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Having spoken this morning to Auckland's Heart Of the City CEO about restaurant month kicking off, I'm hopeful it does indeed...
Been away for a couple of weeks, did anything happen? What a fortnight of news - and here’s what I’ve found refreshing about...
An empty slogan like "be kind" was never going to last, and now the rubber's hitting the road, I see that kindness is a distant...
The quarantine blunders don't appear to be going away. By all accounts, it's still a shambles, there's still not enough tests...
COMMENT: I think it’s sad National panicked 3 and half months out from an election, and I feel sorry for Simon Bridges,...
How good was the first weekend at Level 2? Never have we appreciated freedom more. So good to see people out and about,...
The problem with Dr Ashley Bloomfield threatening that some of the "concerning behaviours" seen over the weekend (also known...
The safe money is on the government announcing a move to Level 3 today. Cabinet meets at 10.30 this morning, we’ll have...
While media here have reported the spike in Covid case numbers in Singapore, I’m not sure how much of the detail people have...
It's concerning the extra lengths midwives are having to go to just to look after their new mums, or mothers to be. And...
We are all too aware of the negatives during this time so it’s nice to see some positives. The often criticized ‘entrepreneurs’...
COMMENT What's wrong with people? If this pandemic has taught us anything, it's how stupid people are. Or self-entitled. Either...
So the pressure’s on us now. And here’s my great fear, we get let down by the weak links. The larrikin students who think...
How fast things can move when they have to. Yesterday I banged my drum again on shutting schools, shutting things down....
Every country in the world has had to adapt faster to this thing than would've been convenient or they would’ve liked. The...
Shut it down. The government's taking a lot of advice at the moment, that's mine. Shut everything down. Every other country...
COMMENT What we so often see in difficult times is common sense suspended. Panic buying, people inexplicably continuing...
Though many, including the Prime Minister herself, are hailing her actions in response to this pandemic as strong and bold,...
The Prime Minister was seeking official advice yesterday over two major public events coming up this weekend: the Mosque...
I don’t know about you but I’m getting Coronavirus fatigue. Like all news cycles, I feel like its run its course of being...
I read recently about how baby boomers are taking over the CBD. Latest census figures showed 55 to 74 year olds are moving...
I knew when I was at the supermarket last Friday that things were getting crazy when I noticed no hand sanitizers - all gone,...
There's a lot of chat around plant based and meat free and veganism these days. Whether it’s a fad or a long term thing,...
COMMENT: So what did we learn yesterday? We learned that this 'transformational Government' whose own Prime Minister came...
