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Teatowels ready everyone
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March 15, 2020 8:00am
- SGA
  
  At the end of the day, 51 people minding their own business got needlessly slaughtered. A little respect for that fact would be appropriate.
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:10am
  - mikenmildagain
    
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    Well, this is Kiwiblog.
    
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    March 15, 2020 8:19am
    - IC5000
      
      Looks like moderation is clearly working here. What a clown show.
      
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      March 15, 2020 1:58pm
  - igm
    
    How many thousands were killed 9/11 . . . do we see the same outpouring of sympathy?
    “No”!
    
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    March 15, 2020 8:19am
    - SGA
      
      Actually we did – especially in the USA where the event happened. But this isn’t a competition – I think this was a recent tragic event for NZ in its own terms. I can’t understand your drive to minimise it.
      
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      March 15, 2020 8:54am
      - Tall Man
        
        Minimise is different that “glorify”.
        
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        March 15, 2020 10:39am
    - Prince
      
      Were you in the US the following year ? Obviously not.
      
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      March 15, 2020 9:11am
      - igm
        
        Yes, in the Islamist community, many were running around in T-shirts depicting the Twin Towers attack celebrating.
        
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        March 15, 2020 10:39am
    - Nookin
      
      Yes we did —they had commemorations — annually. They read out the names of all victims – on numerous occasions. Plenty of examples of remembrance if you opened your eyes.
      Be a nasty little bigot if you wish by try to show some semblance of adherence to the truth.
      
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      March 15, 2020 9:17am
      - Nookin
        
        Oops. “…. but try ….”
        
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        March 15, 2020 9:31am
      - igm
        
        It is barely mentioned here . . . I am not concerned about US.
        
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        March 15, 2020 1:43pm
- Tony Stuart
  
  What an awful start to today’s GD.
  
  Our business worked with a family who lost a child a year ago today in Al Noor mosque. My wife and other staff attended the little boy’s funeral, and were only to happy to don scarves they had brought along themselves for the duration of the service as a mark of respect.
  
  Yes; I find the whole concept of women being forced by their husbands to cover up completely at odds with my values. That doesn’t mean that I won’t observe another culture’s customs when I interact with them, especially in a time of profound grief.
  
  Rest peacefully Mucad.
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:10am
  - Brian McDonald
    
    Well said.
    
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    March 15, 2020 8:27am
  - Padriv Ustoev
    
    Downticking for “happy to don scarves”.
    What a cuck.
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:30am
  - Inandout
    
    TS, I concur with much of what you wrote, then you let your tolerance go into overdrive. ‘I find the whole concept of women being forced by their husbands to cover up completely at odds with my values’. Mate, it is barbaric to treat your wife like a rubbish sack while the male family members don whatever the weather decrees.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:35am
- Hugh Jarse
  
  I think I upticked, meant to be downticked, terrible comment
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:24am
- Paulus Gnome
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:26am
Vallager

What would you give to have John Key and Bill English back in charge right now?
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March 15, 2020 8:07am
- Tony Stuart
  
  Plenty. Thanks again for bloody nothing Mr Peters.
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:12am
  - SGA
    
    That wouldn’t bring back John Key though 🙂
    
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    March 15, 2020 8:14am
    - SGA
      
      The 🙂 is an apology for my own pedantry, not a dig at Key, btw.
      
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      March 15, 2020 9:12am
  - fightingtemeraire
    
    Where is the dinosaur???
    
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    March 15, 2020 8:34am
    - kevn
      
      @fight… You are thinking of whinney of course? Silent for a change, unless he is breathless?
      
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      March 15, 2020 10:08am
- Notsofast
  
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  John Key is the greatest market frontrunner in New Zealand history right through to ramping the housing market. Not bad for a state house urchin.
  Bill English is a sanctimonious privileged kid.
  I like them much better than Jacinda but that is just the misanthrope at work….
  
  Now who is Time person of the year again?
  Ah now we’re talking…..
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:19am
  - harvey wilson
    
    How weird that you consider John Key responsible for our housing market. Have you not noticed the exact same thing happening in other countries like Australia? They also seem unable to stop their soaring prices either.
    
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    March 15, 2020 8:59am
    - Notsofast
      
      He was advised that students were buying scores of houses for land banking, many of which remain empty. He knew exactly what he was doing.
      
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      March 15, 2020 9:54am
    - Tall Man
      
      Come on Harvey, Sir John Key is awesome and the most influential person in the world and managed to create a global meltdown, housing crisis in every developed country in the world, created communism in China and ran New Zealand for the personal benefit of his blind trust.
      
      FFS, keep up man, you need to read the “standard” 😉
      
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      March 15, 2020 10:37am
  - Nostradamus
    
    Notsofast:
    
    Now who is Time person of the year again?
    
    I wouldn’t get your hopes up old chap. Mark Lundy is most unlikely to be Time person of the year anytime soon!
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:05am
  - Swifty
    
    “Now who is Time person of the year again?
    
    Greta.
    
    What’s your point?
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:08am
    - Notsofast
      
      I did not make a point.
      
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      March 15, 2020 9:55am
    - emmess
      
      Now that we have a real threat to millions of peoples lives. Where is Greta now?
      
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      March 15, 2020 10:20am
      - sooty
        
        Bet she is not traveling the world, getting hugz!
        
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        March 15, 2020 2:03pm
  - G152
    
    Just to set the scene
    Adolf Hitler, among the most infamous and reviled leaders in world history, was named Time Person of the Year in 1938.
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:19am
    - SGA
      
      In 1938, Hitler was yet to achieve the levels of infamy he later deserved. But anyhow, Time Person of the Year isn’t a popularity contest, is it? It is more about people making a mark on the world in some way, I think.
      
