China is heaping praise on New Zealand as “an example for Australia in how to deal” with foreign affairs after Trade Minister Damien O’Connor suggested our trans-Tasman neighbour practice “more diplomacy” with China. From Newshub: O’Connor’s remarks have riled some Australian politicians, such as Liberal MP Dave Sharma, who told The Sydney Morning […]
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A single PROBABLE community case of COVD-19 has sent the MSM into full panic-mode. Let’s calmly assess the situation. While the headlines scream “community case”, this is in fact (at the time of writing (5:50pm, 24/1/21) based on latest info within the last 10 minutes, it is actually a “probable” […]
“Our aim is to then commence vaccination of the general public in the second half of the year. This will be dependent on Medsafe approving the vaccines as being safe and effective for use in New Zealand. Safety will always be our priority. We’re all set to move swiftly, but […]
It occurred to me today how reclusive Prime Minister Ardern has been lately… And then on talkback radio (which I sometimes listen to while driving, which means I’m getting old) the same comment was made. She’s all but vanished from sight. So it’s not just me then? Naturally, this initiated […]
Does this look suspicious? Last night at 12:36am, 23 December 2020, residents in East Christchurch were awakened by a sharp quake (situated close to this author’s home and very strong). Checking the Christchurch Quake Map today revealed an ongoing seismic swarm throughout the day south of Chatham Rise in the […]
Mt Ruapehu: Crater Lake heating to over 40°C VOLCANIC ALERT BULLETIN RUA – 2020/10Mon Dec 21 2020 12:15 PM; Ruapehu Volcano Volcanic Alert Level is raised to 2 Aviation Colour Code is raised to Yellow Crater Lake (Te Wai ā-moe) continues heating and is now 43 °C. The heating has been accompanied by bursts of […]
I’m so happy to be part of the Monolith Club! MH A mysterious monolith has appeared at Christchurch Adventure Park and it’s unclear where it came from. An image of the object was posted to the park’s Facebook page on Sunday. “Does anyone know what this is or where it has come […]
Sign the petition, take action. Thanks to Jo for highlighting this injustice. From Jo Blogs Red Sky in the Morning A year after White Island erupted, NZ government department Worksafe is prosecuting the first responders. Mark Law, a helicopter pilot with Kāhu NZ, Tim Barrow and colleagues from Volcanic Air […]
What’s to hide? Martin Harris 28/11/20 Regular readers will be aware of two things: Firstly that the author is a resident of Christchurch (and thus this is a very personal subject). and secondly, that I have always taken a low key and cautious approach to comment and speculation. Respect for […]
A sign that the CCP meddled in NZs election process? Very, very suspicious “accident”, eh? MH Thanks to Pam at EWR NOVEMBER 22, 2020 Mr Xi was the chairman of the New Zealand branch of the Federation for a Democratic China, Mr Wang belonged to the Independent Chinese PEN Centre […]