entire country. In her October email update, the local MP Nicola Grigg proudly proclaimed that Selwyn had a 95% first-dose vaccination rate as of October 26. Star News claimed 97% on 29 October. The NZ Herald
Important Questions about Northland Roadblocks
David Seymour ACT Leader Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield needs to let New Zealanders know if he has appointed Hone Harawira and the Tai Tokerau Border Control as Enforcement Officers under the law. The announcement of joint iwi-police roadblocks raises important questions of who’s proposing what to
Not a House of Cards
Judith’s Machiavellian stunt can be forgiven… the end did indeed justify the means. “This is not House of Cards“, said Luxon, in his first speech, giving the media notice that he will not be bullied and a warning not to go looking for drama and espionage (although Judith’s
Iwi-Police Checkpoints the Dangerous Side of Kindness
David Seymour ACT Leader Our weak Prime Minister and Police Commission have been bullied by iwi into surrendering citizens’ basic rights. Jacinda should have made it clear that New Zealanders have a right to move around the country, if there are public health requirements then the Government would use Police