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      March 15, 2020 9:52am
  - Captain Mainwaring
    
    Mark Lundy for PM makes more sense than Notsofast’s ramblings.
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:20am
  - Cobolt24
    
    House prices started to rise under Clark, paused during the GFC but began to rise once the economy gained strength. You can’t forget that the RBNZ dropped the OCR from above 8% to around 2% at the same time as housing consents were far below average (for around 4 years) so of course prices would rise quite significantly.
    
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    March 15, 2020 3:30pm
- Scott
  
  The major reason why I disagree with MMP is that our local MPs are not accountable. Here in the Wairarapa we have Alistair Scott who gained the confidence of the majority of the people in the province. That’s good, that’s how it should be.
  
  But we also have list MP Kieran McNulty of Labour “representing” us. I went to a town hall the election before last and Kieran’s centrepiece to get elected in the Wairarapa was homosexual marriage. Now the good people of the Wairarapa have many priorities ; jobs, housing, water, economic growth to name but a few. Homosexual marriage could not be lower down the list of priorities! Indeed the majority opposed it.
  
  Now he is in parliament and he is voting for abortion up until birth. Again this is not a priority for the people, indeed many oppose it. But Kieran doesn’t care. He is not accountable to anyone but the Labour Party hierarchy. Jacinda tells him what to do!
  
  MMP is wrong because it puts in the house of representatives people who are not accountable to the people. When I think of the damage wrought by unaccountable parliamentarians, Sue Bradford and her anti smacking bill is another example, I believe we need to change our parliamentary system.
  
  This cannot go on. We have too many politicians, Andrew Little is another one, who have never won the confidence of the people but there they sit. Making bad laws and never being held to account by actual people who actually voted for them. Our MPs don’t actually represent us. They represent their party hierarchy and the elites in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch who pull their strings. We need change urgently.
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:23am
  - SGA
    
    On the hand, there are some FPP countries with similar laws regarding marriage and abortion, so I am not sure that you can rest all the blame on MMP. It may be, Scott, that your religious beliefs sometimes put you out of step with the rest of your greater community.
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:17am
    - ross411
      
      That’s an irrelevant tangent. The real point is whether MMP is not really representative for the reasons he mentions.
      
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      March 15, 2020 10:23am
    - Tall Man
      
      I’m not sure Scott was focused on the decisions rather the process that allows people to populate and control Parliament without the direct “support” of the people.
      
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      March 15, 2020 10:34am
  - Nickc2
    
    Agree wholeheartedly. List MPs are little more than pig swill, the whole lot of them.
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:53am
    - Ian Boag
      
      Bill English was a list MP at the end. Put Scott Barclay into his safe seat. Paula Bennett will be one after the election …..
      
      A vote is a vote is a vote. 10,000 votes elect the same number of members whether they are in an electorate or spread round the country …..
      
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      March 15, 2020 2:04pm
    - doggone7
      
      Hekia Parata was always a list MP. Steven Joyce nothing but. Did you call them out for being little more than pig swill at the time?
      
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      March 15, 2020 4:15pm
  - Aunty
    
    McAnulty!
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:56am
  - rererangihirihiri
    
    That Kieran McNulty is a horrible little pill.
    Read something a couple of weeks ago in which he was implying that he was responsible for the pea weevil recovery.
    He is an example of everything that is wrong about party lists and MMP.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:03am
    - Tony Stuart
      
      I still can’t get over the hypocrisy of Labour hectoring the former government over the Sky City deal and “problem gambling”, then putting up a former TAB bookie as their candidate (now an MP) in Wairarapa.
      
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      March 15, 2020 1:57pm
  - pdm
    
    ` Jacinda tells him what to do!’
    
    No Scott – the Unionists who run Labour tell McAnulty what to do.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:23am
  - namron
    
    I agree 100% with your “dissection” of the MMP voting system.
    My dictionary stets that the meaning of democracy is
    “government of a country through a parliament of representatives elected by them.”
    With all of the list MPs selected by the political parties and not elected by the people, we don’t actually have a democratic government!!
    A return to FPP starts to sound better and better
    idea each day.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:50am
  - Harriet
    
    That by far is the best comment this year Scott.
    
    And I will add that MMP was introduced so that minority views could be represented – so we were told.
    However, National and Labour did nothing other than use the private members bills to sabotage that democratic process:
    The anti-smackers, the prostitutes and the gays never ever bothered forming a party, instead they were all represented by private members bills, all of which were not discussed before elections – but made shortly after the election.
    
    As everyone can see Scott — views that voters DON’T HOLD are being placed FIRST AND FOREMOST at the front of their political party — AFTER AN ELECTION.
    
    Private members bills corrupt the democratic process. 😎
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:55am
  - Sacha
    
    @ Scott: I think you mean: never being ABLE to be held to account.
    But MMP certainly delivers on the minorities represented claim.
    
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    March 15, 2020 11:07am
  - curry4me
    
    Scott: ACT, or the New Conservatives should push for a MMP referendum at the 2023 election. MMP has been a disaster. NZ gets forced further left each election cycle. With FPP, NZ Worst would have been gone by now, and the ‘Greens’ too.
    
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    March 15, 2020 1:52pm
    - Ian Boag
      
      And 44% of the votes would have got 55% of the MPs. If the chips fell right, one could have the most MPs without having the largest share of the popular vote (Muldoon 1981).
      
      If there is to be another referendum (making it three) it needs to be soon – by 2023 anyone under 50 will only have known MMP by then. Only oldies will remember FPP.
      
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      March 15, 2020 2:09pm
- MCos
  
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  What about Winston Churchill in charge of the UK?
  Or just about anyone else in charge of the US.
  
