The will they/won't they hysteria about National not ruling out working with Tamaki's 'party' is an irrelevant liberal left media beat up. There is no Destiny Church /Tamaki Party as we speak. There is unlikely to be any such party. Sure Tamaki has made a ...
Bearded Git The rest of the media ran with the Sharma story in the same way that the NZ Herald did. And I dispute that any of the media (including the NZ Herald) 'seized on Sharma's sad rant to deflect from the Uffendell disaster'. More like Sharma saw an ...
That's quite a whinge BG
Some voters may still feel a sense of pride when Arden shines on the international stage and bask in the adoration she recieves by association. But this is waning I suggest. These days there is a weariness about Ardern and her foreign adventures. She looks...
Well if you like your speakers to be strongly biased in favour of the government; intolerant; rigidly ideological; inflexible; capable of making stupid decisions (eg turning on sprinklers to piss off protesters); quick to take offence; incapable of ...
I disagree. It is important. It exposes this government as having no integrity; no interest in telling the truth (btw I imagine Hipkins presented the so called graph from the 'podium of truth' - what devastating irony), and willing to manipulate the public...
The PM's choices were stark. Listen, for once, to the people and give them more or less what they want; or, continue to impose a rigid public health response for ideological reasons that the people would increasingly ignore, and deliberately be non ...
The most significant thing the poll tells me is that brand Ardern is on the wane. Therefore Labour is on the wane. I expect this trend to continue to strengthen in future polls. Actually had polling been done this week with results being announced next ...
Amazing insight that the poll result is a factual statement re National but the rest of the poll is a 'sample error' re Labour. A really good analysis - not. You dont know what your talking about.
This is an incredibly naive comment. The businesses buying RATs prior to the governments moves to centralise the purchasing and distribution of them are generally involved in providing essential services to NZ communities. By buying these tests employers ...
Why not, if the protest is genuine (and there may be debate about this). But being disrupted and disturbed and having your peace and quiet and freedom of movement restricted (its debatable as to whether it would significantly restricted) is a small price ...
The referendum was the Greens idea I thought - part of their agreement with Labour following the 2017 election.
An irony is that most Green voters live in affluent inner city suburbs - and are 'wealthy' according to the Green's criteria. Many of these Green supporters will fall within the 6% of the population that the Greens define as wealthy and thus able to pay ...
BydOnz It would open up a can of worms. For one thing, there is an election on in NZ and the leaders would likely claim the police were interfering with their political/electioneering rights.This would likely motivate many others to join their cause and to...
Really. You believe Peter's!!??
McFlock Equally you could argue that Government /Min of Health officials responsible for interviewing the two women in question were actually the ones endangering lives through their inadequate interviewing technique. Or you could argue that Government/Min...
'"he waited to maximise the political gain" Like any good politician. That's why they're politicians Its what Labour and particularly the PM have doing throughout the pandemic. That's why Labour's polling so well. They've used the pandemic to "maximise the...
I think to continue to try and achieve complete elimination/eradication will mean being in a perpetual state of 'almost there'. What would be the point if this meant, as it probably does, staying in level 3 or 4? Hanging on to a fantasy that we're 'almost ...
A couple of points in response Pat. Effective strategic planning means that strategists adapt and adjust as new information becomes available. Insofar as the Covid elimination strategy the government is pursuing is concerned, it has already done this to ...
I think you're being far to risk adverse Pat. If you look at this from the perspective of what the data is telling us (which is what the public health experts go about ad nauseum), then, based on yesterdays figures the percentage of NZders actually dying ...
AB What has actually happened is that the government has implemented an extremely effective communications campaign. One of the planned outcomes of this has been to deliberately sideline journalists and to undermine their credibility. A key element of the ...
Observer I agree that the leadership approval rating pattern was in place prior to the impact of Covid- 19. The way in which this has played out under Covid- 19 is not at all surprising. For the reasons previously discussed you'd expect Ardern's popularity...
The popularity of the the PM and by extension the Labour party in this poll is hardly surprising. The poll was taken as I understand it around mid April. The level 4 lockdown was underway and about half way through. Ardern and Bloom were dominating the the...
Stephen You're misrepresenting Goldsmith. His article discusses the way different sectors can contribute to our ability to recover from the economic impact of Covid -19. He acknowledges the role of government, alongside the role of the private sector. ...
For a more balanced opinion on National leadership issues - see Richard Harman's piece in todays edition of POLITIK. Sorry Mickey; you've got skin in the game and a parochial interest in fueling rumour and speculation.
I agree. And our capability in this regard is getting better by the day.
The health risk is miniscle given the current trends re fighting the virus and assuming those trends continue over ANZAC weekend. Whereas the risk to society at large (eg mental health) and the economy (unemployment et al) increases daily and is huge. In ...
I agree. Its not either health or the economy; its both more or less equally. They are mutually dependant. Kill the economy and there are no resources for health. Kill the people and there are no human resources to drive the economy. Our strategy need to ...
Forget Now Are you really suggesting that 'a bunch of celebraties and sports people' endorse the lockdown? Speaking for myself and for those around me, that will be as motivating as having a bucket of cold sick poured over me. It would have no credibility....
Micky You state in your opinion piece that the government is seeking to 'eradicate' Covid-19. I'm not sure that this right. I understood that they seeking to 'eliminate' Covid-19. There is a significant difference between eradication and elimination. I ...
By managing our borders effectively.
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