The payment idea would be a good one if it actually worked. However this has been tried in many jurisdictions (including many states of the current anti-vax kings the US of A) and has made a negligible difference as the pandemic rages on. Key's column does...
Huh? There's still some debate amongst experts as to whether or not Delta is more deadly than the earlier variants of Covid but Dr Judith Collins PhD is the first I've heard opine that it is in fact LESS deadly. GTFO of here, Judith. You're a danger to ...
I don't quite understand why the fact that a person bailed to the Waikato has spread it amongst his household contacts should affect whether Auckland moves down an alert level? My prediction is that Auckland comes down to level 3 from Wednesday as planned....
Why does it matter whether Collins suggested the idea last week or not? Does she honestly expect us to believe that Northern Region Health heard Judith say it seven days ago and have in the short time since then got it all organised from scratch so it is ...
All good. I could have been clearer with the use of pronouns.
Ok then, let's see how the "Attack Souxsie Wiles" plan plays out in the crucial 45+ white female demographic that Judith so far can't crack for love nor money. My bet is "not well".
What in the name of hell is she doing? She should have made sure she was absolutely watertight before going nuclear on the New Zealander of the Year who is universally beloved except for the angry misogynist far right. This is anything but watertight. She ...
Utter drivel. What next, Herald? "David Clark: Why I went to the beach"
Judith has gone off the deep end with the "he should have been deported and it is Jacinda's fault" line today without any apparent consideration to the legal difference between a refugee and a protected person. Check out National's Facebook page. Like most...
Sorry Clint, saying political opinion isn't one of the listed categories being considered for protection is either dancing on the head of a pin or flat out wrong depending on how one views it. Let's go to the Discussion Document: Under this proposal, more ...
Agree. I laughed incredulously at the plan to reopen the bubble to Tasmania, South Australia, ACT and Victoria next week. Victoria is a Covid basket case constantly one sneeze away from the next lockdown. If they don't have a confirmed Delta case by the ...
Agreed. I am yet to see compelling evidence that the bubble is producing a net gain for the NZ economy. Particular sectors - definitely. Overall - who knows? I know we get Australian tourists here but we also have residents putting money into a holiday in ...
If this latest scare (assuming we do get away with it) doesn't convince the majority what an arrogant, fate-tempting idea it was to roll out the travel bubble at such an early stage of the vaccine rollout, then the country will collectively deserve ...
And the clown show rolls on....
I saw that. Very interesting. I was particularly fascinated by this Seymour quote. Seymour said he did not accept "white privilege" existed, although "it would be true as a statistical artefact" that people with white skin enjoyed better outcomes than ...
Harete Hipango, according to the Herald. Talk about turning good news into bad news.
My favourite part was Mike's whine "She doesn’t get to pop up every now and again when the news comes out". Uh... yes that's exactly what she should do. She is the PM not content-filler for an outdated breakfast show.
What is Mark Mitchell playing at here? Is this his genuine opinion or is he working an angle? https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/covid-19-coronavirus-prime-minister-jacinda-arderns-cabinet-decides-today-on-lockdown-alert-levels/...
Hosking is clearly following his leader's cue and becoming more detached from reality by the day.
Yes, and you are allowed to pay the tax at that point.
People happy to quietly take the geographic benefit of living in central Auckland through rampant house price inflation for decades, but as soon as a tiny fraction of that unearned wealth might be taxed they are being "punished". FFS. This is why ...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/election-2020-judith-collins-calls-jacinda-ardern-a-liar-over-covid-19/BFHQZB5DT5F7UINVVGKKCVT7BY/ She is really sounding unhinged now. The internal polls clearly aren't moving (at least not in the right direction). EDIT: ...
Where did the $7200 come from? Doesnt it matter how much more than $1m you own? For instance, if you own $1,000,001 your annual wealth tax would be one cent. To get taxed $7200 a year you would have to own $1,720,000. Just seems like a random number for ...
No change between the left and right blocs. National and Greens both down 1 point. Labour and Act unchanged. NZ First still competing for attention with TOP and the lunatic fringe. Nothing Judith is doing is convincing National voters who crossed to Labour...
Shutting the borders and locking down are not the same thing. NZ was first by a day or two on both measures. Why Collins persist with this pointless and demonstrable lie I have no idea.
The shocking run of rogue polls (which have coincided with JC taking over as leader) continues. On these results there will be an 8% wasted vote so 46% will be the threshold to govern alone. I dont think Labour have been below 46% since pre-Covid.
The New Conservatives are dangerous and any rise in support for them should be fought vigorously, not applauded in a display of shadenfreude for National. I don't like National's neoliberal economic policies at all, but National at least have rules of ...
Perhaps Taiwan's fantastic response was helped by the fact that they already had an specific public agency whose sole task was to address infection disease outbreaks and/or their health system hadn't spent the last 30 years being ground back to the bone by...
Even without getting into the out of context quote, when exactly have the Government "repeatedly claimed that Day 3 testing is compulsory"? Never as far as I can see. In fact they've been pretty clear that none of the testing is truly compulsory, but the ...
Whoops, yes I calculated probability not percentage. 0.25 = 25% = 1 in 4. Apologies to Clint - as you were.
Clint Smith's analysis is wrong because 250 x0.1% isnt 25%, it is 0.25%. So a 1 in 400 chance of an outbreak, not 1 in 4. Given the potentially catastrophic consequences if that chance materialises it still isnt worth it but we might as well work on ...
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