  What would this miracle worker John Key have done differently do you think? Of course he’ll never be put to the test.
  Simon Bridges might be if this crises lingers on and the voters turn to him to give his theories a crack.
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:38am
  - Prince
    
    Here’s a few clues.
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120280988/the-government-needs-to-step-up-on-coronavirus-before-its-too-late–steven-joyce
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:14am
- pdm
  
  I would include Tony Ryall as Health Minister.
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:41am
- kevn
  
  @Vall… Yes. Every significant issue that arises and the clown circus play with, I ponder “what would Key have done?”
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:30am
  - Tall Man
    
    I don’t. He’s a great guy, he was a great leader but “was” is the operative word here.
    
    Simon Bridges is growing into the role and will make a great Prime Minister.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:33am
    - Albert Thrasher
      
      And pigs will fly.
      Bridges is a goober.
      
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      March 16, 2020 9:30am
- Gravelroad
  
  Sometimes reference is made on here about the trying economic conditions, downturns, earthquakes, rebuilds and world events that the previous National government had to navigate and manage over the “nine long years of neglect”.
  The Labour opposition criticised and moaned about the efforts of Key, English and the rest during that period while offering no solutions or assistance themselves.
  Now the CoL is under the pump and, by the looks of her, it is taking a toll on Ms Ardern.
  Perhaps she and her fellow travellers might reflect on their time in opposition and acknowledge that it is not as simple as they think it is to be an effective government.
  It is when things go badly wrong that we see the quality of response.
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:53am
- Max
  
  Vallager exactly and IMO Stephen Joyce the man who predicted the hole but like others underestimated this Government’s ineptitude. I wish he would stand for North Shore electorate.
  
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  March 15, 2020 11:40am
- doggone7
  
  Why? What would they do differently?
  
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  March 15, 2020 12:32pm
- Albert Thrasher
  
  Yeah well err nothing.
  John Key didn’t achieve anything in reality.
  He just loped along doing what he was told to do.
  Besides, being PM was more of a badge of honour for him. He’s more American than a Kiwi.
  As for English. He’s a religious kook and a wet fish.
  
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  March 16, 2020 9:18am
KH

We have New Zealand Military in Camp Taji. Second rocket attack in a week.
Time to get our people out of this stupid war.
https://southfront.org/three-u-s-led-coalition-service-members-injured-in-new-camp-taji-attack-photos/
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March 15, 2020 8:13am
- curry4me
  
  KH: Well past time.
  
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  March 15, 2020 1:59pm
Happychappy

Jacinda Ardern knows she has blood on her hands over the measles epidemic that moved from NZ to the Pacific Islands mainly Samoa without any containment plan, so now over two months in from the start of the Coronavirus she stops people returning to the Islands in case they might carry the virus. Over two months since the Coronavirus started and virus could have bolted by that time, so is this another attempt by ourout of her depth Prime Minister to cover her tracks and grandstand to Pacific Islands people in NZ or is another vote catching idea to help her and her Government gain the Treasury Benches at the upcoming Elections.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/03/coronavirus-jacinda-ardern-s-plan-to-protect-pacific-islands-from-covid-19.html
Jacinda needs attention after the Muslim hug festival was canceled in ChristChurch yesterday.
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March 15, 2020 8:14am
- Charmaine Hawke
  
  The sad thing is that Samoa and Tahiti have had plans in place for the last 2-4 weeks around this while we had nothing. Our PM seems to have gone from nothing to worry about to hair on fire in 0.3 seconds and made policy on the fly again.
  I don’t care about her election sound tough sound bite I care about well thought out policy.
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:50am
Maggie Pie

Randum Impertinent Question :

Does Ruud Kleinpaster have ANY idea what he’s talking about – or does he just wing it?
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March 15, 2020 8:19am
- John Warren
  
  I was once on the same shuttle bus from Auckland Airport to the city as Ruud, and watched him having a very unpleasant meltdown towards the driver, something to do with payment, although I didn’t catch the details. He came across as a very rude, boorish Dutchman – the ho-ho-ho bonhomie seems to be just a facade for the cameras. I haven’t been able to stomach watching him on TV ever since.
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:10am
- Inandout
  
  MP, Ruud was always very explicit in matters regarding entomology, with sexual little tidbits added, for his amusement only I think. He then got into the advertising game for house cleaners and sort of lost his way. I have had Dutch relatives and the ones from the north of Holland seemed more thoughtful in their remarks. My late brother in law used to joke about the ‘crude’ residents of southern Holland, some ‘hewn out of stone’. I am not sure where Ruud hails from.
  
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  March 15, 2020 11:05am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    He was born in Indonesia.
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:12pm
G152

We should grieve for all people slaughtered by religions and beliefs that they do not subscribe to…
And use history as a guide as to the whys and wherefores to keep some sort of balance.
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March 15, 2020 8:21am
Zapper

So after the restrictions were announced, I commented on the Stuff Facebook post of the story, essentially criticising the late response and outright lie that these are the toughest restrictions in the world. Someone replied on my post, insulting me and suggesting I could do no better than the PM (I think I could be more decisive but that’s not really the point – I’m not in the job).

I recognised the name so clicked on the profile. Turns out it wasn’t the guy I knew with that name, but his profile tag line was ‘Senior Advisor to the PM’. So fear not people, they’re spending time insulting people on Facebook during a pandemic. Awesome.
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March 15, 2020 8:25am
- John Warren
  
  I know the sort. He’ll soil his panties every time he thinks about the “senior” part of his job title.
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:12am
SB 2

A very fine tribute and reflection that speaks to us powerfully this day 15th March

Reflections: A Jewish response to hatred and violence

“..In order for our society to be able to plead innocence, we must do everything possible so that these despicable acts will not be repeated.

“..The basic equality of all human beings, Jews and non-Jews, was one of the foundations of rabbinic belief.

This was also expressed in Ben Azzai’s assertion that “this is the record of Adam’s line – When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God” (Gen.

