Long covid, omicron and the precautionary principle
There are still so many things we don’t know about long covid and omicron presents a whole new set of challenges.
Open mike 20/12/2021
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Bad Covid takes
There seems to be a correlation between commentators who have both Herald and Newstalk ZB exposure and how really bad their Covid takes are.
Open mike 19/12/2021
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No One Cares
I had reason to visit Waitara in Taranaki recently, and I don’t want to sound like there’s a different world still operating … […]
Open mike 18/12/2021
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Daily review 17/12/2021
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V Day!
Yesterday was Aotearoa’s V day, the day that we reached the goal of having 90% of the target population vaccinated against Covid.
Open mike 17/12/2021
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Daily review 16/12/2021
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The country’s books are in remarkably good shape
As the country rebounds out of partial lockdown the Treasury’s recently released half yearly Economic and Fiscal update suggests that the Country’s accounts are in remarkably good shape.
Open mike 16/12/2021
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Daily review 15/12/2021
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Open mike 15/12/2021
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Daily review 14/12/2021
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New Zealand moving Green
Long overdue, the recent Green upward trend continues.
Goodbye, Auckland
For the hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders who have decided to holiday at a town near you, just be careful: they may never leave.
Open mike 14/12/2021
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Caption contest
Keep it seemly …
Daily review 13/12/2021
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Clearing the decks
The draft report into Nick Smith’s treatment of a young staff member that eventually saw him leave Parliament has made its way into the public realm, just in time to be lost in the pre Christmas media wash up.
Open mike 13/12/2021
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Assange extradition judgment overturned
I should have known not to be hopeful. British justice is an oxymoron which makes a mockery of official references to our ‘like-minded countries’ in the Five Eyes. The decision by senior judges in the UK to overturn a previous court decision not to extradite Julian Assange to the US is an example of state persecution of a person with the courage to speak out against crimes of the state.
The 2022 Economic Boom
New Zealand is seeing a strong, business-led recovery. But what will we do with this success?
Open mike 12/12/2021
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Fair pay agreements – the employers fight back
BusinessNZ and Federated Farmers have this week attacked the Government for intending to implement policy designed to improve the plight of poorly paid workers.
Open mike 11/12/2021
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Daily review 10/12/2021
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Anarchy in the UK
Boris Johnson is on the ropes. Not because of the disastrous effects of Brexit which only passed because of some of the whoppers that he told, but because of a Christmas party held last year at 10 Downing Street at a time when the UK was under a strict lockdown.
Open mike 10/12/2021
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Daily review 09/12/2021
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The Freedom Bus is on the move *
But special entry conditions including being double vaccinated or having a recent clear Covid test apply.
Open mike 09/12/2021
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Daily review 08/12/2021
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Is National’s Luxon among the quick or the dead?
Simon Louisson has been observing Chris Luxon with a journalists eye over the last week, especially with regard to the Jack Tame interview. A bit of a mixed bag. Fast thinking but with baggage. It will be interesting to see whether the electorate will again suppress its egalitarian instincts and vote for a smooth-talking rich man.
Open mike 08/12/2021
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