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Clarity about Level 4 Trading Rules Now Urgent

Clarity about Level 4 Trading Rules Now Urgent

National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay has today written to Ministers David Clark and Stuart Nash asking them to urgently clarify the rules around which businesses are able to open safely during the Level 4 lockdown and the procedures for companies to receive an authorisation to

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Bring Back Democracy

Bring Back Democracy

David Seymour ACT Leader Other than the Alert Levels, the Prime Minister has another important decision to make today, will she allow democracy to continue? In these extraordinary times, we need to ensure democracy continues and that the Government is held to account. While the Government was elected by majority,

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The Ministry of Truth Is Hiring
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The Ministry of Truth Is Hiring

Senior Analyst, Disinformationat Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet, Wellington Mo tenei turanga mahi | About this role Senior Analyst – Disinformation Full time position, on a Fixed Term or Secondment basis Must be immediately available for a period of 8 weeks (with potential opportunity for longer term work) Wellington based

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This Is What You Get When the Media Choose the President

This Is What You Get When the Media Choose the President

Joe Biden should never have become the President. We all knew that before the latest catastrophe, but having gifted Afghanistan back to the Taliban, even those who backed him must be regretting it now. Many of those who voted for him must have wondered what possessed them, but there is

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Free Press ACT Party The Haps After 18-months the Government’s COVID response looks indistinguishable from the first lockdown. What has it been doing? Isolation and cheap money delayed New Zealand re-joining the world, but Delta is here to hurry things along. In ‘civilian’ news, Kelly Dennett’s

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Vacuous Ardern Throws Spanner in the Works

Vacuous Ardern Throws Spanner in the Works

The shambolic result of not planning for another level 4 lockdown by this government is not pretty. And to add insult to injury our performing seal, aka Dear Leader, on a whim, announced that children 12-15 can go with their parents, UNBOOKED, for a vaccination! She cannot bear to

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Would You Queue for 9 Hours for a Nasal Swab?

Would You Queue for 9 Hours for a Nasal Swab?

Eliora Who in their right mind would queue for up to 9 hours for a nasal swab by a PPE attired nurse, working at a Testing Station? The answer is any New Zealander who needs to be tested for COVID-19.  Kiwis must queue for hours to get a long

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Disunity and Division
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Disunity and Division

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “The last American to leave Kabul won’t have to turn off the lights because there has not been any for some years now. It flickered occasionally… But by and large, Afghanistan descended into the dark ages of tribalism, where it has been largely rooted,

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Our Most Serious Case of Judicial Misconduct?

Our Most Serious Case of Judicial Misconduct?

Stuff has reported that the head of Oranga Tamariki and two senior judges intervened in a part-heard Family Court hearing over a five-year-old girl. Oranga Tamariki was trying to remove the girl from her foster family because they were not Maori, arguing they could not meet her

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ACT Proposes COVID Tracer-App Lottery to Incentivise Scanning

ACT Proposes COVID Tracer-App Lottery to Incentivise Scanning

David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party is today proposing a COVID-Tracer app lottery to encourage people to use the app more. Instead of getting pinged to isolate, you might get pinged that you’ve won $1000. Today the Government announced compulsory app usage but the onus to ensure

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At Last a Sensible Suggestion

At Last a Sensible Suggestion

Finally, we have had a sensible suggestion from a politician, and it wasn’t from Jacinda Ardern either. Aussie Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suggested we stop talking about cases. A focus on case numbers was very important when we knew nothing about this virus and whether our hospital system

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The BFD Nightcap

The BFD Nightcap

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