5:1) is the most important general rule of the Torah (Sifra, Kedoshim 4, 89b, ed. Weiss), and in Hillel’s teaching that we must “love all human beings,” not only Jews (Avot 1:12).

Rabbinic Judaism described the relationship of God to Jews and non-Jews in a statement attributed to Rabbi Akiva found in Avot 3:18: “Beloved is the human being in that he was created in the image.

Even greater love was shown to them in that it was made known to them that humans were created in the image, as it is said, ‘In the image of God was the human made’ (Gen. 9:6).”

In the words of Pinhas ben Elazar: “I call heaven and earth to witness: The spirit of holiness rests upon each person according to the deed that each does, whether that person is a non-Jew or a Jew, a man or woman, a manservant or a maidservant” (Seder Eliyahu Raba 9)…”

https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Reflections-A-Jewish-response-to-hatred-and-violence-412003

Nobody proved anything by hate!

We shall remember them

Lest we forget!
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March 15, 2020 8:30am
- Swifty
  
  Fine sentiments – but religious mumbo-jumbo.
  
  Working hard on your MEMRI translations today are you?
  
  Here’s a couple of new ones:
  
  Jordanian Islamic Scholar Ahmad Al-Shahrouri: The Jews Are More Dangerous Than Coronavirus, AIDS, and Cholera; Jihad Purifies Our Bodies and Souls, Can Save People from These Diseases
  
  https://www.memri.org/tv/jordanian-sheikh-shahrouri-jews-more-dangerous-coronavirus-aids-jihad-purify
  
  No need to translate this one, it’s in English – U.K.-Based Islamic Scholar Abdul Rahman Dimashqia: Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran Is Divine Punishment for Shiites; Iran Deliberately Infects Sunnis with the Virus
  
  https://www.memri.org/tv/uk-scholar-dimashqia-shiites-accused-aisha-wife-prophet-coronavirus-divine-punishment
  
  Or are these taken out of context too?
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:18am
  - SB 2
    
    Recalls nutters like our homegrown Bishop Brian Tamaki and his destiny church.
    
    The Christchurch earthquake divine punsihment and rettribution for homos etc.
    
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    March 15, 2020 1:06pm
    - Swifty
      
      No, not nutters.
      
      This is mainstream stuff. Preached in masjids around the world.
      
      And you tried to malign MEMRI as you rushed to defend these people.
      
      If we said some of the same things about Muslims here in NZ you would be quick to condemn us and affix all sorts of labels to us.
      
      But here you are down on all fours with these Islamofascists who spread hate, othering and intolerance wherever they set up home.
      
      You should be ashamed of yourself.
      
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      March 15, 2020 2:10pm
- The Proper Ghandi
  
  Jews consider non-Jews goyim (or cattle). So when a Jew talks about “Jews and non-Jews” somehow being equal, they are lying through their teeth. A foundational principle of Judaism is that they see themselves as God’s chosen people. By inference, other ethnicities are not chosen.
  
  I’d love to see Israel not be the only and blatant holdout when it comes to increasing ethnic diversity within its borders. Why is this the case? Only when they take in swathes of third worlders will I take anything they say seriously.
  
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  March 15, 2020 11:38am
  - Swifty
    
    Oh I do agree, there are Jews in the world who hold disgraceful views.
    
    It’s no coincidence that the Koran is approximately 1/3 to 1/2 made up of plagiarisms of ancient Jewish texts.
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:13pm
- KevO'Brien
  
  It’s easy to forget false religious teachings.
  
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  March 15, 2020 12:28pm
Notsofast

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Now for the North and South edition

“THE LUNDY MURDERS
ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL

20 years of lies, cover-ups and incompetence…
the story that will make you question our justice system…
“it’s definitely A miscarriage of justice, there’s no question of that.” Julie-Anne Kincaide QC”

Every word in the lengthy article is bedded in incontrovertible fact except where Mike White says
“But then maybe I’m wrong”

Staring at you from a supermarket rack nearby.
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March 15, 2020 8:31am
- harvey wilson
  
  Not going to buy it, I did you give you the usual downtick though.
  
  You’re welcome.
  
  Imagine dedicating your whole life to defending a man who butchered his family with a tomahawk?
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:02am
  - Notsofast
    
    Good on you for downticking a magazine cover.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:27am
- Tony Stuart
  
  In Notsofast’s world, everyone else is wrong, even the bench of the Supreme Court. Says it all really…
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:07am
  - John Warren
    
    Private Notsofast is the only soldier in the entire army marching in step.
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:13am
  - Notsofast
    
    The bench of the supreme court is wrong a hundred ways. But do they know they are wrong?
    Read the article.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:04am
  - Brian McDonald
    
    Actually, Tony, as the spread of coronavirus shows the Supreme Court was wrong as to the expansiveness of the spread of DNA or airborne viruses through a sneeze. Also that the nails of the hand coming into contact when 2 persons shake hands. It pays to always be open-minded.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:22am
    - Tall Man
      
      “It pays to always be open-minded.”
      
      So open the brain falls out onto your partner’s shirt ……
      
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      March 15, 2020 10:29am
- Luke Piewalker
  
  Lundy you are doing your time. End of story
  
  “No man should have his wife’s brain on his shirt”
  
  Maybe take up acting classes in your spare time
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:13am
  - Tall Man
    
    That’s unfair, doesn’t everyone leak a bit of brain fluid from time to time.
    
    notsofast does, probably not got much left by now………
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:28am
- Nostradamus
  
  Notsofast on 18 December 2018:
  
  Mike White is a North and South journalist who has seen every document on the Lundy case. He must speak for himself on what he believes. He is close to the defence. Here is a story that is factual.
  
  The same Mike White who has written the article you approve of, yes? Maybe if he’s “close to the defence”, as you say, he can’t see the wood for the trees, no?
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:17am
  - Notsofast
    
    That is up to him to determine, but I did not make up that cover, the editorial team did.
    
