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Tony Stuart

Did the PM mislead the people of New Zealand with regard to Case L, the South Auckland KFC worker? This is a comment on the Unite Against Covid-19 FB page, by someone replying as an admin of the page, which describes itself as ptoviding “official information from the New Zealand Government about Covid-19” (my emphasis added):

Unite against COVID-19
Kia ora Nicole, case J (Kmart worker) and Case L (KFC worker) were not required to isolate at the time. The advice for all staff and students of Papatoetoe High School to isolate was updated on 23 February, after the two had attended their shifts at their workplaces. Close contacts and their families were advised to isolate and get tested.

Initially, casual plus contacts such as Case I, (today’s Case L sibling) were advised to get a test and self isolate but their household members were not required to do so. The family complied with the advice they were given at the time.

The Ministry of Health updated their advice on 23 February, following this high risk situation, stating everyone in a Papatoetoe High School household must stay away from work or any other school, educational facility or community setting (e.g. the supermarket or any other place outside the home). The school remains closed and no students or staff will be able to return until advised by a Medical Officer of Health. COVID-19 remains the problem, not the people who have it.

The advice from this official New Zealand Government FB page contradicts the Prime Minister directly. It states that case L was NOT required to self-isolate prior to working her shift at KFC. Subsequent advice did require the young woman to isolate, but that was NOT the advice she had initially been given.

Either the official New Zealand Government Covid-19 Facebook page is wrong, or the Prime Minister is wrong. Jacinda Ardern could, and should, defuse this by simply admitting she got it wrong.
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December 3, 2020 8:32am
- nathie
  
  Jacinda Ardern, saying she was wrong is the hardest thing. Expect then more deflections from her (or non-appearances, as in yesterday when Robertson fronted the covid press conferences).
  
  Out of interest, has Ardern ever admitted she was wrong about something? Not even once? Does anyone know?
  
  Otherwise do we have the world’s “most perfect person” … someone who says she never lies and is never wrong ?
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:41am
  - Harlequin
    
    A symptom of Histrionic Personality Disorder – they can NEVER be wrong and respond badly to any attempt to correct behaviours.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:13am
  - Liberty
    
    The Worm has turned. Dear Leaders day in the sun is fading fast.
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9315029/Jacinda-Ardern-fire-criticising-worker-failing-isolate-Auckland-enters-lockdown.html#comments
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:49am
    - cmm
      
      For one who plays the hugs and kindness card, it is a huge mistake to be seen to be abusing a powerful position attacking a lowly burger flipper.
      
      She has milked the “I’m just one of you” card pretty well so far. Treating someone as disposable fodder for the bus tyres is a massive mistake.
      
      These days the wokesters will quickly turn on their own. Be careful sweetie.
      
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      March 3, 2021 5:00pm
  - Gazza the Giant
    
    Yes , she has gone to ground , and apparently her correspondence avenues have been taken down
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:08pm
- mudrunner
  
  Advice and advise. They don’t tell you to do it or else…
  If those terms are used it does not give the recipient the message between the eyes.
  There is flexibility in how they can interpret what they are told.
  Clearer language is essential.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:48am
  - Phronesis
    
    Well back when they locked down the whole country and threatened us with police action if we failed to comply that was just “advice” too as it turns out. There was no legal basis for any of it.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:29am
  - RW Capitalist
    
    Have they changed the law, such that they can demand compliance?
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:32am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Yes, the law was changed.
      https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2020/0069/latest/whole.html
      
      The Minister of Health and the DG of Health can demand compliance under section 70 of the Health Act and the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act
      https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2020/0012/latest/LMS344134.html
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:10am
      - hullkiwi
        
        …but they must do it with kindness.
        
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        March 3, 2021 12:12pm
      - cmm
        
        ” can demand”… more likely “could have demanded”.
        
        Having let it slide so long, they really can’t start getting serious about enforcement.
        
        When cops just ignored over 100 gangsters to come together for a knees-up then how are they really going to win trying to prosecute a smaller number of people?
        
        The horse has bolted.
        
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        March 3, 2021 5:06pm
- SmokerGuy
  
  Good luck with that, the PM and her government seems to always have an excuse for everything so they don’t have to admit they were wrong. I can’t recall a government so unwilling to admit they made a mistake as this one we have now.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:50am
  - amospicton
    
    Nine long years of neglect….
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:06am
    - GT Build
      
      Yes I am certain this is John Key’s fault
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:08am
    - hullkiwi
      
      ….and National’s will be 6 years of doing nothing….and
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:14pm
- Simon
  
  Lol – all the Covid Cult heaping shit on the family. Wear two masks and self isolate out at sea. Covid cult tards.
  
  Chin up Covid cultists. The Rona is a sneaky bastard. Pink head expert has told us this. Just so sneaky.
  
  What has happened here is the Rona has outfoxed the instructions on how to handle self isolation.
  
  The clown show is all in on the Rona so normal people would think even the clown show 12 months in would have their shit sorted on really basic stuff like community infection and close contacts. But no the Rona is just too clever for Labo & the MofH.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:59am
- lastmanstanding
  
  Almost all the community cases have been in South Auckland. If we had Truth in Government South Auckland would be locked down and subject to massive and ongoing testing.
  
  But the Labour/Green Socialist/Communist agenda is to smash the economy and then tell the sheeple that having saved 80,000 lives they are the only ones who can rebuild it.
  
  And alas the dumbarse sheeple will believe them.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:08am
  - Gravelroad
    
    Truth?
    “If we had Truth”?
    For a minute there I thought you were suggesting bringing back The Truth newspaper.
    That wouldn’t be a bad idea at all.
    I knew a journo who used to work at The Truth.
    Approached his work without fear or favour.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:58am
    - mikenmildagain
      
      Truth finally folded after as disastrous move to use Cameron Slater as editor.
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:29am
      - KevO'Brien
        
        It was already long dead when Cameron give the coup de grace.
        
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        March 3, 2021 12:53pm
- Sir Cullen's Sidekick
  
  When Cindy does something wrong, by default it becomes right. So don’t even bother.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:16am
  - igm
    
    That is so long as she bribes media with taxpayers’ dollars . . . when the true facts come out as to who and what terms these were dispersed, all hell will break loose.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:03am
  - Gazza the Giant
    
    Then why is she hiding ?
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:10pm
- Berend de Boer
  
  One can also look back at the advice available early on February 23, last updated on February 17, and it clearly states that household contacts DO NOT NEED TO ISIOLATE.
  
  Wow, have we ever had an issue like this where a PM attempts to burn a private citizen with completely wrong information??
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:25am
  - Sacha
    
    I’ve been on the wrong side of a woman who couldn’t cope with being found wrong (about anything). It was nasty, especially as in my case I didn’t know what she was talking about.
    People in high places should abstain from personal criticism of anyone of lower status than themselves, otherwise they just look snarky and spiteful.
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:26pm
    - Nickc2
      
      Have you noticed Cindy lately? All the practice she has been putting into looking snarky and spiteful is finally paying off. Just a little dab of covid will send her off.
      
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      March 3, 2021 2:37pm
- Fletch
  
  I wonder what happens when they get up to ‘Case Z’ in their naming nomenclature? Are they going to start again at A? Or make it ‘A2’ or ‘AA’?
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:50am
  - Berend de Boer
    
    It’s all part of the master plan Fletch. They know we’re not going to run out of the alphabet.
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:27am
- Bobba Fret
  
  More and more coming out. Seems like the KFC worker did NOT break the rules and the PM is wrong.
  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-government-website-contradicts-jacinda-arderns-kfc-worker-claim/ECJAJRRHHVBXGCTQ4PU7PT2HS4/
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:56pm
  - Gazza the Giant
    
    [Deleted, Mod.]
    
    https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/comments_policy : Personal Abuse
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:12pm
krazykiwi

The Kiwiblog Downvote Olympics have grown in popularity over the past decade. The competition sees seasoned professionals and aspiring newcomers vie for the downvote crown by posting commentary that rigorously defies approval while simultaneously receiving prodigious, single-click opprobrium.

There have been some notable winners and contenders over the years. For long-time spectators the once-famous, and probably still stoned philu, regularly delivered top performances, racing to downvote oblivion in a manner that really helped put this sport on the map. His novel technique of publicly torturing full-stops together with his brutal abuse of the English prose saw more the literary minded community members rush to support his podium aspirations.

Another long-time contender is mikenmild/mikeenmildagain, otherwise known as milky. Merit must be rewarded here for conscientious effort with the ‘International day of the …’ series, and his delicately manicured trolling of any comment that fails to demonstrate even fleeting observance of left-leaning sycophancy. His continued attempts for the Gold are thwarted by occasionally constructive comments on military history, along with lucid commentary on some sporting topics. Experts agree that milky will need to cease such commentary and spend more time at snarkytraining.com if he is to truly realise his full potential.

At the not-so-smart, scrapper end of the competitor spectrum lies SB2/stephie/stiffy. Consistent effort over many years has led to him being awarded the gold on a number of occasions, with a notable technique being his willingness to introduce the apparent failings of Trump into comments about favorite jam flavours, cricket and Scottish highland dancing.

A one-time record holder was William of Ockham. His daily 08:00.0001 GD comments parroting climate change alarmism included hitherto unseen cut-n-paste prowess, augmented with truly moronic one-liners. Never before in this sport have downvoting frenzies been so comprehensive, with participants encouraging each other to work harder in support of William attaining his daily medal in record time.

All competitive sports have aspiring newcomers. These people have spent years in training, working under direct tutelage of their gold-medal brandishing heroes. They train in secret, and in some cases quite literally locked away from public view. With a distressingly comfortable, gun-slinging style, the field (and one poor young woman) has been blown wide open by Brian McDonald. Not since William’s untimely and exhaustion-led retirement have followers of the sport had such an opportunity to reward personality obsessed, banal commentary with a blizzard of downticks.

How much longer will Brian hold the crown? No one knows, but if history has taught the followers of the sport anything, it’s that the allure a gold medal and a podium finish will have many more Downvote Olympic contenders lining up for years to come.
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March 3, 2021 8:00am
- mikenmildagain
  
  Needs more snark.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:02am
  - mandk
    
    How?
    
    You’ve cornered the market, mma.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:29am
    - mikenmildagain
      
      *blushes*
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:30am
      - Don Beckett
        
        Great comment KK. Reminds me of the ‘Terrorist alert levels’ in various countries. I’ll try to dig it up.
        
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        March 3, 2021 11:16am
      - Apropos of the Wet Snow
        
        Snark is the really just the poor satirists inability to produce good comedy and/or satire. There’s more sustained quality in that post than you’ve produced since the day you washed up on the shores of KB in the manner of a … [Deleted – unnecessary. Mod.] at Hobson Bay.
        
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        March 3, 2021 5:05pm
- CJames
  
  Should I downtick your post as mark of solidarity or uptick it to show I agree? I am confused and need guidance.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:06am
- Benedict Yu
  
  Very entertaining. You forgot to mention ztev. He was active before I started commenting here. But I did frequently read the blog. IIRC he was odious.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:08am
  - WaveyDavey
    
    Was he the blatant antisemite?
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:32am
    - fernglas
      
      Wasn’t he the one everyone thought was Trevor Mallard?
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:09am
      - mikenmildagain
        
        Yeah, which DPF confirmed was not true. The worst anti-Semites would have been Kea and Bob R
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:31am
  - GazzaW
    
    There was a theory that ztev was Trevor Mallard and the odiousness of his posts support that. I recall that he was ultimately suspended for an indeterminate period and he thankfully vanished from our lives.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:25am
- Chris R
  
  Krazy: Well said! I find that even the most balanced, well-researched and polite comments get down-ticks by those who seem to lurk in waiting for the blog to get started each and every morning. Do these hidden warriors lie awake all night frothing with anticipation of giving and receiving down-ticks? Is it a desperate plea for recognition….any degree of recognition? To me it screams a sad and unfulfilled life.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:10am
  - Nickc2
    
    Sorry Chris, down ticked in error.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:34am
    - Paulus Gnome
      
      And then there are those of us with fat fingers, failing eyesight and a phone that is smarter than we are . . .
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:00pm
  - Gravelroad
    
    @ChrisR
    I think there are people on here who have been told to just downtick everything because this is a “right wing “ blog.
    Doesn’t matter if a comment is true, well written, currently relevant- the professional downticker won’t even be reading it.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:36am
- Crisplion
  
  Then there was OOB, who swooped in with outrageously antisemitic rants with the slightest of pretext. I think he was taken out by the advent of moderation.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:21am
  - mikenmildagain
    
    Some snowflakes fled the blog following the introduction of moderation. Couldn’t handle the idea that their comments might need scrutiny.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:52am
    - Yabster
      
      are you and woke Batman the same person as you both use the term snowflake.
      Snowflake” is a 2010s derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are overly-emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions.
      
      Which by the meaning is ironic….
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:20am
      - mikenmildagain
        
        I use the term ironically, as it supposedly refers to the oh so easily offended woke lefties. Unfortunately, the whining from conservatives is more predominant on this blog, so use of the term for them seems apt.
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:33am
      - crikey
        
        Yabster @9:20: “Snowflake” aka Millenial.
        
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        March 3, 2021 11:16am
    - Martin Williams
      
      And why was moderation introduced?
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:21am
      - Charmaine Hawke
        
        From memory it was introduced after the mosque attacks but I feel that it may need looking at as it does seem to limit the free flow of conversation.
        Maybe there needs to be another round of consideration for those of us who post here regularly (both those of us who use our real name and those who do not) to have immediate approval.
        Just an idea.
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:21am
      - Crisplion
        
        You’re right about the timing of the introduction of moderation Charmaine.
        
        I think, on balance, moderation has improved the quality of the conversation, despite some legitimate gripes about uneven moderation practice. The greatest downside in my view is the delay in posts appearing.
        
        My thanks to the moderators for the work they put into what remains a vibrant, informative and often amusing forum.
        
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        March 3, 2021 11:48am
  - krazykiwi
    
    Was that oob, or ztev (c.f. above) ?
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:24am
    - Crisplion
      
      Hmm. I’m sure I recall some unhinged rants from OOB. I remember ztev as being a generally unpleasant character, but somehow I have no recollection at all of anything s/he actually said.
      
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      March 3, 2021 11:52am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  It appears KB is being denied the services of SB2’s erudition for part of the day/night as he battles with the virus on our behalf.
  
  https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2021/03/general_debate_02_march_2021.html#comment-2899362
  
  Keep well folks.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:38am
  - Jack5
    
    So at least one of the Stephies works in border control.
    
    Do people smugglers know about New Zealand’s border hole “guarded” by ? Stephiestanis?
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:53am
  - nathie
    
    Woah so SB2 claims he is a front line worker (to be one of the first to obtain the jab last week)?
    
    How can that be when he posts here all day, sprouting nonsense?
    
    For some reason I find SB2’s claim hard to believe!
    
    Unless perhaps his job is to put out the orange cones at the testing stations!
    
    I think we need the wisdom of Jack5 to provide some insight – which Stephistani version was commentating yesterday?
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:54am
    - I remember when
      
      Who knew getting an injection makes you an expert!
      I must be off to join that queue.
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:12am
    - Swifty
      
      SB2 says he ‘works in the health system’ and so we automatically think doctors and nurses.
      
      But what do we think he actually does?
      
      1. Pumps up ambulance tyres in the motor pool? And squeegees the windscreen when the other bloke is away?
      
      2. Is a hospital car-park attendant?
      
      3. Works part-time in the hospital laundry, loading and unloading nurses uniforms from the machines? This is my pick.
      
      4. Butters the bread for the sammies sold at the hospital cafe?
      
      Any other possibilities gratefully received.
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:34am
      - Tony Stuart
        
        Mortuary Attendant?
        Orderly?
        Filing Clerk in Medical Records?
        
