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Newsroom are reporting on the denial of PPE to frontline workers providing care in the home to many New Zealanders, often the elderly and disabled people, work that includes close contact personal cares where a 2m physical distance isn't possible. At the end of…
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A press release from Greenpeace NZ on the last of the oil giants to leave NZ, Austrian oil giant OMV has announced that it’s indefinitely postponing its last remaining oil and gas exploration plans in the Taranaki Basin. Greenpeace is claiming “a win of generational significance” that…
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Covid 19, as BBC analyst Emily Maitlis explained clearly yesterday, is not some great leveller. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6wIcpdJyCI The families who are going to be most damaged by this massive growing recession are those who face the disease every day, who are as she notes are “bus…
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In yesterday's post, I lambasted US President Donald Trump for his attacks on the World Health Organisation (WHO) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Global governance plays a considerably important role in the modern world. And during a pandemic having a coordinated international response is utterly crucial.…
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A recent Colmar Brunton online poll showed tremendous public support for the Government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although 60% thought that the Government had hit the sweet spot, 34% wanted the Government to do more. Lately, there has been a lot of talk about…
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It cannot be much fun being a National Party MP right now. The Prime Minister is receiving international acclaim for her handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. She has acted decisively and quickly and there is a cautious optimism that New Zealand may be able to…
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RNZ are reporting, The government has announced plans to transform tourism and how it is governed in the wake of the pandemic. ... Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis said the industry needed to be rebooted to face new challenges, opportunities and a different way of working.…
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The word Pandemic means a disease that is prevalent throughout the world. In other words, a global problem, facing the entire human species who inhabit the earth. During such a horrible phenomenon, leadership is required. Leadership is about developing people and helping others reach their…
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I feel that many kiwis are quite unaware exactly how exceptional our plague performance has been so far. Yeah sure we have a few dickhead surfers, the odd fuckwit playing 'pranks' who needs prison time, and the usual dimwits who don't understand exponential growth curves.…
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Something strange is happening in Aotearoa New Zealand. It hit me on Monday as I was listening to nine to noon's political slot with Kathryn Ryan, Stephen Mills, and occasional Standard reader Matthew Hooton. Mills and Hooton in the past have come to near blows…
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New Zealand, like many other nations, is hurtling towards economic depression faster than Covid-19 spreads. “We are going to have a depression,” said Bernard Hickey, one of the country’s leading economic commentators. “This is like an asteroid hit the global economy.” “When you have gross…
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No doubt this blog will be full of comments today about David Clark. It has been revealed that he breached curfew a couple of weeks ago by travelling 20 kilometers to a beach with his family. His bike riding exercise I thought was marginal, this…
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The current leader of the National Party has been snapped driving from Wellington to Tauranga in defiance of the lockdown. Simon Bridges is the chair of the the Epidemic Response Committee, which meets each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. While other MPs are joining the meeting…
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As a cool blue smudge appears on our morning horizon of a world beyond Stage 4 lockdown from Covid 19's effects, we can already see this kind of economic and social collapse is different to the last one of this scale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9mLM1K3U2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0UW_j1A6x4 We're begining to…
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