    Cover credit
    
    Design: Jenny Nicholls.
    
    This time a highly reputable publication is saying exactly what Mark Lundy has said for 20 years, and no it is not attractive reading for the appeal or supreme courts who are vested by Helen Clark with a final correcting role. All 9 of them.
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:51am
    - Tony Stuart
      
      North and South has long ceased to be a “highly reputable publication”, and Mike White is very much part of the reason for that.
      
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      March 15, 2020 1:54pm
  - Tall Man
    
    “Trees”?… Next thing you’ll be talking about axes !
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:27am
- MrLovebucket
  
  The only miscarriage of justice was that he got off with such a light sentence.
  
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  March 15, 2020 1:03pm
oldpark

Once Ardern realised she had got a Silver Medal for missing out with the cancellation of the Christchurch memorial. She finally decided to try and recover her imagined high ground position.
Rushing in and making a so called unilateral decision, to without warning attack NZs Travel Industry .Her comments she made “no apologies’ for putting into affect border and entry conditions for all and sundry by travellers into NZ by midnight Sunday said to be the toughest in the World .
What a pity to make that type of comment when after all she was doing was emulating Israel who had introduced Arderns “big idea” into their country weeks ago .A copy cat.
Sadly for the Peters selected wee girl from Morrinsville to be NZs PM two Silver Medals in one day . Also not a good look for someone out of their depth . Thanks to Winston Peters.
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March 15, 2020 8:32am
- Captain Mainwaring
  
  Why am I starting to harbour the thought that Cindy is only warming up for her biggest decision – cancelling the election?
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:58am
  - geoff3012
    
    Woops…slipped, sorry
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:17am
  - emmess
    
    It’s possible.
    Local elections were just postponed for a year in the UK. We are not quite at that point yet, but if more elections are postponed or cancelled in other countries, then plans should start being made for an online or postal only election.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:27am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    I suspect that would spell the end of the Labour Party if she tried that.
    
    The CoL has a few months of uncharted challenge ahead …
    If it can keep the populace informed and safe, then the CoL spin-doctors will having a winning hand to play at the September election.
    
    If it all turns to custard, then I can’t see that folks will stand for any more of their mismanagement.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:57am
    - peterwn
      
      Postponing the election could be a valid option but there would need to be a consensus of Parliament ie Jacinda will have to get Simon’s agreement (which would probably over her dead body). If this did happen the Government should go into ‘caretaker’ mode (AFAIK outlined in the Cabinet Manual) from the date the House would normally rise and the House should rise at that date anyway and only convene for any very urgent business.
      
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      March 15, 2020 1:27pm
  - Hacked-Off
    
    Yes Captain, That thought had crossed my mind as well. The only saving grace is that we are yet to start the election process (officially) but who will know what the Winter will bring health wise. Charitably I could ascribe any delay to wider health concerns. However uncharitably, I could also see that Ardern needs time for all the ill-directed money they are throwing about in hope that some of it sticks long enough to do some good to Labour’s election chances, and for her to show at least some competency and leadership (which some Labour officials see the covid-19 as such an opportunity according to Peter Dunne).
    
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    March 15, 2020 11:06am
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“What would you give to have John Key and Bill English back in charge right now?”

Not so sure. To date the most important control against the Wuhan virus was the China travel ban.

This Ardern, after pressure from Australia / Trump Admin, got right.

John Key’s airline wanted to keep flying into the shit hole China – was stopped by Ardern. And the Chinese CG in Auckland said everything was fine with Chinese people coming into NZ. Just like Italy it seems.

Given how influence the Chinese CG has over National then NZ would probably look like Italy had Key or English been calling the shots.
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March 15, 2020 8:36am
- harvey wilson
  
  John Key has an airline?
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:04am
  - Tall Man
    
    Sir John Key is awesome, he can do anything from creating a global crisis to running every business ever established in New Zealand. He’s a great guy but that John Keys fellow, I’m not too sure about him.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:25am
- septic skeptic
  
  Europe is now at least as bad as China was when the ban went in, but no ban on Europe. Racism at work?
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:09am
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    Wuhan was worse than Italy is now when they locked down (reality, not chinese propeganda).
    
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    March 15, 2020 12:24pm
- Charmaine Hawke
  
  Totally wrong, Air NZ stopped flights to Shanghai almost immediately and from an industry perspective have actually been one of the best airlines to deal with over this. Also shout out to Emirates who have been amazingly flexible with their policies as well.
  Don’t trash what you have minimal knowledge of, my industry is doing it hard but effective right now. We are focusing on getting our clients home, rearranging their holidays and trying not to go mad in the process.
  Kia Kaha to all who will suffer during this time.
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:56am
  - Nickc2
    
    Charmaine, I agreed with everything you said until I read the last sentence where you said “Kia Kaha” and lost my support. I suggest if you wish to push stuff from a Maori perspective, you either post on a Maori blog or use the English language we were taught in our scholastic years.
    
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    March 15, 2020 8:31pm
Yvette

When someone returning from overseas after midnight tonight, and being required to self-isolate for 14 days, will any family be required to do the same, for example, a partner who presumably still “shares” the same bed as the returned family member?
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March 15, 2020 8:47am
- septic skeptic
  
  More importantly, what is the self isolation protocol for someone arriving from Europe intending to have a three week touring holiday?
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:11am
  - Misha Beattie
    
    Exactly. There will be people scheduled to arrive in New Zealand over the next few weeks who have booked holidays. Are they really all going to isolate themselves for 2 weeks? Where will they do that.?
    
    The restrictions come into effect at midnight. Between midnight and 0600 Monday there are 24 flights scheduled to arrive in New Zealand. About 5000 to 6000 passengers. Many of these people will be tourists who have booked campervans and rental cars. Are they going to be denied access to those vehicles? I guarantee that most of them will simply proceed with their itineraries.
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:46am
    - Misha Beattie
      
      Just checking through the campervan and rental car websites, all of them seem to be offering a full refund on bookings that are affected by government-imposed travel restrictions. Good to see.
      