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        March 3, 2021 9:50am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        Brain surgery?
        Catheter insertion?
        Psychosocial counselling?
        Midwife?
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:14am
      - mikenmildagain
        
        Cleans out bedpans?
        collects the medical waste?
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:34am
      - SB2
        
        Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
        MW and co whether as a Surgeon, morturary attendant , orderly, etc being on the inside does gave one a certain unique perspective as to what is going on.
        
        This compared to a lot of hot air and hysteria generated on KB by sundry Covid 19 deniers and conspiracists.
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:45am
      - marcw
        
        As one who viewed steffies public Facebook page before it was ‘disappeared’ when he was outed, I can reassure you all that his role in health services would most likely at the most consist of counting and banking the hospital car parking fees. No further detail will be revealed.
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:53am
      - pdm
        
        `. Pumps up ambulance tyres in the motor pool?’
        
        Ah la Ron Marks Army career.
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:57am
      - Tony Stuart
        
        Undertakes digital prostate checks
        
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        March 3, 2021 11:01am
      - Paulus Gnome
        
        The look on the patients faces when they find out he is not a doctor?
        
        Priceless! For everything else, there is Mastercard!
        
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        March 3, 2021 11:59am
      - pdm
        
        Anal thermometer remover.
        
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        March 3, 2021 2:56pm
      - Fuzzysnuggleduck
        
        I was a hospital orderly at Waikato, and we used to see every part from ICU, mortuary, birthing, oncology, etc.
        Talking of ‘unique perspectives’ from the inside then, such as SB2 credits himself, mine might be far from unique when I say he comes across as a contrarian, who delights in posting a few sentences in put down of other people’s posts.
        
        Given that SB2 called concerns over Covid in the EARLY days of the outbreak (when IMO concern was most logical, due to lack of information aside from China locking down internally); KBer concerns were ‘hysterical’ then and literally scoffed at people saying they were fearful on this Blog.
        Now he has changed his tune, it is clear he posts just to be an arsehole primarily – rather than any true conviction, relevent expertise or interest in communication.
        
        A troll, albeit a troll who happens to work in health away from the border in some capacity. And he got a jab.
        Big whoopdeefucking doo.
        
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        March 3, 2021 3:48pm
- Brian McDonald
  
  Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
  That’s a long post after being butt-hurt following proudly announcing a few days ago you were an eavesdropper.
  You weren’t posting here as Krazykiwi when those other posters were present, so I’d say you were one of those that announced they were leaving when DPF tightened the posting rules, then snuck back using another name.
  Not unexpected as it fits with listening in to other people’s conversations, running down now absent posters, or finding scientific posts which you claim fit with your thoughts so as to promote yourself.
  Sad life sweetie.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:38am
  - Don Beckett
    
    Brian’s sense of humour has been lobotomised .
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:23am
- Papalazarou
  
  Brilliant!
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:48pm
- Steve Todd
  
  @krazykiwi @ 8:00AM
  
  That was an entertaining read, kk. However, I want to point out to / remind Kiwibloggers, of the following.
  
  On 27 March 2019, DPF put up a post entitled, Kiwiblog content and comments (see https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2019/03/kiwiblog_content_and_comments.html).
  
  Under the subheading, That guest post, he said, “[…]. The thing I like on Kiwiblog is that we have people who comment from across the political spectrum. Views get challenged. My views get challenged every day by commenters.”
  
  So, my point is, although our gracious host is (I assume) politically centre-right — whereas, in my view, most commenters here are right-wing (tending towards, and in many cases achieving, RWNJ status) — he has made it very clear that Kiwiblog is not a right-wing echo chamber.
  
  Therefore, whether the great majority of Kiwiblog commenters like it or not, anyone, of whatever political stripe, can comment here, and, so long as we comply with the rules, our comments will be welcome — at least by those who matter.
  
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  March 3, 2021 1:43pm
- kevn
  
  @KK… brain getting a bit testy. SB2 might have the edge in downticks.
  
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  March 3, 2021 5:12pm
Happychappy

For all the Journalists and people out there that say it is wrong to call Jacinda Ardern our Prime Minister and Ashley Bloomfield liars you have very short memories and you only have to go back to last year a d the PPE debacle to understand Bloomfield and Ardern lied their arses off saying they had plenty of gear for those on the front line but push came th shoveit was no where to be found and took a group of wealthy New Zealander’s to put together a plan to get more into the Country. So for these people to go out and use their power and lies about a 21 year old saying they informed her 15 odd times could be lies exactly the same as when they coninuallylied about how much PPE gear they had.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/jacinda-ardern-ashley-bloomfield-push-back-on-covid-19-kfc-worker-case-l-s-miscommunication-claims.html
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March 3, 2021 8:00am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Check the photo of Hipkins, Bloomfield and Ardern.
  Look at their eyes – seething with bullshit
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:44am
  - SB2
    
    I don’t think Joe and Jane Public share those your bs sentiments.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:47am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      DILIGAF
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:36pm
      - Frank the tank
        
        Gold!!!! The left don’t get it. They can’t comprehend or intellectually allow dissenting voices.
        
        The most important people the world has seen were almost all dissenters to public opinion.
        
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        March 3, 2021 1:51pm
fernglas

I wonder how many border workers and their families have refused the Covid vaccine?
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March 3, 2021 8:00am
- pdm
  
  fernglas – This most open and transparent Government is never going to tell you something as important (and embarrassing to them) as that.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:21am
- H. Upmann
  
  Perhaps more relevant, has Comrade Ardern had her Covid inoculation vaccine yet?
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:10am
  - GT Build
    
    No she is waiting on a special supply of the russian one
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:15am
  - Frank the tank
    
    [No suggesting or speculating on personal info here thanks. Mod.]
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:21am
  - pdm
    
    `….has Comrade Ardern had her Covid inoculation vaccine yet?’
    
    Anti vaxxer at heart perhaps.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:59am
  - Steve Todd
    
    @H. Upmann @ 9:10AM
    
    For goodness sake, H., what a nonsensical question!
    
    The prime minister has made it very clear that she will “get the jab” when it’s her turn to receive it. She has openly acknowledged that there are many, many, people who must be jabbed before she is.
    
    I am older than her father, and I do not expect to be jabbed before August. I, too, am perfectly happy to wait my turn.
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:31pm
    - alwyn
      
      The PM appears to have decided that “her turn” is immediately after the frontline staff.
      I suspect she will be getting her vaccination with the first dose of the second delivery of the vaccine. She is not waiting. To do so would inconvenience her travelling overseas and we can’t have that.
      “However, she told the Weekend Herald that she would not wait until the middle of the year, when the wider public rollout begins.”
      “It didn’t feel right to me to be in that [first] cohort, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to wait until the middle of the year either.”
      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/coronavirus-covid-19-pm-jacinda-ardern-plans-to-get-vaccinated-before-public/R4DTBWN3Q5QUQZ634O3XHNBBMQ/
      I think she may be finding the heat a bit much while she tries to cover up the she has been coming out with a few little terminological inexactitudes regarding what the family in Auckland were really told. She wants to get out of here and to go to somewhere where they really appreciate her.
      
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      March 3, 2021 3:50pm
      - Steve Todd
        
        Thanks for that update, alwyn. (I long ago gave up accessing the NZ Herald website, only to be shut off after two or three sentences.)
        
        That is somewhat different to what she said on the box, in answer to a question, about a week or 10 days ago. No matter.
        
        It certainly is a balancing act. We await her jab, and her next overseas trip. I doubt that either are imminent, but we’ll see.
        
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        March 3, 2021 4:21pm
- MCos
  
  Here’s an article that covers the territory.
  https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/435569/covid-19-strong-argument-for-mandatory-vaccination-for-some-workers-law-expert
  
  It’s not compulsory to be vaccinated.
  One would expect, however, those unprepared to be vaccinated would be shuffled off somewhere else.
  I’d have thought if someone wasn’t prepared to be vaccinated they wouldn’t go for that job in the first place.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:22am
  - fernglas
    
    That’s interesting, and thanks, but my question relates to the number who are refusing now that the vaccines are available. It’s not just border workers but their families as well and given the limited evidence that the vaccines prevent the inoculated from transmitting the virus, it must be a matter of public interest that current figures be made available.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:09am
    - KevO'Brien
      
      As the “vaccine” is only approved for emergency use as not adequately tested we all have the right to informed consent–that includes the right of refusal, we are not guinea pigs.
      If you offer your arm that can be taken as consent but a question not answered to your satisfaction is sufficient to deny it.
      
      I have experienced the weird situation of an anaesthetist seeking consent for a procedure after administering his drugs and I was going under.
      
      I may consider the J & J vaccine but the others are not in my view safe for me.
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:07pm
    - Paulus
      
      The South Auckland Island Church Leaders have been no help – in fact some recently have been encouraging anti vaccing.
      Possibly as they have been asked to support those people in their tithing churches as they are not on any New Zealand register.
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:49pm
  - mikenmildagain
    
    Public Service Commission has published guideline on Covid vaccination:
    https://www.publicservice.govt.nz/resources/covid-19-workforce-vaccinations-guidance/
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:37am
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Happy World Wildlife Day!
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March 3, 2021 8:01am
Benedict Yu

“… Hipkins was confident that “when vaccines come to the market, we will be at the front of the queue for those”..

17 November 2020

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/430785/covid-19-government-looking-at-a-portfolio-of-vaccines-chris-hipkins

2 March 2021

“More than 245 million doses have been administered across 107 countries, according to data collected by Bloomberg. The latest rate was roughly 6.79 million doses a day.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

New Zealand has achieved 0.02 doses per 100 people and ranks #91 of all countries in terms of performance of vaccine rollout.

Remarkably, even Brazil, Argentina and Peru, which 2 weeks ago had secured no vaccines, have got their supplies up and running. Brazil has administered 8.6 million doses in a couple of weeks. Only 4 percent of the population but it is a good start.

Why is the media not demanding answers? Why don’t they play back to Hipkins his words from only 3 months ago? Why can’t journalists devote the same 5 minutes it took me to find this data?
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March 3, 2021 8:03am
- peterwn
  
  Because the media does not want to bite the hand that feeds it, never mind that it is the taxpayer’s money.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:28am
- KevO'Brien
  
  Did you expect more?
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:28am
  - Paulus Gnome
    
    Yep, expectation only leads to disappointment and, in the case of New Zealand ‘journalists’, you will be severely disappointed.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:41am
- RW Capitalist
  
  and the 5 minutes it took to find the “influenza pandemic response plan c2017”
  The less than 5 minutes it took to reason the MIQ should be in isolated locations and NOT in cities.
  etc etc
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:29am
  - Charmaine Hawke
    
    Yes but how do you pay off those noisy hoteliers who have no passengers? This has never been about a virus but about keeping the loudest voices silent.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:37am
- Frank Thomas
  
  I can think of 110 million reasons why.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:36am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  “Why can’t journalists devote the same 5 minutes it took me to find this data?”
  Because they have been paid to not do this – $100M +
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:46am
- amospicton
  
  Precisely Benedict – that is what we should be angry about, not a few people in S Auckland.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:09am
- Sir Cullen's Sidekick
  
  Bro – Aunty Judy across the fence says, she is happy with Cindy. That is all it matters.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:20am
  - Frank the tank
    
    Surrounded by cultists – sad……so sad.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:40am
    - SB2
      
      Frank the tank, who out there in the real world of NZ society actually cares.
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:52am
      - Frank the tank
        
        Keep drinking the koolaid, it will numb the brain cells till it doesn’t hurt no more
        
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        March 3, 2021 12:13pm
- SB2
  
  “More than 245 million doses have been administered across 107 countries, according to data collected by Bloomberg. The latest rate was roughly 6.79 million doses a day’
  
  And what is the collective poulation total of those 107 countries?
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:50am
  - Benedict Yu
    
    For God’s sake. New Zealand ranks number 91 out of all countries in terms of vaccine doses per capita.
    
    Did you read the link?
    
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    March 3, 2021 4:41pm
kevn

@KK… Indeed.
Downtick king must be a sought after goal. brain puts in a lot of effort to keep his position.
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March 3, 2021 8:07am
- Brian McDonald
  
  That’s fair enough Kevn, you can’t spell your own name and you can’t spell mine.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:41am
RW Capitalist

Note:
The add on TV encouraging measles vaccination.
Something National was prioritizing and Labour removed the focus and targets.
Followed by an outbreak, which was exported to Samoa….killing 80. and now they see the importance.
Q: will they finally see the importance of closing the border in Feb 2020 and building specialized MIQ in an isolated location?
As always Labour…a day late and dollar short.
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March 3, 2021 8:09am
Tomtoddy

ACT has captured a telling line. The former Health Minister went bike riding under Level 4 and got off scotfree keeping his $300K job.

A couple of mothers go for a walk and the approbrium of the nation and the PM comes down on them.
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March 3, 2021 8:09am
- ecco
  
  Where’s the police commissioner? I recall Mike Bush standing up in March 2020 with the first lockdown saying that anyone transgressing the lockdown rules would be ‘taking a little visit down to the station’. Was that only for middle class transgressors?
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:14am
  - RW Capitalist
    
    I recall Mike Bush standing up in March 2020 …saying the army was just a phone call away….ie martial law.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:19am
    - krazykiwi
      
      Yes, that was a particularly Stalinesque moment.
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:27am
  - igm
    
    The imposter police commissioner is too busy fraternising with maori gangs, spreading goodwill and wokeness, plus improving his te reo . . . what a disgrace!
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:28am
  - Phronesis
    
    You must have misunderstood, there was no lockdown in March 2020. Just some kindly “advice” and a bit of community outreach from the Police. At least that’s what Cindy claimed when the courts ruled in favour of Borrowdale’s challenge to the legality of the situation.
    
    “The first relates only to the first nine days of the first Lockdown, beginning on 26 March. Although on that day a restrictive order was made by the Director-General of Health under s 70 of the Health Act 1956 (the 1956 Act), Mr Borrowdale says that the public announcements made by the Prime Minister and others unlawfully directed more extensive restrictions.” https://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/new-zealand-court-partially-upholds-challenge-to-legality-of-covid-19-lockdown/
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:45am
- Martin Williams
  
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  Who did the former Health Minister go biking with?
  
  You don’t get how virus’ work, do you.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:15am
  - Tomtoddy
    
    But I do get how the Prime Minister works….. all jaw and no war.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:28am
  - RW Capitalist
    
    To answer your question
    His massive ego and
    That large measure of sanctimony.
    Rules for thee,but not for me.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:32am
  - Paulus Gnome
    
    Well Martin, you are wanking away there on your own so no chance of you catching it then . . .
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:43am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Solo tramping/climbing/biking/venturing out was not permitted in Lockdown 4 as it could unnecessarily put others at risk in case of an accident.
    
