Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister – New Zealand Dear Jacinda, I write this letter as a patriotic Kiwi with best intentions for my country and for the future health and welfare of my fellow Kiwis. You have a very difficult job at this moment in time. There can be no doubt […]
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I feel like I am on the frontline. Not the one with the doctors and nurses and the protective PPE gear and the swabbing and injecting. But a public health, evidence-based, equity focused, Treaty frontline. It’s scary here. Every day, I have to stop my tears from overwhelming me. I […]
Superbly composed. Hats off to RNZ for publishing this letter and to the author Catriona MacLennan Catriona MacLennan Radio New Zealand Opinion – Dear New Zealand Police, Aotearoa has not given you a blank cheque for your response to Covid-19. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller These are unprecedented times and […]
The Government Is Proceeding with Non-essential Legislation at Breakneck Speed No doubt you saw Andrew Little’s comments about forging ahead with hate speech legislation to get it passed before this year’s general election. He told Stuff.co.nz that “The review of our hate speech laws are in the final stages. I expect there will […]
As always in times of crisis, keep your heads screwed on and stay calm. Use common sense. Yes, some of us saw this coming. Look after your families, friends and neighbours first and foremost guys, and keep your ears to the ground and your eyes to the skies. Be kind […]
Snuck through under the radar: Horrific NZ Abortion Amendment Act. Thanks to JoBloggz for sharing this blog While the rest of the world’s governments are dealing with Covid-19, the NZ government pushed through the Abortion Amendment Act a priority. It’s an extreme abortion bill that there’s no public mandate for […]
In 1979 scientist Eric Spurr warned that wide scale poisoning of New Zealand with compound 1080, intended to kill introduced mammals, was actually killing kea and many other animals. It took decades before NZ’s Department of Conservation (DoC) finally began to monitor kea deaths from 1080 poisoning. Dr Jo Pollard, […]
Further update on this as at March 3rd: Probably more than 6 kea have died From Pam Vernon at Envirowatch Rangitikei The said kea will be undergoing post mortems. We wait with baited breath for the outcome, and can likely be sure that they, like the Sth Is North Beach […]
NOTE: This is a burning issue in NZ currently, a nation advertised as clean and green is anything but. They are poisoning our environment with greater intensity under the guise of saving birds. Folk visiting here should be warned & not drink water from the streams as many tourists do. One […]
Right now, our government is amending our Abortion laws, I thought they were liberal enough but apparently not. Jo-Blogs, Red Sky in the Morning “I’m proposing it comes out of the Crimes Act,” Jacinda Adern explained to the disability community. It sounds very high-minded and caring. Actually Jacinda’s being disingenuous […]