      However, if you have booked through a third party website (e.g. https://www.rentalcars.com/) you need to negotiate them. An example of why I am always reluctant to book travel services through third party agents.
      
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      March 15, 2020 11:44am
  - septic skeptic
    
    Cindy was lying yesterday when she said we had the toughest border restrictions in the world. We have no travel ban on Europe, not even Italy. We do not quarantine on arrival,instead we request self isolation. And what does that mean for an arriving tourist? Avoid crowds and restaurants. That sounds more like social distancing to me.
    Arden is a liar.
    
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    March 15, 2020 12:36pm
    - curry4me
      
      septic skeptic: Taiwan seems to be the gold standard for Coronavirus response.
      
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      March 15, 2020 2:08pm
      - Engelbert Humperdink
        
        Seoul / SK, HK and Singapore doing good.
        
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        March 15, 2020 2:44pm
    - Steve Otto(North Shore)
      
      Liar? What’s new?
      
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      March 15, 2020 2:11pm
    - doggone7
      
      Arden’s a liar? Give her three terms as PM then, that seems to be a qualification. Tell her to announce GST won’t increase and then actually increase it. That too is a qualification.
      
      The focus on politicians lying is silly.
      
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      March 15, 2020 4:20pm
Greg Ettridge

See the Ruby Princess has just tied up in Napier, are they going to view the dock for the day from the boat or defy the ban.
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March 15, 2020 8:47am
- igm
  
  If there are Pacific Islanders on board they will be exempt . . . why?
  Maybe she listens to Daddy on matters Pacific!
  
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  March 15, 2020 8:50am
  - Brian McDonald
    
    Because there is only 1 reported case throughout the islands and that is in New Caledonia (I think that is the correct place mentioned) with the situation continuing to be monitored.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:57am
    - Inandout
      
      BM, the Islands are very hot, not particularly liked by the WuFlu virus.
      
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      March 15, 2020 11:09am
      - Pharmachick
        
        Nope, the virus was just fine in Singapore and Thailand – it is not looking particularly cold-averse. Which is a bummer for us.
        
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        March 15, 2020 2:36pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      It is French Polynesia (Tahiti)
      https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/pacific-islands-hit-by-first-coronavirus-case-after-mp-met-infected-french-minister-french-polynesia
      
      Now 3 cases there
      https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/countries-where-coronavirus-has-spread/
      
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      March 15, 2020 11:36am
  - kevn
    
    @igm… PI are labour voters maybe? Cynical but true.
    
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    March 15, 2020 1:24pm
- DeepBlue
  
  Cruise ship association article this morning said restrictions don’t apply to ships already on tour in NZ.
  
  So there will be confusion in port towns today. Another comms failure by Ardern, she will have to provide claridy today.
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:17am
- pdm
  
  Ban starts at midnight tonight.
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:23am
  - ross411
    
    How does that even make sense? If there’s a delay for a ban, then the ban has no teeth.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:29am
  - tf78
    
    I hope someone tells the Coronavirus it has until tomorrow to leave. Gosh she is such a bad joke.
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:46am
  - Harlequin
    
    Nope, midnight Sunday. Midnight tonight is Monday.
    
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    March 15, 2020 1:02pm
- Ruahine
  
  If I was the Hawkes Bay Chief Medical Officer I would be advising that people get off the ship and get on the buses and go to the vineyards and be sure to have a few samples. Bright sunshine and a few wines that have 13+% AL will kill almost any virus.
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:27am
  - Pharmachick
    
    Love your comment – at least somebody is getting a laugh. Me too – takes 60% alcohol to kill a virus, but I have used the “alcohol” excuse at least 3 times this weekend 😉 … perhaps if we all drank cask strength whisky…
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:37pm
- Greg Ettridge
  
  Why would you downtick, I thought it a perfectly relevant question, has the ban been put in place at midnight, are all cruise liners banned as from midnight, just asking the question. Where are they going to all finish their cruises?
  The MSC Magnifica was banned from unloading in Hobart yesterday which had just returned from New Zealand, now on its way to Sydney.
  These people will need disembark somewhere.
  
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  March 15, 2020 9:30am
  - MCos
    
    After midnight tonight cruise ships won’t be able to dock here so I suppose they will return whence they came and negotiate with passengers over the used portion of their ticket.
    
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    March 15, 2020 9:46am
Luke Piewalker

As a General Manager for a large Multinational I had great pleasure giving a serve to theNZ media organisations with their hands out for my corporate advertising dollars this week.

They got told in no uncertain terms that they wouldn’t get another cent from my budget given their appalling daily treatment of the rural sector
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March 15, 2020 8:52am
- Gravelroad
  
  Good on you, Luke Piewalker and thanks.
  I think we will find that terrorists or not, connovirus epidemic or not, the farming community will still be producing daily:
  Meat, milk, cheese, butter, fruit, vegetables, grains, grapes for wine, hops for beer and base ingredients for hundreds of other food and clothing products.
  Not sure about toilet paper or drain clogging wipes though.
  Easy to rubbish primary produce growers behind the keyboard and I guess we will still be rubbished in the media if supply chain is not maintained.
  
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  March 15, 2020 10:38am
- kevn
  
  @Luke… Might have choked on their soy lattes at being told to FO.
  
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  March 15, 2020 1:22pm
  - Gravelroad
    
    Do they know that farmers grow, cultivate and harvest soyabeans? Likewise almonds?
    Or do they think these crops emanate from some sterile, urban laboratory.
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:24pm
- curry4me
  
  Luke Piewalker: Are ads on Facebook any use to you? How about YouTube? You could also use one of those services that puts your ad at the top of Google searches. anyhow, best of luck with your business.
  