    Somehow the great communicator couldn’t get this simple message across to her own Minister of Health.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:50am
  - kevn
    
    @marty… You are contender. Keep it up.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:51am
    - Brian McDonald
      
      You’re a pretender, keep it up.
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:44am
  - WaveyDavey
    
    and you don’t get how the levels work
    
    and BTW the virus’s what? Ah you meant viruses.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:52am
    - Martin Williams
      
      Correct, I did mean viruses. Well picked up.
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:20am
  - Matt Long
    
    I think calling a former health minister a virus is uncalled for.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:53am
    - RW Capitalist
      
      and yet, I would disagree…
      Isn’t free speech wonderful
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:38am
      - WaveyDavey
        
        “be kind”
        
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        March 3, 2021 9:58am
  - I remember when
    
    I was the only bar he could get over at that time.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:14am
    - mikenmildagain
      
      Tell us more about how he got over your bar…
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:39am
  - Phronesis
    
    The person who took the photo of his van in the parking lot for starters. If that person was part of his bubble then he’s got bigger problems.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:47am
  - notrotsky
    
    Shouldn’t you be over at The stranded moaning about rents agent Muttonbird ?
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:52am
- Bill Felt
  
  But surely
  1. a mountain bike ride
  2. a trip to the beach
  3. moving house
  4. when you are supposed to be in level 4 lock down (like the rest of the country)
  5. during a 100 year health pandemic.
  6. when you should have been in Wellington acting as Health Minister
  
  Shouldn’t that be an instant dismissal?
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:21am
  - Swifty
    
    It’s called dereliction of duty.
    
    In my 36 years of following NZ politics I cannot recall such a total abandonment of ministerial responsibility in time of a major crisis.
    
    Churchill was out inspecting Luftwaffe bomb damage daily and regularly took long, arduous and dangerous flights to visit troops and raise morale in North Africa, the Mediterranean and elsewhere.
    
    David Clark, our Health Minister, in the greatest health crisis in a century, fled the capital leaving others to do the heavy lifting, parked up at home in Dunedin and logged on to Zoom for the odd call with his minions – in-between bike rides and beach trips.
    
    And Martin defends him and tries to divert.
    
    Wow.
    
    But of course we all know Martin’s response if this was a National MP exhibiting the exact same behaviours……Don’t we Martin?
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:12am
  - Maxx
    
    To be fair, I think keeping him out of Wellington was the dismissal in itself.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:35am
- tf78
  
  Tom – I’m guessing the ‘walk’ was out in the fresh air on a sunny day -I can’t see the problem with that.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:55am
- Sir Cullen's Sidekick
  
  But the former health minister was elected by Sheeple with a huge majority. That is all it matters.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:22am
  - marcw
    
    That should be ‘re-elected’ – in spite of his demonstrated total lack of responsibility and subsequent demotion to 20th (out of 20) in Cabinet. This is the result of the good people in Dunedin showing their level of discernment in choosing competence and ability over ‘likes’. They probably gave up when they couldn’t find “Curran” on the voting slip, and figured “Clark” was close enough.
    
    BTW Dunedinites, how’s that new promised hospital you foolishly believed would be built going? Any concrete poured yet?
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:11am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Hey, we’ve got to get our cycle pathways up and running first.
      
      https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/47m-dunedin-cycleways
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:19am
    - hookerphil
      
      No, but I saw a big office building last week when I passed through – very similar to the big one in Greymouth with Pike River on it.
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:41pm
      - Sir Cullen's Sidekick
        
        I am visiting Dunedin this weekend to see pigs fly.
        
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        March 3, 2021 5:30pm
    - Gazza the Giant
      
      Clark and Curran were never in the same electorate, surely you gest
      
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      March 3, 2021 8:29pm
- Maxx
  
  Accountability starts at the top, something this lot seems to turn a blind eye to.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:32am
  - sooty
    
    Just sweep it under the PMs carpet, with everything else!
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:01am
  - KevO'Brien
    
    How did they ever get to the top?
    Somebody has pulled the wool over people’s eyes.
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:13pm
- MCos
  
  I also went went for daily walks under Level 4, because I could, looking at those damned teddy bears in the windows.
  In fact there were a lot of people walking in the streets hereabouts all studiously keeping a wide berth round one another.
  The occasional police car drove by making sure folks followed the rules.
  The difference, as I recall, with the two Papatoetoe women was that they were from different households one of which already had known infected members. Maybe even her. Just a little careless.
  
  Dr Clark took his family about 20km in his car with his name all over it and went for a walk on a beach; among other ill advised things.
  Nevertheless he still had no trouble seeing off the even more wretched Michael Woodhouse at the election.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:55am
ecco

Has anyone read yesterday the Daily Mail comments section of the article about NZ in lockdown again? A lot of punters having a go at Ardern over her zero COVID policy. Even the rest of the world can see through her finally.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9315029/Jacinda-Ardern-fire-criticising-worker-failing-isolate-Auckland-enters-lockdown.html#comments
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March 3, 2021 8:11am
- Martin Williams
  
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  I read some of the comments. Looks like a hive of stupidity.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:51am
  - Tall Man
    
    A very apt description of the ardern government. Well done marty ……
    
    Imagine what that says of the stupidity of the supporters …
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:14am
    - SB2
      
      Tall Man, no I think the refence was to the Daily Mail which is mostly true.
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:54am
  - I remember when
    
    The buzz of sensible reaction!
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:16am
  - ecco
    
    It’s hilarious reading. I think Ardern’s reached ‘tipping point’…
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:37am
  - ldypen
    
    Martin I agree, yes our Government is a hive us stupidity..well done!
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:41am
- Nickc2
  
  Yep, when the gloss wears off, what’s left? You guessed it, sweet FA! She was put there by Angry Andy knowing full well there was more gloss than substance.
  No wonder they want to give voting rights to sixteen-year-olds in order to remain at the trough.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:56am
  - lifesgood
    
    Yes but they are shitting on the teenagers now. Teenagers are the very people who want to be out and about socialising.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:15am
    - Nickc2
      
      Agree with your sentiments but they are not confined to teenagers.
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:08am
  - kloyd0306
    
    …or Papatoetoe 21 year olds with the brain of an amoeba.
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:26pm
RiP NZ

Morning all.
As the government considers more assistance to the tourism sector – perhaps a scheme to provide reedemable vouchers, or some variant of, to tax paying households could both stimulate domestic tourism, and serve to be a touch more benefical than handouts alone.
Take a trip to ‘x’ – spend ‘x’ there and you can claim x % back in terms of a tax break?

At least tax payers could get a trip out of it, the tourism sector remains engaged and skilled, and lets be honest…the government will tip money down the drain after more hairbrained ideas than this.
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March 3, 2021 8:13am
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Unbelievable. The National Party finally admits personal responsibility is not always the answer, and that the private sector can’t be trusted to look after their own workers properly!

They call for feckless, untrustworthy employers to be taken out of the equation and for a bigger and more benevolent government to get the job done of paying workers to isolate. It’s an admission that decades of neoliberal creep into the workplace has resulted in a culture of fear in workers who are bullied into turning up to work when sick.

Nice of them to put a $68/hour cap on the scheme!

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/437516/national-wants-government-to-pay-wages-of-those-self-isolating
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March 3, 2021 8:14am
- KevO'Brien
  
  OK up to a point. But IRD doesn’t have a mechanism for quick payment to employees directly. The subsidy payments via employers were easy to make as their bank accounts are known to IRD.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:34am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Na, Martin
  
  National suggests a workable scheme that addresses the condition of working-class folk.
  Labour and their besties are only concerned with their rich media/film mates.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:57am
  - Martin Williams
    
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    How the world turns. National suddenly concerned with the rabble and Labour rubbing shoulders with the well-to-do.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:01am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      You’ve got it.
      
      Check-out the working-class credentials of the Labour Crew in power now.
      Would you trust any of them to bang a nail in straight or break down a beast?
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:22am
      - Swifty
        
        Norm Kirk built his own house!
        
        This lot couldn’t run a bath.
        
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        March 3, 2021 9:36am
      - Martin Williams
        
        John Key banging a nail.
        
        http://i.imgur.com/9M2KqSs.gif
        
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        March 3, 2021 9:58am
      - SB2
        
        MW, still dealing with the hurt and rejection 17/03 2020?
        
        Can we add 03/11 /20?
        
        BTW Keep us updated with Boris Johnson and his National Party equivalent stellar success with Covid 19
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:59am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        Still stalking my posts SB2?
        
        You added no extra information to the flow of the thread, but resorted to yet another personal attack at me.
        
        What makes you think that I am dealing with hurt and rejection?
        
        Do you really live in a bubble of psychobabble?
        
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        March 3, 2021 11:56am
    - kloyd0306
      
      Yes, very similar to the Democrats being the party of the elite while the Republicans are more blue-collar than ever.
      Biden gave the drain and pipe unions the middle finger and cast 11,000 jobs aside (plus more jobs that are associated with that union’s efforts) with one stroke of his Alzymer’s pen.
      
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      March 3, 2021 2:32pm
  - Swifty
    
    Maggy uses the term ‘working-class’ and Martin uses the term ‘rabble’ for the same group of New Zealanders.
    
    Tells you a lot about what modern Labour people think, doesn’t it.
    
    Yep, Labour deserted the working class ages ago.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:18am
- Billy
  
  More benevolent?
  
  It’s not benevolent to pay out of other people’s (aka taxpayers) pockets. It’s pretty easy to do that.
  
  Employers pay out of their own pocket. Govt doesn’t. It doesn’t take more benevolence.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:50am
- Fuzzysnuggleduck
  
  In Taiwan, they pay a small income to people who are quarintining, and they put a massive fine on those caught sneaking out the the noodle bars who should not. There is more use of technology, such as apps and video check-ins from the get go.
  So if we want to look overseas for different or perhaps better ways of doing this, WHY NOT?
  Taiwan has been far more successful than us, and there is no QR code stuff. The border management has been much more successful.
  To keep doing the same thing, and expect a different result. No thanks.
  So it is time to ask what more we can do, such as isolate people from high risk countries outside of our CBD localities, etc. etc.
  Take off your partisan lens, and look at proposals on their own merits.
  
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  March 3, 2021 4:04pm
Martin Williams

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Michael Morrah has been busy. He’s now outed the family of cases I, J, K, L and O as Vietnamese which I think is totally inappropriate, but that’s Mediaworks for you.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/covid-19-jacinda-ardern-papatoetoe-high-school-principal-want-to-improve-and-review-communications-after-kfc-worker-says-she-was-never-told-to-isolate.html

I did ask the question the other day why Chris Luxon was so quick to defend this particular family and I think I have the answer.
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March 3, 2021 8:16am
- ecco
  
  You’re just as bad as them naming their race.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:33am
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    It’s important to highlight what Morrah has done in the hope journalists will act more responsibly.
    
    And save your crocodile tears, this very blog just yesterday doxxed a solo mum trying to find a home, for political purposes.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:10am
    - Homas
      
      “Doxxed”?
      
      In the immortal words of Inigo Montoya – I do not think it means what you think it means.
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:19am
    - Billy
      
      Doxxing is when you release private information online.
      
      Having a public Facebook page is not private information. When she puts photos of gang-members on her Facebook page, she is putting those out in the public.
      
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      March 3, 2021 11:53am
  - lifesgood
    
    Oh we all had our suspicions anyway, not necessarily Vietnamese but from that general part of the world. Things added up. One had recently returned from overseas, they were desperate to go to work and they had a poor grasp of English. Oh, and threatening to sue.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:17am
- Ruahine
  
  Talking to an acquaintance yesterday and the person was taking the Arden line about ‘Sth Ak’ people blah blah and I said to that person I do not think they will be Islanders or Maori. The person said why not, it is bound to be one of that lot. No I Said. It will likely be some body ‘safe’ without any political clout.
  What do you know.
  I had heard they were Cambodian.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:55am
  - Martin Williams
    
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    You’ve tied yourself in knots there. The government didn’t identify anyone, the media did that in their criticisms of the government.
    
    There was absolutely no reason to identify the family’s heritage for the purposes of that story, but now everyone will pile onto immigrants…nice work, Michael.
    
    Maybe that was his intent all along?
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:15am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Rubbish..
      Our PM has been dropping little titbits of information about these folks for the last week….
      and most of us follow her edict to “read between the lines”.
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:26am
    - Frank the tank
      
      You’re obviously butt hurt that Morrah decided to do his job as opposed to the rest of the 4th estate that just cut and paste dribble from new.com.au; the guardian; or the WaPo/NY Times and importantly – “the one source of the truth” (sic)
      
      Scarred he’s going to unravel the carefully constructed narrative?
      
      Along with Hosking Morrah deserves a knighthood for standing up to the nonsense going on in the feckless NZ media.
      
      Let me guess you and your mates are buzzing away on twatter and faceslut trying to cancel him?
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:22pm
      - Paulus Gnome
        
        I up ticked you Frank. I think that is a first for me, don’t let me down later with a pos post now will you . . .
        
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        March 3, 2021 1:24pm
- Jack5
  
  The case is an indictment of multiculturism.
  
  One response is for more official language translations by States organisations. This is the first and loudest solution offered by the Woke.
  
  The world has more than 7,000 languages.
  
  The intelligent immigration strategy of assimilation, would concentrate on giving immigrants a basic grasp of English.
  
  This would apply especially to refugees, and most Vietnamese in New Zealand will originate from the great boat escape from communism at the end end of the Vietnam war.
  
  Regardless, this incident is proof of the need for English language tests for new immigrants, and tuition (in English, not Arabic or Maori) for refugees.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:04am
  - Jack5
    
    And today, RNZ wants Covid information to be in Tongan, too (link below).
    
    However, I think the Vietnameses’ excuse is bullshit. If they are able to hold down fast-food jobs or work in border control, they can understand English.
    
    Tongans want material in Tongan:
    
    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/437515/live-covid-19-updates-for-wednesday-3-march
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:00am
- Frank the tank
  
  Here we go again. The only non feckless field journalist out there that is prepared to do some homework and not some lazy cut and paste millennial dribbler.
  
  And you attack because he highlights failings in the current system
  
  Watch for calls to cancel Morrah in the next few days
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:46am
  - Paulus Gnome
    
    On fire Frank . . .
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:28pm
    - Frank the tank
      
      Sorry I reported your last post by accident. Meh I call it as I say it – the behaviour of the 4th estate over the past 12 months has been a national disgrace. Makes a NY Times editorial look balanced.
      
      They will lock Morrah in the basement for good now
      
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      March 3, 2021 7:19pm
- SB2
  
  A media works news hub that comes in for heaps of criticism by a great many KB posters.
  
  Obviously only when it suits!
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:01am
  - Fuzzysnuggleduck
    
    Michael Morrah was often credited on KB with comments which noted him as a unique force as a NZ journalist; he probed on the poor distribution of flu vaccine and the lack of PPE……SB2: swing and a miss. I remember it quite well.
    So while Newshub might be up for criticism, it seems some people can see some merit in things (media outlets, political philosophy or parties) rather than ‘All good’ and ‘All Bad’.
    You should try it.
    We don’t have to all go through life being enormous thickies.
    
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    March 3, 2021 4:13pm
- Tony Stuart
  
  Martin’s obviously under instructions from Fraser House to besmirch Michael Morrah who, of course, won Reporter of the Year at last year’s media awards. We can’t have media contradicting the PM now, can we?
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:05am
  - Frank the tank
    
    Watch for the Twatter and Faceslut warriors trying to cancel NZ’s only investigative journalist over the next week or so.
    
    Marty obviously got the shits when St Ash’s crafted narrative began resembling a house of cards.
    
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    March 3, 2021 12:24pm
  - Martin Williams
    
    I just cannot for the life of me work out why he felt the need to publish where this family came from.
    
    It just wasn’t necessary and it has made immigrants’ lives in New Zealand much harder.
    
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    March 3, 2021 4:27pm
    - Frank the tank
      
      I’m fairly positive most immigrants in NZ have zero fucks given in regards to this story.
      
      Care to quantify with measurable statistics how collectively immigrants lives in NZ have been adversely affected by this story? We are all ears and eyes.
      
      Or is it that you are a little salty your side has been caught out again telling porkies and the sheeple might finally start to wake up?
      
