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Left: The BFD. Photoshopped image credit Boondecker Right: Cruella. Cartoon credit geodon. The BFD. Cruella De Vil appears in Dodie Smith’s 1956 novel “101 Dalmatians”. The name was actually a pun on the words Cruel and Devil. If the name fits wear it. The book was made into a
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister should reactivate the forgotten ‘roadmap’ and move Auckland to Step 3 of Alert Level 3. As of last Tuesday, Auckland as a city was at 90 per cent single and 77 per cent fully vaccinated. If it makes sense to move to the
I wrote a previous article about turning the tide of voting support among long-term, committed Labour voters. The following letter has been reprinted with the author’s permission. This man is a dear friend. Over many years, we have exchanged good-natured rivalry about our different political standpoints. He
Ananish Chaudhuri Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics University of Auckland ananishchaudhuri.com Author of: Nudge into lockdown? Behavioural Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19 It took the government 18 months to figure out that “elimination” was misguided. We were one of the few remaining holdouts on elimination; so much so
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The Government’s water reforms appear to be fatally flawed before legislation is even introduced to Parliament. The fact that the Minister of Local Government
Barbara McKenzie Wellington SNA Committee You mortgage yourself to the hilt for your dream home – the large section, the mix of garden, lawns and native bush. You delay putting in a drive because you like the feeling of being in the woods. You mull over how to eventually develop the
John Minto has got it almost completely right — in a Daily Blog post. No, BFD readers: no need to nip outside to see if the sun has turned as black as sackcloth. Nor have I been moving up from red wine to spirits before lunchtime (again). I can assure you
Jhan a-Maki Here is a photo that shows the very entrance to Muriwai Beach, one of the jewels of the Auckland province. Well over a million visitors a year walk past this point. The rusted and broken wire fence typifies the council’s attitude – cheap and nasty, ill-considered,
So you’ve made the ‘right’ decision. You’ve been ‘vaccinated’ for the good of your nation, for the health of your family and loved ones. You’ve dutifully signed up to the active persecution of the new Untermenschen (unvaccinated) and started actively preventing the unvaccinated from associating with you,
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Greetings to all of you and my thanks for the work you are doing to stay home and follow the Covid-19 level 3 protocols. I also warmly thank all who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 at this time. You are doing
ACT Party This week David Seymour visits Auckland, we offer improvements to Labour and National’s Housing policy, our Freedom Day petition reaches 28,000, Brooke van Velden reveals serious problems at ACC, and we fight Three Waters– if they steal it, we’ll repeal it. In the News David
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