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  March 15, 2020 2:12pm
JibberJabber

Biden for President, really?
https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1238913915217752065

Only if Hillary is his VP, eh?
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March 15, 2020 9:08am
- sooty
  
  Yer, then she can Arkanside him!
  
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  March 15, 2020 12:26pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    And she will, bet your bottom dollar. The woman is unhinged and dangerous
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:14pm
lifesgood

They could give them hand bells like the lepers of old and they could wander Napier chanting “unclean, unclean”…or maybe not.
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March 15, 2020 9:10am
Yvette

Does coronavirus cause mental discombobulation or impulsive behaviour?

• Pasifika Festival cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.
Mayor Phil Goff says the two-day festival has been cancelled amid concerns about the risk of the virus being transmitted to the Pacific Islands by attendees.
• The organisation that manages the festival – Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) – said they were exploring additional options to help out the businesses, including getting them involved in other Auckland events and markets over the weekend like Ōtara Flea Market, Māngere Flea Market, and Siva Afi Festival at the Māngere Arts Centre.

• NZ First MP Tracey Martin self-isolating, being tested for coronavirus.
• NZ First MP won’t be tested
National is ‘disappointed’ NZ First MP Tracey Martin won’t be tested for the virus, despite meeting with infected politician.

• [Ardern] dithered on cancelling the Pasifika Festival, dithered on cancelling the March 15 commemoration, dithered on delivering tighter travel restrictions on Friday, despite indicating she would. What’s the best way to counter criticism that the leader isn’t strong? Come out far more strongly than anyone expects. – Heather du Plessis-Allan
• Covid-19: New Zealand government accused of ‘flat-footed’ response – Guardian, March 10
• “Toughest border restrictions of any country” / New Zealand tells arrivals to self-isolate for two weeks, including citizens – Guardian, March 14

• The Catholic Church here in New Zealand says there is no need to cancel Mass, despite warnings from health officials against attending large gatherings of people.
A man who went to a service at a south Auckland church a week ago later tested positive for COVID-19. The man, in his 60s, had recently returned from a trip to the United States and did not show symptoms when he went to St Mary’s in Papakura last Sunday morning.
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March 15, 2020 9:17am
- Albert_Ross
  
  Any new and imperfectly understood risk causes irrational behaviour and overreaction among the public, amplified by media whose main incentive is to sell copy, politicians whose main incentive is to make themselves look good and their opponents look bad, rumour and gossip made faster and more virulent by the internet.
  
  Far greater risks that we already live with every day, not so much.
  
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  March 15, 2020 10:02am
- Fletch
  
  I wonder if the Muslims are still holding their weekly prayers, ey? I bet they are.
  
  The Catholic Church here in New Zealand says there is no need to cancel Mass, despite warnings from health officials against attending large gatherings of people.
  
  You left out the rest of the story –
  
  Acting director of the Catholic National Liturgy Office, Father John O’Connor, the Church is taking the Ministry of Health’s advice that there’s no need to cancel public gatherings.
  
  “The moment they say there is a need to cancel we will immediately respond by cancelling Masses, but at the moment there is no need,” O’Connor told Newshub.
  
  https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-catholic-church-says-mass-will-continue.html
  
  In the meantime, the Church has stopped the “sign of peace” (shaking hands), emptied all the holy water founts, is only having communion in the hand (no communion on the tongue, and no wine at all), and no touching of the priest of anyone for a blessing.
  
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  March 15, 2020 11:35am
Prince

I’d be interested to know if Ardern spoke to Aussie PM Morrison prior to announcing the ban.
Especially given the impact on current sporting tournaments across our countries.
And if she tried, was the phone off the hook given her public tantrum in Sydney a couple of weeks ago.
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March 15, 2020 9:20am
- MCos
  
  Did he consult with anyone, let alone NZ, before his big announcement the other day?
  
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  March 15, 2020 10:13am
  - Prince
    
    Wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t, given her attitude as his guest.
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:44pm
MCos

Somebody not letting a crises go to waste
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/technology/coronavirus-purell-wipes-amazon-sellers.html?referringSource=articleShare
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March 15, 2020 9:22am
kevn

@Greg… Keep us up with the play.
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March 15, 2020 9:32am
Maggy Wassilieff

Germany & Switzerland giving up on Electric vehicles for postal service
https://notrickszone.com/2020/03/14/back-to-reality-electric-mobility-gets-dose-of-shock-therapy-german-swiss-post-to-end-electric-fleet/
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March 15, 2020 9:35am
- Misha Beattie
  
  What gets me about EV owners is how entitled they are. Like the guy I spotted in Wellington charging up his late model Tesla with a council provided ‘free’ charging point in Lombard Street.
  
  Why are councils providing free power for (mostly) wealthy EV owners? The stupidity and arrogance is just breath-taking.
  
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  March 15, 2020 11:36am
  - curry4me
    
    Misha Beattie: There’s one in the bus depot car park in Kaikoura too.
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:24pm
- SB 2
  
  MW, correction there, Deutsche Post have stated they will end the production of their own EV Street Scooters
  
  https://insideevs.com/news/401477/deutsche-post-dhl-streetscooter-production-end/
  
  Henceforward likely to outsource a model possibly similar to NZ Post’s e scooters,,
  
  https://www.nzpost.co.nz/about-us/sustainability/electric-vehicles-powering-deliveries
  
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  March 15, 2020 1:17pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Oh Lordy…

A day of Prayer…
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/brian-tamaki-calls-for-day-of-prayer-to-fight-coronavirus-pandemic.html
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March 15, 2020 9:54am
- MCos
  
  Many people have travelled that road before . . .
  
  https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2014/february/snake-salvation-pastor-dies-rattlesnake-bite-jamie-coots.html
  
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  March 15, 2020 10:02am
- Swifty
  
  Yes siree – if I was a superstitious type I’d be looking for more protection than just prayer.
  