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      March 3, 2021 7:27pm
    - Gazza the Giant
      
      The PM already made it quite clear FFS
      
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      March 3, 2021 8:41pm
- Surely Knott
  
  Thanks for that article share Martin and nice deflection. But the interesting sentence in that article is “The Prime Minister wouldn’t apologise and said the information was conveyed clearly but she will review what happened. ”
  
  Now todays article on Stuff shows the official covid unite govt facebook page said, ” Case J and Case L were not required to isolate at the time…..Initially Casual Plus contacts such as Case I (Case L’s sibling) were advised to get a test and self isolate but household members were not required to do so. The family complied with the advise given at he time”
  
  This family is complaining but not about their race being named.
  
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/124415308/covid19-ministry-post-says-kfc-worker-was-not-required-to-isolate-despite-pms-claims
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:59pm
- Bobba Fret
  
  Michael Morrah is one of the few decent journalists that actually checks facts.
  
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  March 3, 2021 3:17pm
Nigel Kearney

I assume many of you will have seen this by now:

https://www.facebook.com/UniteAgainstCOVID19/posts/292876259018479?comment_id=292902205682551&reply_comment_id=293098778996227&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZV1NOj_90jJkl5ADZnrO_f5NiECPJ_1LCyFHRRHcKLwbv2nf2yT9DB11yH95OpGGZCWrW-itYTyLeJzCVaJf-Fi8G9SeEoXxYQ2DpV3jeD_F-8gx7yGa6-5ASMnU3CTkai9uFHE39HNxyCjBDVJ08OL&__tn__=R%5D-R

This is a link to the offical ‘Unite against COVID-19’ facebook page explaining why case L was not required to isolate at the time she went to work at KFC. The same person who was scapegoated by the Prime Minister to protect her own arse.
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March 3, 2021 8:17am
- RW Capitalist
  
  Hipkins “we don’t want to play the blame game”
  1. Why not, you have never missed an opportunity in the past?
  2. Because it is you who is to blame?
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:22am
- ecco
  
  Is that a government facebook page? That post is over 1000 words long. Most of the people that it’s aimed at aren’t capable of reading more than 20 words in one sitting. The only people reading that page are people who are complying with the rules already. Anyway the 600+ comments make interesting reading.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:26am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    Unite Against Covid-19 Facebook page makes the following “About” statement:
    
    About
    Our social media pages provide official information and updates from the New Zealand Government about COVID-19. We’re here to answer your questions about the COVID-19 virus and the government response.
    
    https://www.facebook.com/UniteAgainstCOVID19/about/?ref=page_internal
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:08am
RW Capitalist

So Biden has put sanctions on Russia, for what is an internal matter, a distasteful one, but still an internal matter requiring censure, but sanctions.
Sanctions on Saudi Arabia for a very similar incident, again distasteful, but???????
Saudi Arabia are fighting one of Iran’s proxi terrorists, who have attacked them directly.
Joe Joe Joe
expecting sanctions on China, over treatment of minorities in 3…2…1…..No? wonder why?
Sanctions on Iran for perpetration of terrorism and pursuit of nuclear weapons, that they will threaten the whole region with.
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March 3, 2021 8:17am
- Apropos of the Wet Snow
  
  The US Regime centred in Washington has lost all credibility and is without legitimacy, let alone moral authority. Since November, they have tipped over the edge to become the world’s largest failed state.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:30am
- Nickc2
  
  How would Cindy know? Kindy kids don’t study NZ geography.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:11am
- virtualmark
  
  Realpolitik.
  
  I think sanctions on Russia are appropriate.
  
  I think similar Magnitsky sanctions on key Saudi officials would also be appropriate. There’s clearly some sort of realpolitik geopolitical consideration at play there. One to watch.
  
  Iran, the long game is to use the carrot because their population largely doesn’t support the regime.
  
  China, the priority for the next few years should be gathering a global alliance to face off against China. The US needs to lead it. The Pacific nations are largely on board. But Europe is the problem. Get Europe tied in and then have the face off with China.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:22am
  - mikenmildagain
    
    One of the big challenges for Biden is to restore the trans-Atlantic partnership.
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:39am
    - KevO'Brien
      
      He will need a brain transplant first.
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:20pm
    - kloyd0306
      
      Looks like Dr Jill is the real president.
      Sleepy is lost. Can’t read the big letters on the teleprompter, then can’t remember where he is in the sentence. That is, when he actually does a presser.
      
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      March 3, 2021 2:39pm
  - Frank the tank
    
    The same pacific nations that China is building infrastructure for and getting sucked into the belt and road initiative?
    
    You naïve post speaks volumes for your apparent geopolitical wishes. It will end in tears – Biden will gift China the world.
    
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    March 3, 2021 12:29pm
    - virtualmark
      
      No. I mean Japan, South Korea, the Phillipines and Vietnam. And, of course, Taiwan.
      
      The “first island chain” countries.
      
      And “Biden will gift China the world” is plain stupid. Biden is way less compromised by China than Trump was. And Biden has a proven established relationship with Xi, and his public statements show he well understands Xi’s attitudes and objectives.
      
      You should watch less Fox News.
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:16pm
      - Frank the tank
        
        You should watch less CNN. Biden and son had/have extensive business interests in China. There is significant leverage China has, far more than over Trump.
        
        How’s the denouncement of the concentration camps going? Haven’t heard a beep out of Joe. Funny that……
        
        I’ll remember this assessment in a couple of years – it will be fun to track your assumptions.
        
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        March 3, 2021 2:03pm
      - virtualmark
        
        And the Trump’s have numerous business interests in China (trademarks, manufacturing etc). Trump himself had a bank account in China that he hadn’t disclosed. And Trump is notoriously corruptible.
        
        I will watch with interest to see what Biden does with China. But, as I said, the sensible first step is to build an alliance of states. Otherwise you just get played off by the Chinese.
        
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        March 3, 2021 2:33pm
- Fletch
  
  The media are pushing the current Kashoggi story to make the world critical of Saudi Arabia and so the U.S will be more aligned with Iran.
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:02am
  - mikenmildagain
    
    Does the world not have reason to be critical of Saudi Arabia? It is also possible to be critical of Iran and still deal with its regime to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons.
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:41am
    - KevO'Brien
      
      The Saudi are still protected because of the petrodollar.
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:21pm
I remember when

Level 2 in the south Island.
The last truly community cases in the South Island were reported recovered on the 28th May, 1920.
On the 2nd and 3rd November there were two cases relating to the Russian seamen in isolation that were called community in Christchurch.
Really they were MIQ/Community cases.
We are starting our second year of living with covid in New Zealand.
What are the changes to systems that the year of experience has taught us?
The notable changes are?????
Incidentally Cook Strait would seem to make the South Island the equivalent of another country.
Why does it not have systems that reflect this fact.
We all know that France, Belgium, The Netherlands and the UK have their own covid rules.
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March 3, 2021 8:18am
- PeeJay
  
  I like where this could go – the Peoples Republic of South New Zealand!
  All joking aside (waiting for the Life of Brian jokes), there is a good point here though – why must the rest of the country be plunged into Level 2 because Auckland is in Level 3? They have roadblocks, controls on travel etc, so surely they could leave the rest of NZ at level 1? Or at least the South Island.
  Be interesting to see the numbers today – early still but starting to look like they panicked again.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:42am
- Sir Cullen's Sidekick
  
  South Island sheeple voted for Cindy. So they are happy to take whatever she dishes. Enjoy the L2 folks.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:54am
  - Dairy Flat
    
    SCS, in the part of the South Island I live in when Her Holiness’ name is uttered it is usually preceded by a derogatory adjective. Don’t tar us all with that brush, please.
    
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    March 3, 2021 12:14pm
  - KevO'Brien
    
    That can be rescinded.
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:23pm
- MCos
  
  Bishop Brian is down there right now. He left South Auckland on Saturday night to beat the lockdown.
  The chances of him being infected are zero, of course. He’s protected by the grace of God, or some such, so he claimed on the radio this morning.
  So will you if you give 10% of your earning to Destiny, apparently.
  BTW
  He’s just got a new Tesla.
  He doesn’t need it, because he has plenty of other car, but God insisted for my understanding.
  I’m not making this up.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:15am
  - PeeJay
    
    I always love the evangelicals and their approach to the tithe as best summed up by George Carlin – “God loves you, and he needs money! He’s all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing and all-wise but somehow he just can’t handle money”.
    Only bettered by Homer Simpson – “If God needs money, why doesn’t he just write another Bible? The first one sold pretty well.”
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:50am
    - Ehlana
      
      Go, Homer! 🙂
      
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      March 3, 2021 2:08pm
      - mikenmildagain
        
        “If God didn’t want me to eat chicken in church, then he would have made gluttony a sin.”
        “As the Bible says, ‘Screw that!’”
        “I wish God were alive to see this.”
        “But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.”
        
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        March 3, 2021 6:22pm
  - Flossie
    
    They (the Tamaki couple) went to Rotorua on Saturday night, so I read
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:10am
    - MCos
      
      On their way to Invercargill this weekend https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018785873/hannah-brian-tamaki-escape-auckland-s-lockdown-to-preach
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:35pm
- Master Mariner
  
  In simple terms that would require a plan.
  
  The hard part is finding who will do it.
  
  The next hard part is what they will need to do.
  
  Do you really think if they are capable of any above ?
  Honest Question ( Unfortunately) ?
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:38pm
- Sacha
  
  Some parts of the North Island have had no ‘cases’ at all. I think that this is why people are so relaxed.
  The longer this charade goes on the sillier it seems.
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:56pm
ecco

Richard Prebble has written an excellent piece in the NZH today calling for an enquiry into the government’s performance in handling Covid. Why is this behind a paywall and all of the left leaning pro Ardern articles in NZH free to read?

Same with Steven Joyce’s articles. Always behind the paywall as well. I guess it’s a condition of getting grants from the Labour media fund that pro Ardern articles are free.
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March 3, 2021 8:18am
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  In modern parlance stories that promote advertisers while pretending to be neutral and informational, ie paid-for-propeganda, are called ‘native advertising’
  
  People are actually interested in what Prebble and Joyce write, as opposed to the screeds pouring out from labour’s in house and out-house (Enemedia) propaganda corps that few are interested in and noone would pay for.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:54am
- Tony Stuart
  
  I’ve been calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Government’s response to Covid-19 to be convened since around June 2020. When the dust finally settles, this will be the single most expensive event in New Zealand’s history, and it is essential that a wide-ranging, independent, high level investigation takes place. A Royal Commission would be absolutely the right choice.
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:11am
I remember when

Southland A&P Show cancelled for the first time since the Second World War.
When did Southland last have a case?
Don’t forget those cases in Christchurch that were only declared recovered on the 28th May, 2020.
Or, those two MIQ/Community cases in Christchurch that were only four months ago.
After all, Christchurch is only 563.5 kms away by State Highway 1.
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March 3, 2021 8:24am
- Gazza the Giant
  
  Yet the Wanaka show is going ahead with 20000 people, cant work it out
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:48pm
herb1

Great article in NZ Herald this morning by richard Prebble calling for a commission of enquiry into Labours Covid failures.
It lays out clearly the list of failures which are ongoing and being repeated https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/covid-19-coronavirus-richard-prebble-covid-19-requires-a-royal-commission/
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March 3, 2021 8:25am
- Martin Williams
  
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  Labour’s failures?
  
  Covid deaths/million:
  UK 1810
  AUS 35
  NZ 5
  
  Prebble better get back to the bottle. He made more sense.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:55am
  - herb1
    
    read an article Martin , for once , and then comment.
    You might be treated with less disdain than you are now
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:06am
  - igm
    
    Are you not what is classified as a Labour troll?
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:09am
  - Yabster
    
    lol spoken like a true lefty twit- how much has it cost the country, how many border bulls ups , how many lock downs ?
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:27am
  - Frank the tank
    
    The tyranny of statistics and the left.
    
    Prey tell do we look as good if we compare ourselves to Fiji, Tonga and Samoa? Based off where we are going as a country they are more valid comparisons.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:53am
  - kloyd0306
    
    Vast majority of deaths in Oz were in Green/Labour controlled Victoria.
    Hard lefty Daniel Andrews in charge.
    The shoe fits.
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:43pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      And the virus got away in quarantine hotels staffed by Union buddies of Andrews.
      
      https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/andrews-union-ties-in-inquiry-spotlight-20200923-p55ybt
      
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      March 3, 2021 4:44pm
- Wayne Mapp
  
  I definitely think a Royal Commission will be needed. There are lessons to be learnt.
  
  However, I did think Richard Prebble’s article was a tad one sided. He only covered failures, no indication of any successes. Overall we have done pretty well. Obviously things can be done better, but the New Zealand response is hardly the disaster that Prebble implied.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:28am
  - Tomtoddy
    
    Try telling my daughter who started a food business, 2 years ago in Auckland, investing her savings and watching them disappear that “the response is hardly a disaster”.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:40am
    - Sir Cullen's Sidekick
      
      In Jacindy we trust.
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:56am
      - KevO'Brien
        
        She may have to be taught a lesson for the impudence of accepting an Office for which she is horribly outclassed. We urgently need a review mechanism to recall unsuitable MP’s.
        
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        March 3, 2021 1:28pm
      - Nickc2
        
        Sounds like a ‘sandpit’ chant to me. Which kindy taught you that? Oh, that’s right, Mallard’s playground.
        
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        March 3, 2021 1:37pm
    - igm
      
      TT: He would not have a clue . . . isn’t he a lifetime trougher?
      Do not think he has ever been in business.
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:09am
      - MCos
        
        You mean like the Tamakis?
        Business people, I mean, although some would describe them as troughers too.
        I would describe them as troughers.
        
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        March 3, 2021 6:28pm
    - virtualmark
      
      The sad reality is that at the micro level there will be stories like your daughter’s. My condolences.
      
      But Government can’t govern for the micro. It’s only manageable path is to govern for the macro. It’s a blunt instrument that has to push on the centre of gravity, not on the fringes.
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:26am
  - RW Capitalist
    
    What successes?
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:44am
    - MCos
      
      Inasmuch as there’s no winners from this whole business except big pharma, you could say our successes, like everyone else, are measured by what didn’t happen.
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:39am
      - I remember when
        
        By that measurement the Government is succeeding on all fronts.
        
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        March 3, 2021 1:34pm
  - Frank the tank
    
    The royal commission would be a whitewash and being an ex parliamentarian you bloody well know that.
    
    It would be headed up by a labour stooge like Roache, take 2-3 years and then argue for pointless directives after the world has moved on from the WuFlu
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:57am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Alas, that is the likely outcome.
      
      It was clear during last year’s Epidemic Response Committee hearings that the Government lurches from one episode to another with poorly coordinated follow through.
      
      Last night Dr Reti pointed out that the contact tracing for the latest South Auckland outbreak is much too slow.. and is well out of the time frame recommended by the Verrall report.
      https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/rapid-audit-contact-tracing-covid-19-new-zealand
      
      and now Dr Verrall sits in Cabinet and can’t get the action that is clearly needed to keep Auckland off the see-saw of Lockdown 3-Lockdown 1.
      
      and
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:38am
      - KevO'Brien
        
        You can take a MP from a university but you can’t make them think.
        
        How can the present Cabinet fulfil the role of executive Gov? They must appear as a hidden joke to the Public Servants.
        
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        March 3, 2021 1:36pm
  - Tall Man
    
    If you start from the premiss that covid is the killer of mankind then maybe there could be a case for “some success”.
    
    If we start with covid being a severe flu then not so much.
    
