New Zealand was once hailed as a ‘global exemplar’ in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. While the rest of the world struggled to contain their own outbreaks, the country… Continue reading "New Zealand: The re-emergence of COVID-19 has made this election a lot closer"
On August 5th, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield announced to New Zealanders that community transmission of COVID-19 in the country is “a matter of when, not if”. The revered public… Continue reading "New Zealand: I hate to admit it, but Gerry Brownlee has a point"
This week, mainstream media revealed that personal details of New Zealand’s 18 active COVID-19 cases had been leaked. A data breach of this scale is embarrassing for the Government and… Continue reading "New Zealand: the National Party are deliberately sabotaging the government’s COVID-19 efforts"
The Member for Rotorua, Todd McClay, who is also a senior member of the National Party, took to social media to lambast the Coalition Government for using his electorate as… Continue reading "New Zealand: National’s Todd McClay crying crocodile tears over Rotorua quarantine facilities"
After 23 days of having no new COVID-19 cases, being hailed as the envy of the rest of the world, New Zealanders were shocked to hear that there were two… Continue reading "New Zealand: What Chris Bishop’s “COVID tourists” saga revealed about the National Party"
When the National Party caucus moved to replace Simon Bridges as their leader with Todd Muller, their intent was to turn their fortunes around after seeing their polling numbers plummet… Continue reading "New Zealand: Muller and Kaye’s ascension has opened a can of worms in the National Party"
After a dismal polling result, many are predicting the impending demise of Simon Bridges’ reign as leader of the National Party. Last Tuesday’s Newshub-Reid Research poll shows National plummeting to… Continue reading "New Zealand: The Duality of the National Party"
With New Zealand moving to alert level 3, Parliament resumed in limited numbers on the 28th of April. As is customary, the leaders of the different political parties each made… Continue reading "New Zealand: Will the COVID-19 pandemic usher in a new era of economic nationalism?"
After a litany of disastrous PR stunts, many believe Simon Bridges’ time as leader of the National Party has come to an end. Recently, one of his most senior party… Continue reading "New Zealand: Has Simon Bridges’ time come?"
In late March, New Zealand was placed under lockdown to stymie the spread of COVID-19. Under alert level 4, only “essential” businesses could remain open, while schools and religious gatherings… Continue reading "New Zealand: Are we ready to leave the alert level 4 lockdown?"