    So far not one of you covid “believers” have explained to me why, with 600 plus sufferers since Sept 2020, we have not had a single death or even “severe” case of covid despite the “nasty” variants escaping into the community…….
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:08am
  - NoFax
    
    I agree a Royal Commission needs to be undertaken. And everything must be on the table, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
    We must start at the absolute beginning and discuss everything. Every single decision from the government must be scrutinized and the outcomes that flowed from that. It might actually be best to have multiple Royal Commissions to focus on different aspects – health, legal, governance etc. And most importantly the Commissioners cannot have had any part in the process.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:15am
    - PeeJay
      
      I’ve always thought that the approaches to the royal commissions should be along the lines of the South African Truth & Reconciliation hearings. All the dirty laundry gets aired with no consequences – if there was something done and you are open about it, learn from it and move on. It’s not about the people, its about the system and fixing it to ensure we learn from it and don’t make the same mistakes again. Obviously vastly different circumstances (and always admire the Saffers for how they got through that) but the intent should be the same – it’s not about blame, it’s about learning and making sure it doesn’t happen again.
      Sadly, we all know it will be political, with the token right of center voice ‘for balance’ and will be a 3 year talk fest and a complete white wash.
      
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      March 3, 2021 11:00am
  - SB2
    
    Wayne Mapp, spot on. I mean Trump’s Covid 19 response disaster is conveniently forgotten.
    
    Does Prebble consider the disaster in the UK that is their equivalent to the NZ National Party and ACT
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:05am
    - Frank the tank
      
      Comparing trying to keep Covid out of the UK vs NZ is like comparing climbing Mt Everest with Mt Eden.
      
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      March 3, 2021 2:07pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Overall we have done pretty well.
    
    We get fed information about the countries that aren’t doing well….
    but this is what doing well looks like:
    
    Singapore: 59,9948 cases; 29 deaths
    Taiwan: 955 cases: 9 deaths
    
    Until one month ago Vietnam was performing better than NZ in keeping on top of the virus… but has just surpassed NZ’s case numbers and deaths
    
    Vietnam: 2448 cases: 35 deaths
    New Zealand: 2382 cases : 26 deaths
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:06am
    - kowtow
      
      We get fed……
      
      Isn’t it bigly obvious to all and sundry, who don’t worship at the Cindy Covid Cult altar of Teddies ,that the only “experts” we the sheeple are exposed to, are the govts’ very own Trinity of High Priests of Doom …..
      
      Hendy , Baker and Wiles .
      
      No room for any other message.
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:05pm
    - Hard Cheese
      
      What they also avoid mentioning is the “degree of difficulty”. Vietnam have a population of 96,000,000, a population density 16 times higher than New Zealand, and land borders with 3 other countries including China. New Zealand has one of the easier jobs in the world, I’d say we were doing “as well as would be expected and no more, and possibly less”
      
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      March 3, 2021 2:17pm
      - Nickc2
        
        Agree and we are needlessly making things more unpleasant and difficult for ourselves by not doing correctly what we are supposed to be doing – protecting our borders.
        Forget all the Govt Bull Shit, our borders are not secure. If they were and we did ‘go hard and go early’ we wouldn’t have any Covid-19 in NZ at all IMO.
        
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        March 3, 2021 2:51pm
  - amospicton
    
    The primary reason we’ve done well is that we are the most remote first world nation on earth. Comparisons to the US & UK are no better than comparisons to Nauru and Niue who have done better than us. Good management (if that’s indeed what is is) has played a much smaller role than dumb good fortune.
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:02pm
  - Master Mariner
    
    In simple terms and no disrespect intended but a question for you all the same.
    Do you think you could handle 6 months at sea because the Government did’nt follow International rules and make Seafarers “Key Workers”.
    If your answer is NO then how the hell do you think we have been successfull ?
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:44pm
  - kloyd0306
    
    Let’s see the fallout from businesses failing, then decide.
    The bottom has not been reached yet, not by a long chalk.
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:45pm
- Bill Felt
  
  It looks like the article has been taken down
  
  I wonder why?
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:11pm
  - Nickc2
    
    Yes, I tried to access it this morning via the on-line Herald (non subscribed version) and it was not available. Probably as a result of Frazer House intervention.
    How does it go in Beijing Biden speak? “if it’s not gone immediately, you’re not getting any of this $100,000,000.00 media retainer handout.”
    “God-damn, the effin thing was gone before I could put the phone back in my pocket.”
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:09pm
I remember when

The South Island could be a covid free, Australian bubble, Pacific bubble state.
It doesn’t even have landlocked boundaries the same as NSW, Queensland, etc.
But, no, the Government doesn’t want to split the team of 5 million into the haves and have nots.
Where is the leadership, imagination and common sense.
Petrified!!!!
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March 3, 2021 8:35am
- Frank the tank
  
  I think you’ll find RealPolitik 101 is behind this. The Blairite was on her high rockinghorse during the Melbourne and Sydney outbreaks so there is some quid pro quo from Scotty in marketing. Don’t hold your breath – you might get across to the goldie in late 2022
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:59am
- MCos
  
  For a start there is currently free travel between the islands.
  Imagine the chaos if everyone flying or sailing to the South Is had to spend 14 days in a currently nonexistent MIQ facility.
  There are some in Chch for international arrivals. What would be their status?
  
  Highlanders and Crusaders could play each other about twelve times.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:47am
  - PeeJay
    
    I like the plan – in a twelve game series the Highlanders might win one of them! Sorry – couldn’t resist!
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:03am
    - mikenmildagain
      
      Optimist.
      
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      March 3, 2021 11:43am
  - I remember when
    
    Every one from overseas (except the North, chathams, and Stewart Islands) is already spending time in quarantine.
    Why hasn’t the South Island had any cases since November even with inter-island travel.
    The Government haven’t had any trouble changing the levels in Auckland.
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:40pm
Yvette

The COVID-positive KFC worker, Case L, told Newshub her sister Case I received a text message on February 14 saying casual contacts, Case I, needed to self-isolate but their families did not need to.
Case L said she saw the message and about a week later went to work at KFC on February 22. The following day her sister Case I tested positive on February 23. Case L tested positive on February 26. [1]

It would seem the notification was sent not to Case L, but her sister and contained incorrect information.
The communication used the term “casual contact” without defining it.
Some communications were through the school, not health officials.
Three letters were involved, apparently sent by ordinary mail, as reliable as that is.
And up to 15 other attempts were made to communicate, presumably with Case L, which should have raised the possibility she was not at home, where she was wrongly instructed to be.

Surely inhibiting anyone taking up Jacinda Ardern’s plea – that they correct family or friends, or anyone they believe to be breaking covid rules – must be the fear that they will be a successful as she has been.

[1] https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/jacinda-ardern-ashley-bloomfield-push-back-on-covid-19-kfc-worker-case-l-s-miscommunication-claims.html
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March 3, 2021 8:36am
- KevO'Brien
  
  The usual incompetence and miscommunication is very evident.
  It’s conventional to speak directly to people you need to communicate with.
  
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  March 3, 2021 1:48pm
Maggie Pie

TRENDING TWITTER…..

New genders? mxn and womyn
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March 3, 2021 8:38am
- oldfella
  
  Maggie, spotted ‘womxn’ as well this morning. Obviously not talking about cisgender women. Womxn only applies to the other multiple variations.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:48am
  - Don Beckett
    
    How do you pronounce it?
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:53am
    - Phronesis
      
      Man
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:11pm
    - oldfella
      
      Dunno, Don. Woo-minx? Wum-minx?
      Whatever you say, if you’re a pale, stale, male (like me), it’s bound to be wrong and guaranteed to offend one of the ‘easily offended’.
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:14pm
      - Paulus Gnome
        
        Perpetually offended more the like.
        
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        March 3, 2021 1:41pm
PaulDunmore

Stuff: “Human remains found on Australian beach ‘do not belong to Melissa Caddick’. Forensic analysis of remains … has determined they are human, but belong to a man.”
But nowadays, being a man or a woman is a matter of self-identification. So if the remains decided that they were really remains of a woman, they actually could belong to Melissa Caddick.
At least, that seems to be what I am told that I must believe.
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March 3, 2021 8:45am
Inandout

The US is feeling the Dem effect with rising fuel prices, rampant illegal immigration and weird gender bender laws. Dem cities are virtual rubbish dumps with huge debt and crime ridden. Like our socialist government, the Dems live on dreams and damn the end result.
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March 3, 2021 8:46am
- RiP NZ
  
  Batmans America.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:14am
  - Frank the tank
    
    That’s unfair there were plenty on here other than Batty with TDS cheering on the muddling Trojan horse. It’s all of theirs brave new world.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:02am
    - RiP NZ
      
      Has a ring to it though right Frank
      
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      March 3, 2021 10:47am
- Sir Cullen's Sidekick
  
  Fake news bro. Move on.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:57am
- oldfella
  
  Inandout: and leading the charge to the left is old … whatzisname again?
  ++
  The mainstream media may be ignoring the president’s cognitive decline, but it’s still there. On Saturday, President Biden attempted to speak extemporaneously, butchering a long list of names in the process before expressing shock and bewilderment at his own forgetfulness.
  https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2021/02/27/watch-president-biden-had-another-senior-moment-n2585451
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  March 3, 2021 10:51am
Tomtoddy

Minister of Tourism Stuart Nash ambled down the West Coast yesterday thinking he was in safe Labour country and the good old Coasters would fete him and feed him.

However he got more than he bargained for. The locals climbed into him. His comments were dead set useless. He is another Cabinet failure.

He did get to see the glaciers though. That was nice.
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March 3, 2021 8:50am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  I don’t think they climbed into him enough. He needs a much harder grilling
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:36am
  - Nickc2
    
    Yea, I heard him on Hosking this morning and I didn’t hear him praise dear leader once. Methinks there is something going on there. Perhaps his portfolio is not to his liking given there is nothing to do in it during Covid-19 lockdowns and supposedly closed borders. And to make things worse, every time he goes walkabout (such as the West Coast), the natives want money and that doesn’t endear him to Robbo either.
    Little wonder his hair has turned white/grey. But you know what, I don’t give a fuck.
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:51am
- Frank the tank
  
  ‘Casper’ and “danger” Dammo looked like they had been ambushed by a bunch of hungry dogs by the end of their presentation (sic).
  
  They are just the messengers – it’s Grunter that is the problem. I’d say Cullen is too sick now to give advice and him and Beetroot are having a “it’s your fault” fight over housing therefore no one is telling him what to do other than the preppies in Treasury.
  
  Net result no idea other than Zimbabwe printing presses.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:42am
- PeeJay
  
  Funny how a government that seems happy to splash cash on ideologically aligned areas of the economy seems pretty happy to leave our tourist sector up the creek without a paddle.
  I’ve struggled with sympathising with the tourist sector during their current plight – particularly the operators that are geared totally towards the high paying overseas tourist markets and have never really cared much for kiwi customers. However, the facts are they do (or used to), represent a significant sector of our GDP and cutting them adrift seems very ideological. It’s taken years to get our tourism sector to the level it is – it’s not perfect, but it does add real value to our GDP and should be supported. However, the apparent lack of sympathy from the clown show in charge does remind me of the old saying ‘ be careful what you wished for’. Over 50% of the electorate voted for ‘feelz’ – I think we are all going to truly understand that phrase over the next few years.
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:53am
- Sir Cullen's Sidekick
  
  Yeah right. The losers who keep electing Labour again and again. Grilling pffffft…
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:58am
- Inandout
  
  To, Nash in true Labour manner has swung the blame back on some local fund that was set up under Helen. Apparently this fund should release some millions to the tourist operators. I was unaware of this fund.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:54am
I remember when

Why is the country called the South Island not the mecca of spectator sport?
How much money has the Government forced sporting bodies to miss out on.
The cricket, netball, spectatorless sport, the list goes on. Air NZ could use the planes from the cancelled Auckland flights.
Of course, it’s not the money with Labour, it’s fairness and the principle.
When are they going to realise that a large part of it – is the money.
At least until the ‘Great Reset.’
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March 3, 2021 8:56am
Maggy Wassilieff

PM of Singapore on Myanmar
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-56256803
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March 3, 2021 9:03am
- Master Mariner
  
  Yep. Follow the money.
  
  Also “unofficially” a lot of money in S’pore bank accounts which MAS ( monetary Authority Singapore) of course denied after “investigation”.
  
  ASEAN leaders met via Zoom yesterday and all ” hoping the contagion” does’nt spread. Nothing to see or hear their.
  
  Unfortunately bandwidth does’nt allow to watch video.
  
  Next 2-7 days will be the crunch in Myanmar.
  
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  March 3, 2021 5:06pm
Maggie Pie

No wonder Ricardo pulled out all stops to get back into the country with Tijuana Taco when he did….. 😛

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/437499/managed-isolation-and-quarantine-fees-to-increase-for-temporary-entry-visa-holders
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March 3, 2021 9:13am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  He’s a freeloading, lying Green, I doubt if he was paying
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:34am
  - NoFax
    
    If he is a Marxist as he claims then it is a given he is a lying freeloader.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:17am
    - kowtow
      
      Through history the Elites of Marxism have always looked after themselves very well , thank you very much .
      
      Animal Farm should be compulsory reading throughout our school curriculum.
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:13pm
  - mikenmildagain
    
    NZ residents do not pay.
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:45am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      As usual you do not tell the whole truth – just parts of it. Some NZ residents do not have to pay, it depends on when you left NZ.
      Just once Mike, how about ALL of the facts instead of being a prick? Tell me this Govt webpage is wrong.
      https://www.miq.govt.nz/being-in-managed-isolation/charges-for-managed-isolation/
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:52pm
    - Tall Man
      
      Wrong!
      
      “Quarantine fee of $3100 to hit temporary visitors or those leaving country after new rules come into effect”
      
      https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300068658/quarantine-fee-of-3100-to-hit-temporary-visitors-or-those-leaving-country-after-new-rules-come-into-effect
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:53pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Today in the US it is the birthday of Doctor Suess.
Why wasn’t Dr Suess racist when former FLOTUS Michelle Obama invited him to the Whitehouse?
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/03/02/scrambled-eggs-super/
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March 3, 2021 9:31am
- graham
  
  Apparently one of the Dr Seuss books to be cancelled is the beloved “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”, because …
  
  … a character described as “a Chinaman” has lines for eyes, wears a pointed hat, and carries chopsticks and a bowl of rice.
  
  I get that we don’t want to be racist, and that in some cases it is appropriate to remove some particularly nasty stereotypes from movies or books, but really? People are making a fuss over THIS??
  
  As the saying goes, how on earth did a generation that grew up watching South Park, The Simpsons, and Family Guy end up getting offended by something like THIS?
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:01am
  - oldfella
    
    Here’s undeniable proof Seuss should be banned. See it with your own eyes, then burn every Seuss book in the house, even if it makes your kids cry.
    ++
    “Can You Find All 17 Instances Of Racism On This Page From A Dr. Seuss Book?”
    https://babylonbee.com/news/we-found-17-different-instances-of-racism-on-just-one-page-of-a-dr-seuss-book
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:46am
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      Excellent
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:40pm
- MCos
  
  Statement from Dr Seuss Enterprises
  
  https://www.seussville.com/statement-from-dr-seuss-enterprises/
  
  There is of course no such person as ‘Dr Seuss’. The author of the books was Theodor Seuss Geisel, who died thirty years ago long before Obama was President.
  Six out of 39 will no longer be published. One depicts Africans as similar to monkeys. Apart from the ‘chinaman’ stereotype I don’t know what the others contain.
  My kids had some Dr Seuss books. I got annoyed reading the bloody things. Preferred those old tales where kids got eaten alive by wolves in the dark forrest.
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:15am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Some strange people think the Dr Suess books are Documentaries
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:28pm
Rusty

Remember Jacinda having selfies with people last year under level 2 ?

Wasn’t her answer something like.. ha ha..giggle giggle.. I forgot !

Also am I seeing things but do the 2 news readers on 3News sit 2 metres apart in the studio?
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March 3, 2021 9:33am
- Sir Cullen's Sidekick
  
  Move on. We have better things to worry about like why Twyford is not given any important ministerial portfolios and what will Mahuta’s next big foreign policy move will be.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:00am
  - Frank the tank
    
    When the borders open up you’ll find [Deleted – Mod] on the first Air Aotearoa flight up to Beijing.
    
    She’ll be a big novelty up there especially when she starts talking pigeon english.
    
    [Mod – we’ve had this conversation before…]
    
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    March 3, 2021 12:38pm
    - david
      
      Pidgin please
      
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      March 3, 2021 8:59pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  She could not social distance because her public was mobbing her. What a crock of shit
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:41pm
  - Paulus Gnome
    
    The explanation or the PM or both?
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:47pm
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      Read as you wish – it was intended
      
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      March 3, 2021 2:55pm
Flossie

Hearing about all the cancer sufferers denied life saving drugs, as Pharmac doesn’t have enough funding, makes me sad and angry. All the millions spent on Pike River would have been better spent looking after the living. The Pike families (the ones after their pound if flesh at least) should visit with some of these poor people fighting for their lives and accept that no amount of money will bring the miners back.
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March 3, 2021 9:34am
- Jack5
  
  Has Pharmac got an impossible job?
  
  New drugs come out constantly, and it seems to some of us lay persons that high charges, at least early after drugs’ release, must be needed to finance research and huge testing costs.
  
  On the other hand, critics say patent laws need changing in the United States, where most pioneering is done. They talk of tactics such as “ever greening” – adding unnecessary features to justify new patents and extend control of intellectual property.
  
  Jacinderella’s having a princess’s ball with taxpayer money – a hundred million there, fifty million to her media mates, then another fifty million to keep their beady eyes watching the Right.
  
  In her royal progress towards socialism, showering the voters with dollars, Pharmac is one of the more worthy corners for munificence.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:31am
  - Tall Man
    
    Pharmac funding is about a billion dollars and has hardly had any real increases above inflation for some time.
    
    How much has covid cost us, initially and over time to come?
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:50pm
  - cmm
    
    Pharmac have to the best they can with the budget they have.
    
    Sure, we can always spend more, but where’s the reasonable cut off? Ultimately all resources are limited as much as we want to hug everyone.
    
    Some drugs are extremely expensive and expenditure on those limits expenditure on other drugs – as well as roads, schools, whatever.
    
    Whether or not it is reasonable to spend at Keytruda levels, I can’t say, but it has been used as a benchmark – at this stage the spending on Keytruda is being considered too much.
    
    But we’ve just spent tens of billions of dollars on lockdown etc which will pretty much extend the lives of maybe a few thousand people by a year or so. In effect lockdown gives the same benefits of Keytruda for maybe 2 to 5 thousand people, but at a cost of $10 million or more each.
    
    So if spending on Keytruda (at $250k per person) is a bad idea, then spending on lockdown was 40 times worse.
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:52pm
- Ian Boag
  
  cancer sufferers denied life saving drugs
  
  Unfortunately, many of these drugs are life-extending rather than life-saving. eg keytruda (IIRC) costs about $250k/year and 40% of sufferers are still alive after three years.
  https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/cancer-drug-keytruda-keeps-some-patients-alive-3-years-n576376
  So not what one could call a “cure”. I’m not sure that I would care if I needed one of these drugs …. but one can understand how they don’t fit in with Pharmac’s bang-for-buck rules.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:51am
  - oldfella
    
    IIRC, Cindy promised to fund Keytruda a while back, after a long campaign by a Tauranga women with cancer. But then Cindy reneged, and it’s currently not funded in NZ. Anyone else remember that?
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:58am
    - Flossie
      
      If a life was to be extended by three years or so there’s the possibility of new treatments becoming available in that time which could mean even more time for a patient. Sometimes that could mean a parent being able to see their children grow up.
      
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      March 3, 2021 11:18am
      - Pharmachick
        
        Trikafta.
        
        $US300,000 p.a.
        
        https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-new-breakthrough-therapy-cystic-fibrosis
        
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        March 3, 2021 2:18pm
- mikenmildagain
  
  It is the overall amount of funding, rather than Pharmac’s processes, that need review.
  There will always be prioritisation and rationing of pharmaceuticals, like all other resources in the health system. so the question is really one of the total amount we spend on health, and how that spending is appropriately allocated to different methods of prevention and treatment.
  Putting forward sad cases (the favoured tactic of the pharmaceutical companies) does not help. We are often told that this or that drug is available in other countries. In most cases, those countries are considerably wealthier than NZ.
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:52am
  - Tall Man
    
    If they are wealthier then surely they are larger which means more demand so technically minimal demand should mean minimal cost here in NZ.
    
    That said, when we see money squandered on government folly plus mindless expansion within the public service you can understand why many, especially those close to the action, get a tad testy.
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:46pm
- kowtow
  
  Measure up the countless trillions spent on Wuflu in both specific funding and perhaps even more in wealth lost to the world economy and that money could have been used to such good …….
  
  …….and not to mention the waste on carbon zero .
  
  I despair.
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:16pm
- Phronesis
  
  Not to deny there is a great deal of suffering out there but you may be interested to know that Pharma funds the patient advocacy groups that are demanding the Govt spend more money on their pharmaceutical.
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:23pm
  - Pharmachick
    
    Yeah its an old trick.
    
    But is this not balanced at least a bit by, e.g. when HIV/AIDS patients were dying hard horrible deaths, and new drugs/HAART were “too expensive”.
    
    [BTW: thank you David Ho]
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:25pm
Kiwi Dave

In a moment of idle curiosity I searched wiki for ‘fascism’ and ‘communism’ and got these lead sentences (edited to remove footnote numbers, link identifiers, etc):

Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

and

Communism (from Latin communis, ‘common, universal’) is a philosophical, social, political and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of a communist society, namely a socioeconomic order structured upon the ideas of common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.

So one was a brutal historical event, the other a philosophical ideology. The lead sentences in the Britannica were just as misleading.

Skimming both entries, I learnt that fascism involved massacres and genocides but nothing like that in communism, apart from a mention of several old time communists executed after the Moscow trials. No holodomor, gulags, mass famine, cultural revolution, year zero etc.

I look forward to the new NZ history curriculum, whose omission of the musket wars renders incomprehensible the signing of the ToW, Maori chiefs’ speeches in support of it, and the later support by some tribes for the settler government in the 1860s.
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March 3, 2021 9:34am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  settler government
  Oh no, no, no…
  you can’t go around using that term settler in the new curriculum.
  
  It’s ~~an oppressor government~~ a colonizer government.
  
  Where that will leave English and Social Studies Teachers feeding their young charges tales of how tough life was for poor, but honest white folks is yet to be revealed.
  http://www.elsielocketrust.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Runaway-Settlers.pdf
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:55am
  - Jack5
    
    The book Maggy quotes is by Elsie Locke, who with her husband, was one of the most ardent Communists in the country.
    
    They were otherwise good local citizens, active in the Christchurch community, and their journey to the Left began in the hardships of the Depression.
    
    It shows how insane Wokesters are when, by their measure, a children’s novel by Elsie Locke would be too racist, too colonist, too White, too unWoke, for NZ children.
    
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    March 3, 2021 10:44am
  - SB2
    
    MW , thought of including the UK in your sample comparison, and of course what was once Trump’s MAGA?
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:12am
    - graham
      
      SB2, do you remember less than 24 hours ago claiming that any suggestion you were stalking Maggy’s posts was ‘Garbage’?
      
      Just saying …
      
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      March 3, 2021 11:39am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Stalking again SB2?
      
      What the hell has your question got to do with the NZ History curriculum?
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:02pm
      - RalphT
        
        Sorry, Maggy, but you have to get used to SB2’s stalking. You are the red flag to his bull(shit).
        
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        March 3, 2021 12:11pm
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        Yep,
        
        I’m used to his harassment, stalking of my posts and his defamatory claims that I am racist and a member of the Alt right.
        
        I’m used to his psychobabble diagnoses of me that I am mad, deranged, hysterical and today’s effort..that I’m “dealing with hurt and rejection”.
        
        And before anyone suggests that I ignore him…
        I would suggest they have a look back at this blog and try and figure out why he has been able to get away with this level of abuse.
        
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        March 3, 2021 2:19pm
- NoFax
  
  The difference between fascism and communist is one preferred black and the other red.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:21am
- virtualmark
  
  I think the distinction you’re looking for is the difference between Marxism and Leninism.
  
  Wikipedia’s description of communism is Marxism. One party dictator-type absolute power within a communist state = Leninism.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leninism
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:28am
- Odakyu-sen
  
  Both entries were written by a true communist. (The fratricidal mania of the Left is well known.)
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:36am
- mikenmildagain
  
  What makes to believe the NZ history curriculum mandates omission of the musket wars?
  One of the seven themes of the curriculum is ‘First encounters and early colonial history of Aotearoa New Zealand’. I can’t imagine early colonial history can be taught without reference to the musket wars.
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:57am
  - Fuzzysnuggleduck
    
    I expect it will be there, but it will be white people’s fault for giving muskets to peaceful Maori.
    
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    March 3, 2021 4:36pm
    - mikenmildagain
      
      Well, I find it hard to imagine the musket wars occurring without muskets. More deadly cycles of warfare and disease – just inevitable effects of European contact.
      
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      March 3, 2021 6:29pm
      - Fuzzysnuggleduck
        
        That is fine, to point out for instance that the musket AND the introduction of potato as a food crop allowed for wars to be so much more severe.
        Yes, blame the white man for potatoes too.
        But why not recognise the pre-existing tribal dynamics, the desire for utu, cannibalism, passion for fighting and warrior-prestige, the motivations of slave taking or conquest, and the devastation caused by very much uniquely Maori aspects of the musket wars?
        
        No side should feel exclusively pride, and no side should be put on a pedestal here.
        Hopefully this is a bit clearer than my initial comment, which was concerned with the fashionable practice of assigning all that is wrong in the world, and nothing good, along a pure race-based lens.
        Given the masochistic tendencies of some, intersecting with ‘knowing just enough to be dangerous’ of others, I am not optimistic for teachers to be able to do NZ history justice.
        People should use their library cards instead, and read widely as there is a mass of authorship both modern and contemporary.
        
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        March 3, 2021 8:22pm
      - wilderbeast
        
        A few things Mike. It’s patronising to Maori to characterise them as some kind of passive dumb native where this is concerned. European settlement of NZ was delayed not only by remoteness but also because of the fearsome reputation Maori had in Europe, carried back by Tasman and Cook following encounters they had with Maori very determined to defend their realms. Secondly, Maori were very adept and adaptable where trade with Europeans was concerned. Honga Hika unilaterally made his way to Britain and Australia, returning to NZ with an enormous number of muskets, contributing significantly to the number of deaths in the musket wars, where its estimated Maori wiped out 20% of their own numbers. European legal intervention was conceived in part to prevent full scale Maori self annihilation. Sure, none of this would have happened if Europeans never turned up, but that was inevitable, the seafaring powers were going head to head for geographical expansion. All the current nonsense writing this off as nothing other than European subordination of Maori is both patronising and wrong.
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:12pm
Frank the tank

Looks like the L9 spindoctors have got to FakeNewsHub and all the negative stories against the Blairite and St Ash have gone. Probably locked Morrah in the basement again.
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March 3, 2021 9:35am
- PeeJay
  
  It’s amazing how frequently this happens eh? I often see a story on Newshub, Stuff and even occasionally RNZ that is openly critical of the government …… right on the opening page! Obviously around mid-morning once the senior staff get in (under instructions from L9), the articles are buried and replaced with ‘Yay Jacinda’ tosh and so on. It’s beyond coincidence – clearly some dissension in the ranks!
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:10am
  - Frank the tank
    
    What you mean an article from some obscure magazine from Mongolia or some Nigerian HR survey that rates (little) Aotearoa the greatest country the world has ever seen.
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:35pm
  - wilderbeast
    
    Wouldn’t be so sure about that, anti Jacinda sentiment in the newsroom would surely be grounds for dismissal at the government sponsored snake pit that is Stuff?
    
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    March 4, 2021 9:56am
Maggie Pie

It was interesting to see that horrible nasty ‘Chris Cuomo’ on CNN finally admit his brother, NY Gov Andrew, was in a power of shite with all the allegations of sexual harassment being leveled against him.

Thought this tweet was worth sharing with the group….mainly for the hilarious comments 😀
LMAO!!

https://twitter.com/DavarEchad/status/1366461077630775301
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March 3, 2021 9:46am
- Inandout
  
  Maggie, very clever photoshopping though.
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:00am
- kowtow
  
  Chris “And please, show me where it says protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful. Because I can show you that outraged citizens are what made the country what she is and led to any major milestone. To be honest, this is not a tranquil time” Cuomo.
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:20pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Memorial Day Patriot’s Parade, Jupiter, Florida. June 1st. This will be yuge, the biggest yet.
Hosted by Carlos Gavidia. He is the guy that started all this. When forced to take down his American Flag, he took his boat to the sign shop and had it wrapped with Trump 2020.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1116-love-st-jupiter-fl-33477-3308-united-states/the-official-memorial-day-patriots-parade/1878700892283590/
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March 3, 2021 10:01am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Oh lookie, a downticker. What’s the matter snowflake? No boat?
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:33am
ecco

Just wondering are Brian McDonald, Martin Williams, surfing, etc on the Labour party payroll ie paid trolls. No one would spend that much time on a site that is divergent with their world view. (I doubt that’s there real names either).

I agree with the suggestion made the other day to suspend their posting once they reach a certain number of downvotes over say a week. Just put them in a bit of timeout.

I’m not saying close down free speech but I’m against constant trolling. Generally I just skip over their comments. But it’s kind of like pollution on this page having such passive aggressive stuff constantly on what is, otherwise, a very constructive site, the likes of not seen in NZ media.
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March 3, 2021 10:02am
- Ian Boag
  
  I doubt that’s there real names either
  
  Some irony here that a poster behind a pseud should be speculating about other posters’ real names … 🙂
  
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  December 3, 2020 10:56am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Taxpayer payroll, fixed it for you. Labour does not have any money other than ours
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:35am
- Tall Man
  
  Nope, they’re loose intellect zealots.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:38am
- Surely Knott
  
  Disagree. Free speech works both ways. Downtick them and move on. I like having an exchange of ideas.
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:39am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  It is Brian’s real name… He often challenges other folks on KB for not using their own name.
  His name is not one many folks in NZ would choose to use as a pseudonym.
  
  Don’t know about Martin Williams though.
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:07pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Don’t care either 😉
    
    He rarely shows perspective or intelligence, merely try to do a mikey without skill.
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:39pm
  - Jack5
    
    Maggy W on Brian McDonald:
    
    His name is not one many folks in NZ would choose to use as a pseudonym.
    
    Not with 1731 Campbells listed in the NZ White Pages.
    
    https://www.britannica.com/event/Massacre-of-Glencoe
    
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    March 3, 2021 8:24pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Now, now..
      
      No need to bring ancient grievances into a new land.
      
      Brian is not a common Scottish name and I suspect
      Brian McD may be part of the Irish contingent.
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:03pm
- doublehappy
  
  Just ignore them like I do.
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:55pm
- MCos
  
  Blokes can say what they like. Their names head up each comment so you know what to expect.
  Speaking of which.
  There are any number of people on this forum who can be relied on to form a conclusion before checking the evidence.
  
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  March 3, 2021 5:48pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Liberal Golden Globe Awards Suffer Epic Ratings Free Fall.
DILIGAF
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March 3, 2021 10:05am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Cancel Culture works both ways
  
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  March 3, 2021 10:10am
- oldfella
  
  No, Steve, DILLIGAF. Double L please. Not teaching you to suck eggs, but I learned that acronym from you – here on KB – and I hate to see a mentor let his standards slip. 😉
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:18am
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    Yeah, two (Ls)
    I must try harder
    
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    March 3, 2021 12:46pm
70andstilllearning

Machiavellian
/ˌmakɪəˈvɛlɪən/
adjective
cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics.
“a whole range of outrageous Machiavellian manoeuvres”

Seems like Mike Hosking has summed up the PM in one word.

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/video/mikes-minute-are-we-being-kind-or-not/
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March 3, 2021 10:21am
- Inandout
  
  70, generally Machiavellian people are quite intelligent, as was Francis Urquhart, the character in the original ‘House of Cards’. I doubt our seafood server has the depth of scheming as shown by Urquart.
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:08am
  - cmm
    
    No, her puppet masters do though.
    
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    March 3, 2021 12:29pm
    - Tall Man
      
      Talking of puppets …. You can’t even see the strings
      
      https://www.msn.com/en-nz/entertainment/entertainmenttv/sorry-to-the-uighurs-jacinda-ardern-puppet-sings-about-china-trade-deal-in-savage-uk-parody/ar-BB1bi1OM
      
      And Bradbury’s take on it …
      
      https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2020/11/25/media-watch-thank-god-for-spitting-image-satire-because-nz-is-incapable-of-being-this-funny/
      
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      March 3, 2021 1:38pm
- JibberJabber
  
  Heh, basically those are just the prerequisites for being a politician.
  Ardern is about as Machiavellian as one of Niccolos’ botty burps.
  Without the paid corrupt lickspittle media, she’d be nowhere.
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:19am
  - Ruahine
    
    For her it is certainly a case of our money well spent.
    
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    March 3, 2021 6:20pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

C pac, Trump 2 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM038gcHUp4
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March 3, 2021 10:44am
Maggie Pie

WOW! My partner just came across this…
Alex Jones, an American conservative libertarian radio show host, journalist, and vocal advocate for the Second Amendment, predicted this in 2010!
Yet the Left have labelled him a ‘Conspiracy Theorist’

https://twitter.com/donkamion78/status/1364907336733712385
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March 3, 2021 10:57am
- Tall Man
  
  But but but …. Granny killer ……
  
  So which is the biggest con? Covid or modern art ….
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoW7pA1-yc
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:01am
- SB2
  
  Maggie Pie well he is and the prince of paranoia
  
  But one example of his madness,
  
  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-lawsuit-alex-jones-idUSKBN1YZ1BB
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:13am
  - graham
    
    And less than 24 hours ago, after SB2 claimed that any suggestion he was stalking Maggy’s posts was ‘Garbage’, I pointed out that not only was it patently obvious to everybody that he was doing exactly that, but it was also quite obvious that he was starting to zero in on Maggie Pie.
    
    Must be something about the name …
    
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    March 3, 2021 11:43am
    - SB2
      
      graham, quit your own stalking and also claiming to be other’s sopesman.
      
      I will express an opinion on Alex Jones or whoever regardless who posts it.
      
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      March 3, 2021 12:52pm
- fernglas
  
  Given that lockdowns have been part of pandemic control plans for decades, he’s hardly a model of foresight.
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:16am
  - krazykiwi
    
    Until 2019, WHO’s pandemic guidance recommended against quarantining whole populations, and also recommended against border closures.
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:49pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Was he told – so he could prepare us?
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:50pm
JibberJabber

Imagine living in a time where a plastic toy gets its gender cancelled, a child’s author gets cancelled for fuck knows what, and a soft drink company for being fuckwits…

https://twitter.com/msjessienz/status/1366858324323405828
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March 3, 2021 11:01am
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Imagine the new ‘Barbie’ with a stick on dick and a moustache, so you can give her a sex change
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:04pm
Fletch

Getting the vaccine jab may not be mandatory, but in New South Wales they are considering a controversial “vaccine passport” phone app. eg, unless you have had the jab and registered it on the app then businesses may be able to refuse you entry and many other things.

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6236650287001

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6236753817001

Qantas is trialing them, too. Can’t get on the plane unless you’ve had the jab.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/travel/travel-news/qantas-trialling-covid19-vaccination-passports-for-international-travel/news-story/7adf0a596701ffd1d453fa4071221aaa
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March 3, 2021 11:06am
- cmm
  
  Same in parts of USA. I was recently discussing this with a colleague and to paraphrase:
  
  “I don’t give a fuck if it works, but if I get it I can go back to work.”
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:19pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Similar to mine.
    
    I would like to see family and friends overseas so will do what it takes.
    
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    March 3, 2021 2:29pm
Inandout

Dr John Maunder, a climate realist in the true sense, was interviewed by Williams for an hour. His dismantling of the Greta blurb must push Peter to the edge in this cancel age; good luck old chap.
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March 3, 2021 11:13am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Here’s some info about his latest publication:
  https://www.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/15172-fifteen-shades-of-climate.html
  
  Available as an e-book or from Amazon
  https://www.amazon.com/Fifteen-Shades-Climate-weather-butterfly/dp/B08NDR1GFD
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:13pm
Cobolt24

Can you imagine the outcry from the media if a white MP said anything the equivalent of what Rawiri Waititi said?
https://twitter.com/JeremyMHarris/status/1366581790262001668
It’s not the only copy of the tweet either
https://preview.redd.it/ca7twnsseok61.jpg?width=487&auto=webp&s=e95d65302eb630e34a9cf7b86bd9ed24e71169ad
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March 3, 2021 11:38am
- Cobolt24
  
  There’s no denying it now, I’ve found the real tweet archived on the Wayback Machine! https://web.archive.org/web/20210301215834/https://twitter.com/Rawiri_Waititi/status/1366472006917447681
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:54am
  - Swifty
    
    What a disgraceful tweet.
    
    Still, I’m not surprised. This current lot of Maori Party MPs are nothing but race-hustlers.
    
    They claim all Maori are victims and that all Pakehas are oppressors. And that it’s only by giving them, the Maori MPs and their mates, political power and money that this ‘problem’ can be solved.
    
    Division, grievance and separatism are their tactics to to enrich themselves at everyone else’s expense.
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:07pm
  - Nickc2
    
    Are the Tuhoi Storm Troopers back in training yet?
    
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    March 3, 2021 1:56pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    So Caucasians are an archaic species according to Rawiri Waiti…
    
    that narrows us down to
    Homo neanderthalensis, Homo floresiensis, and Homo denisova.
    
    I’m probably H. neanderthalensis then, but hubby could well be a mix of H. denisova and modern humans (assuming that he even is “Caucasian”).
    
    Fabulous of Rawiri to be the first to realise the phenomenal survival ability of this once “extinct’ species of humans.
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:00pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Now I’m really confused.
    
    … [Yeah, well it’s easy, on someone else’s blog, don’t publicly name someone as a racist. Do it under your own name, on your own space. Mod.]
    
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    March 3, 2021 5:36pm
- Paulus Gnome
  
  Paging Little, Andrew Little . . .
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:02pm
- Tall Man
  
  Seriously mod?
  
  Batman has thrown the “racist” accusation at a few on here so it can’t be for that, especially based on the recent comments by the MP where he has clearly shown distain for “white people” and their traditions.
  
  Calling him a “twit” is also far less inflammatory than many phrases thrown about here directed at him and others.
  
  I would appreciate knowing what the issue is here and also why my entirely reasonable comment yesterday was deleted without comment when it was almost identical to those that preceded and followed it.
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:28pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Now I’m really confused ……..
    
    Who put me in the “round room” coz I can’t find the bloody corner to stand in 🙁
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:37pm
- Yabster
  
  he is a disgrace and a huge racist, again why has the media not climbed all over that? Shows the real agenda at play here NZ!
  
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  March 3, 2021 3:13pm
  - Yabster
    
    have sent that tweet link to the National party and asked if it will be commented on- maybe they can pass it on to someone in the media who has the nuts to follow it up- won’t be holding my breath though.
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:29pm
    - Cobolt24
      
      Thank you for that. I have seen some conversation on this on some other sites but not a peep from media. I’ll probably post first thing on tomorrow’s GD since it needs to be put out there.
      
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      March 3, 2021 3:55pm
JibberJabber

If the Democrats could address their own Racism, that would be good…

https://twitter.com/Guru85Neurotic/status/1366726251222827013/photo/1
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March 3, 2021 12:02pm
Fletch

Day 3 of lockdown. Struck up a conversation with a spider. She seems quite nice. She’s a web designer….
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March 3, 2021 12:05pm
- mandk
  
  Response to Fletch
  It’s about time the Dems cancelled Margaret Sanger.
  
  She was a racist, if ever there was one. She wanted to stop black women having babies, and she was a great admirers of Herr Hitler.
  
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  March 3, 2021 3:32pm
Maggie Pie

TRENDING….

Chinese court rules homosexuality can now be called ‘a mental disorder’ – (NYP)
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March 3, 2021 12:18pm
- Ruahine
  
  The Chinese are very clever people.
  
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  March 3, 2021 6:14pm
- Frank the tank
  
  I’m sure the Blairite will raise it with her BFFevers in Beijing.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:43pm
Benedict Yu

This is an extract from an agenda paper for Wellington City Council, justifying a 13.5 percent rates increase:

“Climate change is already here, and its effects are just beginning. When it rains heavily at a high tide, or when the waves from a severe storm crash against the coast, we are already experiencing early impacts of climate change. In Wellington City about $7 billion in property alone is at risk from sea level rise according to the latest guidance from the Ministry for the Environment -and our cherished spaces like Civic Square, the waterfront, and Waitangi park are at risk if we don’t move emissions to zero. In response Wellington City Council has adopted Te Atakura -First to Zero carbon emissions [sic] by 2050. This requires the reduction of city wide net emissions by 43% by 2030.”

http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=134599

These people are either stupid, or liars: “our cherished spaces like Civic Square, the waterfront, and Waitangi park are at risk if we don’t move emissions to zero.” They are stating that Wellington reducing its greenhouse emissions will stop sea level rise. Firstly, they are grossly exaggerating sea level rise. But more importantly, Wellington reducing its emissions will have no impact on ‘climate change’. That is so stupid that I should not need to point it out but there you go.

Whatever they are spending on their “Te Atakura -First to Zero” plan should be the priority for an economy drive.

These people are an utter menace.
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March 3, 2021 12:21pm
- Inandout
  
  BY, and the water pipes continue to corrode in Wellington through lack of maintenance.
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:06pm
cmm

Yes, I know DPF already made a thread about Dr Suess.

It astounds me that he’s considered racist.

Didn’t they read about the star-belly sneeches? The whole book is about the wrongness of discrimination and any sort of xxx supremacy.

I suppose that the wokesters don’t like it because being woke is not about getting rid of racism or treating people the same.

Wokism is racist – it’s about putting whites (especially pale stale males) down with the goal of destroying society.
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March 3, 2021 12:23pm
- MCos
  
  The original Dr Seuss books were written by Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel in another time & some of his stuff reflects that.
  Interestingly he was a strong supporter of of FDR, and detested McCarthyism, anti semitism, anti black racism.
  One imagines if Kiwiblog and Geisel had existing concurrently there might have been some lively political discussions on this forum.
  
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  March 3, 2021 1:45pm
DRHILL

According to the Sydney Morning Herald Covid Vaccine Tracker:

Number of doses administered (up to March 1st)-
New Zealand – 1,500
Australia – 33,702
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March 3, 2021 12:30pm
- Tall Man
  
  Hard and fast means a different thing here …..
  
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  March 3, 2021 1:05pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    At 5.30am?
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:02pm
- Inandout
  
  Dr, the Aussies pay their bills on time, NZ was late in paying and wait for the vaccines.
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:05pm
- rangitoto
  
  The UK total is over 20 million.
  
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  March 3, 2021 4:03pm
- MCos
  
  Is this a cricket match or something?
  
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  March 3, 2021 5:21pm
  - MCos
    
    Apart from that, according to Stuff New Zealand has administered 9441 doses.
    
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    March 3, 2021 5:27pm
Maggie Pie

And the best tweet I’ve read today…… 😀

Trump took down ISIS.

Biden took down Dr Seuss.
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March 3, 2021 12:33pm
- SB2
  
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  1 , Trump did not solely take down ISIS
  
  2 Biden did not” cancel “Dr Seuss.
  
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  March 3, 2021 12:55pm
  - nathie
    
    Biden, the so-called leader of the free world, stood by and did nothing to prevent Dr Seuss being cancelled, nor a long list of other people in recent times.
    
    In fact many in his party have called for cancelling those they disagree with. So Biden then is somewhat complicit, would you say?
    
    As well as other left-wing/cancel culture aligned politicians … like Jacinda Ardern for example!
    
    Only the centre-right are standing up against cancel culture (and a handful of honest lefties) eg Republicans in the US or ACT and National in NZ etc.
    
    You’re a leftie SB, what do you think of cancel culture? Asking as you never rally against it, when others on KB are (it seems you sometimes attack or mock them)! Are you a cancel-culture supporter SB? Who would you like to cancel if you could?
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:17pm
  - NoFax
    
    The left can’t meme
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:38pm
  - Ruahine
    
    Kennedy put a man on the Moon.
    Obama put a man in the female toilets.
    
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    March 3, 2021 6:11pm
Surely Knott

Angelina Jolie sells Winston Churchill painting for $14.8 million – 4 times it’s estimated value.

The academics and wokerati have done their best to cancel Winston Churchill, but it seems the mega-rich still love him .

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/angelina-jolie-sells-winston-churchill-painting-for-116-million/news-story/97a50696ff46a5b9644a14255fe06e58
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March 3, 2021 12:48pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Churchill gave the painting to Roosevelt.
  It was the only landscape he painted during WW2.
  https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56250654
  
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  March 3, 2021 2:34pm
Happychappy

It doesn’t look like Jacinda Ardern cares about her friends especially when they call her out on funding for Pharmac, so it looks as so the Prime Ministers kind and caring policy has been chucked out the Window after a family friendship for over ten years has been terminated without a explanation.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/you-don-t-return-text-or-calls-patient-advocate-says-his-friend-jacinda-ardern-has-stopped-talking-to-him.html
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March 3, 2021 12:50pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Distraction for the $2000 check – potatos are vegetables.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2XQlCoYXQvdmEXv_KIM7iuLSk4HczH9HjRhND2hlEuWAxYhm2dQVolZj8&v=cDYcmwXck3I&feature=youtu.be
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March 3, 2021 1:07pm
Tauhei Notts

Russian Tv news at 1 p.m. featured New Zealand.
Former administrators of the U.S.S.R and East Germany are ashamed of their KGB and Stasi, and how those two loathsome outfits were dependent upon narks. A thoroughly despicable practice.
So, they take great delight when a western aligned country, such as our’s, encourages its residents to dob in their neighbours.
Jacinda, you are making our country a laughing stock for the world. Please desist from such shameful behaviour.
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March 3, 2021 2:11pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Yep,
  Here’s an English language version
  
  https://www.rt.com/news/516840-new-zealand-covid-public/
  
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  March 3, 2021 3:05pm
  - Nickc2
    
    That’ll have the scribes rushing back to their offices from their late lunches to get something in before the 5:30PM and 6:00PM TV Newscasts.
    Then again, maybe Cindy will approach her podium in the Bull Shit Hive and say “I refute that.” Then, it will be all done and dusted (old news) before the news outlets open up for work tomorrow morning.
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:14pm
  - Tall Man
    
    I liked this comment ..
    
    “Comments and posts are for expressions of opinion and once that’s banned because it might hurt someone’s feelings that’s not moderation it’s dictatorship and basic human rights taken away,”
    
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    March 3, 2021 5:50pm
70andstilllearning

@ Tony 8:32

“Either the official New Zealand Government Covid-19 Facebook page is wrong, or the Prime Minister is wrong. Jacinda Ardern could, and should, defuse this by simply admitting she got it wrong.”

Just watched the Hip/Ash show. Not going to happen.

1) Ash at pains to deflect media queries concerning page reliability/varacity as ” page not his responsibility “. Instead seemed to rely on the Papatoetoe HS directions/letters prior 23 Feb when Section 70 took affect.
Did PHS have a mandate to “direct” people?

2) Hippy just kept trying to say it was the “family’s” fault despite saying what was the legal position.

Going back to your comment c/f one T Mallard precedent ( yesterday I think), wouldn’t it be a good investment for NZ’ers to help a “Case L” take defamation case against our kindly PM. Might even be some lawyers around who would do it pro bono.

PM’s defense costs would cost us, but that would be small fry compared to what the government is prepared to pay the media to convey their view.

Just a thought.
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March 3, 2021 2:25pm
- Tony Stuart
  
  Yes, I saw the 1pm presentation from the Podium of Truth. Dr Bloomfield looked very uncomfortable trying to defend the Prime Minister, and Hipkins’ comment urging us not to partake in pile-ons was amusing in a black humour manner, given the Government and its supporters have piled on Case L and her family all week.
  
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  March 3, 2021 3:07pm
  - 70andstilllearning
    
    Oh dear – will say no more!
    
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/chris-hipkins-ashley-bloomfield-say-context-missing-from-unite-against-covid-19-post-contradicting-jacinda-ardern.html
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:41pm
    - 70andstilllearning
      
      Sorry peps, but I have had another thought. Based on the apparent culture of family concerned, the time one can guess they may have been here ( kids maybe first generation at best) how repugnant can it be that a PM who prides herself in the values of diversity and equality could ever allow her minions to use “context” as an excuse.
      
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      March 3, 2021 4:28pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  “PM’s defense costs would cost us, but that would be small fry compared to what the government is prepared to pay the media to convey their view.”
  Jaspinda already paid them $110M to STFU
  
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  March 3, 2021 3:27pm
  - 70andstilllearning
    
    Steve – I’m just an old numbers type person but:
    First tranche – $50M
    Second tranche – $75M over 3 years
    Third tranche $55M over 3 years?
    
    I chucked a little excel calc together a couple of weeks ago based on Kris Faafoi’s “pronouncements” rate and monthly benefit value and worked out that if nothing changes over time and rate they will have announced between $.6 -.85 B worth of STFU by 2023 election time. U&mes $’s.
    
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    March 3, 2021 3:56pm
Swifty

Surprise, surprise. The head of the librarians union demands that public money be used to keep them in the lifestyles they have become accustomed to:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/124408739/now-is-the-wrong-time-to-cut-back-on-library-spending

“A capital city as innovative and forward-thinking as Wellington must be able to support a world-class library as well as remediate broken sewerage pipes.”

Have you been asleep Hilary? Have you recently been raised from a deep coma? The whole reason this is being discussed is because the evidence of decades has shown that they can’t!

If local councils in NZ are ever going to get on top of these issues they must learn to aggressively prioritise ‘must haves’ versus ‘nice to haves’.

A functioning, safe, reliable, well-managed, quality 3 waters network is infinitely more important to community wellbeing than a fancy, schmancy, ‘world-class’ library system – and I write this as a voracious reader and longstanding book lover and buyer.

Good grief, it seems not a day goes by without reading someone calling for more public money be shovelled their way or else it’s the end of civilisation as we know it.
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March 3, 2021 2:50pm
kowtow

What’s the point of the story unless there’s a description of the assailants .

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/124416500/gay-aucklander-kicked-punched-and-stomped-on-by-men-yelling-homophobic-slurs
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March 3, 2021 3:02pm
- Ruahine
  
  The men could have been other homosexuals that have dislike of this homosexual.
  
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  March 3, 2021 6:05pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Dr Suess meme on FB.
Cancel Culture really sucks,
Grow some balls, you stupid fucks
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March 3, 2021 3:08pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Here’s the Michael Morrah newshub piece that got “disappeared”

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/covid-19-jacinda-ardern-papatoetoe-high-school-principal-want-to-improve-and-review-communications-after-kfc-worker-says-she-was-never-told-to-isolate.html
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March 3, 2021 3:14pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Oh dear,
Looks like “Let’s get Wellington Moving”ground to a halt.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/let-s-get-wellington-moving-troubled-public-transport-plan-will-be-overhauled-with-new-independent-chairperson.html
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March 3, 2021 3:25pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Absolutely Positively
  
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  March 3, 2021 3:49pm
doublehappy

Bill Gates: the man who promised to give his wealth to charity and currently has doubled his money since that statement. See the cartoons that frighten the children so that they will conform and follow the regulations the world government will make. The man who like John Kerry (special envoy for climate) has several private jets. Take 15 minutes to watch how he and his cohorts will change the world. https://odysee.com/@wearechange:1/bill-gates-has-a-new-crisis:e?fbclid=IwAR2zUJvlzNqbIpAVg9j-086zMM8fNmdFUKOj95Wyk8BDNRsQASVThEeLIE0
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March 3, 2021 3:29pm
- Tony Stuart
  
  Bill and Melinda Gates, via their Foundation, have given more than a billion dollars to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. In January last year, the partnership was extended for a further three years with Rotary International pledging $50 million per year, supplemented by a 2 for 1 grant from Gates to raise a further $450 million over the three years.
  
  https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/rotary-gates-foundation-commit-450-million-to-polio-eradication
  
  I know Gates isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he has put his money where his mouth is, and polio is now only endemic is remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  
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  March 3, 2021 4:56pm
  - doublehappy
    
    Why is he buying all the farm land?
    
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    March 4, 2021 12:47am
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Me? Vaccinated? Nah, not me.
But I “identify” as a vaccinated person, so checkmate, bitches
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March 3, 2021 3:30pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  “bitches”?
  
  Are you a senior member of our Police Force?
  
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/124397601/independent-police-conduct-authority-bullying-report-describes-boys-club-among-senior-officers-and-a-culture-of-fear
  
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  March 3, 2021 4:58pm
gump

I see that Cameron Slater is about to get hauled over the coals for publishing lies:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/dirty-politics-case-close-to-settlement

Oh dear. How sad.
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March 3, 2021 3:30pm
- Inandout
  
  gump, he may deserve something I guess. Then we look at Mallard.
  
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  March 3, 2021 4:03pm
  - gump
    
    I have no respect for Mallard either.
    
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    March 3, 2021 5:13pm
- rangitoto
  
  Did we ever find out who hacked Slater’s email? Or still an unsolved case on the Police investigation book.
  
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  March 3, 2021 4:12pm
softail 1450

Cindy Ardern admit she was wrong and say she is sorry, HA,HA,HA,HE,HE,HE,HA,HA HE,HE LOL, there’s more chance of Joey Biden giving a coherent SOTN speech longer than 90 seconds.
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March 3, 2021 4:18pm
cmm

Can you believe it: Evil capitalist supermarkets have sharp knives!

Cindy please save us!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/thats-going-to-need-stitching-super-sharp-supermarket-knives-prompt-warning/NNPS3Q7MC34B5QL2X3U7TW4PJE/

What next? Watch out: Wet water?

Where the hell are we going as a nation? Or as a species if you look at the wider world.
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March 3, 2021 4:24pm
- Inandout
  
  cmm, when our MSM is purchased with the intention of being bland and not asking difficult questions we end up with dross like this. They are desperate for anything to fill their pages.
  
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  March 3, 2021 4:39pm
WaveyDavey

I see Stuff has found another brow person for us to feel sorry for…

https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/124393056/kiwi-dad-desperate-to-hold-son-feels-he-exhausted-all-options

“…struggling to get his son a Kiwi passport because the 9-month-old was born before his dad was granted citizenship”

“his fiancee, Meretia, could not apply for a partnership visa as they had not lived together, and their child was not eligible for a passport as his father was not a New Zealand citizen when he was born.”

“Meeting his partner online two years ago and connecting over their shared birthplace, they saw each other for the first and only time in Fiji …”

Riiighht….
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March 3, 2021 4:41pm
- Tall Man
  
  Comments didn’t go the way they obviously hoped so were closed after 12.
  
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  March 3, 2021 6:23pm
- Bobba Fret
  
  Why doesnt he go to Fiji?
  
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  March 3, 2021 11:48pm
Maggie Pie

TRENDING….

“The Gestapo was a small organisation reliant on informers to denounce enemies of the regime, but jealous spouses and neighbors often used it to settle scores”
– Frank McDonough (TIT)

The NZH reports:

NARKING CAUSING STRESS AND ANXIETY.
The police non-emergency 105 line was experiencing high demand with people calling to report potential breaches. On Sunday alone the line received more than 3700 calls….

Just saying.
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March 3, 2021 5:05pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  And some of our trolls would have us believe that such things wouldn’t happen in our fair country.
  
  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-narking-causing-stress-anxiety-for-small-business-owners-trying-to-stay-afloat/ATFJMKNKB6BFEEFOPS52EXB6WE/
  
  Nasty people do nasty things to ordinary folks day in, day out.
  
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  March 3, 2021 5:27pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Read a few studies on this while at varsity in the late 70’s.
    
    Seems “escalation” is the primary problem as some aberrant behaviours become normalised.
    
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    March 3, 2021 5:40pm
    - Tall Man
      
      I recalled a study at a US university in the late 60’s where blondes were deemed to be the “new” blacks and were required, on campus, to adhere to the southern segregation rules.
      
      It was quickly abandoned as the pushes rapidly escalated to slaps and punches as otherwise normal citizens “called out” or disciplined transgressors.
      
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      March 3, 2021 6:10pm
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        There’s also the virtue signalling factor, where folks have to display to others that they really are part of the team.
        
        Hubby’s maternal grandfather was shot by fellow villagers as the Russians advanced.
        They wanted to show the Soviets that they weren’t really German/Nazi sympathisers… they were willing to be good Commies.
        
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        March 3, 2021 7:52pm
      - Tall Man
        
        Tis becoming a sad sad world indeed Maggy.
        
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        March 3, 2021 8:53pm
  - Ruahine
    
    All this encouraged by Ardern. Her team of Narks.
    
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    March 3, 2021 6:00pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    OMG Maggs …hard to believe isn’t it?
    To think my great-grandad spent 6 years overseas during WW11 fighting against that very behaviour 🙁
    
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    March 3, 2021 7:01pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Geez,
      you must be young Maggie pie…
      It was my Daddy and all my Uncles that went off to WW2.
      
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      March 3, 2021 7:30pm
      - Maggie Pie
        
        You may be thinking of someone else Maggs?
        I have a daughter of 26 and two grandkids 7 & 5.
        Plus my GG’s medals which I treasure.
        
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        March 3, 2021 7:47pm
- Martin Williams
  
  Are you equating Jewish people with Covid-19, Maggie? Not very charitable!
  
  Jewish people were seen as the enemy of the Nazi regime just as Covid-19 is seen as our enemy.
  
  You might like to rethink your analogy.
  
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  March 3, 2021 8:35pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    My in-laws weren’t Jewish.
    They were Slavs… untermenschen.
    
    They saw what happened when folks told nasty tales about other folks.
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:08pm
    - Martin Williams
      
      Hang on a sec. We are talking about people alerting health authorities to behaviour which might spread Covid. We are fighting Covid.
      
      Maggie has tried to equate our fighting Covid with tactics used by the Gestapo in fighting their enemy, Jewish people.
      
      It’s stinks as an analogy.
      
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      March 3, 2021 9:31pm
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        Did you read the article?
        
        It states clearly that folks are being unfairly reported to police…
        they are being targeted.
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:10pm
      - Maggie Pie
        
        I would spell it out for you Marty, but I’ve left my English – to – Dumbass dictionary at home.
        
        Back in the morning.
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:25pm
      - Martin Williams
        
        Er, don’t worry Maggie. I picked up what you were putting down.
        
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        March 3, 2021 10:46pm
      - Jack5
        
        Mix-up between posts of the Maggy and Maggie in this part of the thread.
        
        Maggy W’s in-laws are Russian. Maggie P talked of the Gestapo and informers.
        
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        March 4, 2021 12:26am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        @Jack5..
        maggie Pie’s tweet contained the phrase “relied on informers to denounce enemies of the regime”
        
        The Hubby’s maternal Grandfather was in Yugoslavia during the war…. no problem whilst the Germans held power in his district, but when the Red Army arrived in the village, the village men shot Grandfather-in-law to show the Reds that they weren’t really German collaborators at all.
        
        The M-in-law was 16… how she escaped through Russian / German / Yugoslav partisan lines doesn’t bear thinking about.
        
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        March 4, 2021 2:42pm
wilderbeast

I see Minister Hipkins, according to the NZH, has “blasted” Brian and Hannah Tamaki for being being “completely irresponsible” for leaving Auckland on the eve of the latest lockdown to commence a tour of the congregation. If it’s so irresponsible how can Hipkins explain that it is also completely legal and within the rules that he himself sets out as the all powerful Minister of Health? I mean, Chippy, if it’s so heinous then maybe your rules aren’t right?

Might it have anything to do with the fact that Brian and Hannah are not his type? I mean at exactly the same time Ardern and Bloomfield have been very, very slow to condemn people who actually broke the rules. To paraphrase Bloomfield “I don’t need to pass comment, they are already feeling terrible for their transgressions”
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March 3, 2021 5:13pm
- Maggie Pie
  
  Brian and Hannah operate a ‘Charity’ for goodness sake!
  You would think Chippy of all people would at least demonstrate a little more ‘kindness’ toward them?
  
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  March 3, 2021 7:34pm
- graham
  
  Hmm … anybody remember how Minister Hipkins reacted to Hone Harawira driving INTO Auckland last year (in Level 4 if I recall), to supposedly pick up some medical supplies … and stopping by his sister’s house for a “well-deserved feed”?
  
  One thing’s for sure, Jacinda’s “be kind” mantra has well and truly been thrown out the window by both herself and her own Ministers.
  
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  March 3, 2021 7:47pm
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  If Hipkins is criticising the Tamakis for leaving Akld on the eve of Lockdown, he is equally criticising Ardern for doing the same.
  
  Not quite on message, Chris
  
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  March 3, 2021 9:14pm
  - sooty
    
    How many other labour ministers and MPs left as well?
    
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    March 3, 2021 9:57pm
KevO'Brien

Without law its tyranny. The Tamaki’s made logical decisions likewise the PM and her retinue.
Disapproval as substitute for law is juvenile.

~~Aotearoa~~ Niu Tereni. (New Tyranny whakapakeha.)
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March 3, 2021 7:30pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Well, well, well,

Things were as clear as mud, it seems.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/124402792/covid19-badly-worded-selfisolation-health-order-issued-nine-days-after-cluster-was-discovered
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March 3, 2021 9:31pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Just in case this article disappears from Newshub site tomorrow morning…

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/growing-calls-for-an-apology-after-unite-against-covid-19-post-contradicts-jacinda-ardern.html
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March 3, 2021 10:59pm
- Frank the tank
  
  I’m giving it till 1pm and it’s gone
  
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  March 4, 2021 7:30am
Bobba Fret

Jacinda will never admit that the KFC lady was correct and she was wrong. Labour ministers never admit fault and lay the blame elsewhere.
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