  Right now I’d be reaching for my magic underwear – guaranteed to ward off all those evil spirits:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment
  
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  March 15, 2020 10:13am
- Tall Man
  
  To be to brian Maggy, if we’re all at home praying and not out there hugging, infection rates may well drop 🙂
  
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  March 15, 2020 10:18am
  - Tall Man
    
    To be fair to brian…..
    
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    March 15, 2020 10:40am
- barnacle bill
  
  And the Hidu population in India are saying that cows pee will also cure the virus.
  
  It is a strange old world in which wee live.
  
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  March 15, 2020 11:29am
  - Engelbert Humperdink
    
    This, uh, is out in orbit…
    
    “Iranian cleric thinks applying ‘violet leaf oil’ to anus can cure coronavirus.”
    
    No link. You’re welcome.
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:47pm
- Fletch
  
  Donald Trump has also called for a day of prayer today (tomorrow, our time).
  
  It is my great honor to declare Sunday, March 15th as a National Day of Prayer. We are a Country that, throughout our history, has looked to God for protection and strength in times like these. No matter where you may be, I encourage you to turn towards prayer in an act of faith. Together, we will easily PREVAIL!
  
  https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/posts/10164200732690725
  
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  March 15, 2020 11:38am
- sooty
  
  Yep, that’ll work just as well as a Tui!
  
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  March 15, 2020 12:28pm
- Yvette
  
  At a time when the whole country is under strict advice to avoid group gatherings, Tamaki says there is no need to stop coming together for prayer and has asked his followers to join him at a “national day of prayer” at his churches.
  Going against the advice of every expert and Government official, Tamaki wants his followers to get together within a closed space today.
  “Tomorrow, we will be holding A National Day of Prayer, across all of our Churches and Iwi Tapu Tribes,” Destiny Church posted on Facebook yesterday. [1]
  
  “We Believe Gods Help is important and as i have stated Ps 91:9-10 would be good to Read,Pray and Declare [2]
  
  Psalm 91:9-10 King James Version (KJV)
  9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
  
  Should case-tracing later reveal the plague of coronavirus is contracted by anyone attending a Destiny church (especially visiting Pacific Islanders who may take the disease home) is there a suitable crime – fraud, misrepresentation of a product, causing public nuisance, incitement, or just anything – that can be levelled at Brian Tamaki?
  
  [1] https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12316772
  [2] https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/brian-tamaki-calls-for-day-of-prayer-to-fight-coronavirus-pandemic.html
  
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  March 15, 2020 12:56pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Na,
    coz you have to read the whole Psalm…and it begins
    
    ” He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty”
    
    Now even if you are a faithful believer, how do you know that you are in that secret place?
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:34pm
    - KevO'Brien
      
      Not being a believer makes interpretation of the Holy Scriptures difficult if not impossible.
      Those who have committed to Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour are covered. “He will give his angels in charge over thee..” Been there: my car was pushed back about 6m and a head on collision avoided. I had no part in it except to be surprised at the time and thankful afterwards. I could feel the deceleration. I have seen other miracles too. A Christian empowered by the Holy Spirit can certainly affect the temporal world around them.
      
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      March 15, 2020 5:54pm
      - mikenmildagain
        
        A Christian empowered by the Holy Spirit can certainly affect the temporal world around them.
        
        ‘affect’, or ‘infect’?
        
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        March 15, 2020 6:15pm
artemisia

So, when those bacteria- laden, virus-infected unhygienic multi-use shopping bags are proved to contaminate supermarket counters, checkout operators and shopping trolleys with Covid-19 and more, will the incorrectly named single use plastic bags be allowed for the duration?

Even removal of the large fines for supplying them would be a start.
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March 15, 2020 9:57am
Chuck Bird

Did anyone see that horrible Muslim female on Q+A this morning making demands about more firearm legislation and apologies from Cindy and other government officials?

Why does she not apologise for all the Christians murdered world wide since 15 March 2019?
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March 15, 2020 10:15am
- ross411
  
  Victimhood is a profession these days, supported by weak politicians and feckless journalists.
  
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  March 15, 2020 10:30am
- secondcumming
  
  Best get used to it Chuck. As Muammar Gaddafi prohesized, by 2050, *Islam* will be the dominant religion in the world.
  
  Under this current government, or another of its ilk, New Zealand will be one of the first to fall.
  
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  March 15, 2020 11:00am
- sooty
  
  What about since the twin towers went down!
  
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  March 15, 2020 12:29pm
- mark15
  
  https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/120289537/man-arrested-at-kilbirnie-mosque-in-wellington
  
  Man arrested at religious building for saying things.
  Down the gurgler we go.
  
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  March 15, 2020 1:07pm
  - Rich Prick
    
    Here we go. Arrested for “inappropriate comments”. I’m glad that is such a defined offence, not one left to the sensitivities of a cop who scored an A in his diversity training.
    
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    March 15, 2020 2:33pm
  - doggone7
    
    What did he say? To whom?
    
    I guess to avoid going down the gurgler everyone should be allowed to say whatever to whomever wherever and whenever they feel like it.
    
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    March 15, 2020 5:57pm
  - mikenmildagain
    
    Doesn’t say exactly what he was arrested for, just that he became aggressive when asked to move on. So not ‘arrested for saying things’.
    
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    March 15, 2020 6:45pm
- Paulus
  
  And over 400 Road deaths last year !
  
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  March 15, 2020 1:23pm
rightoverlabour

Is this in the news anywhere? Australia is running out of Reagents for testing. My contacts in Australia sent me this this morning:

“Epidemiology stats show that the curve becomes seriously logarithmic. Even a day or 2 delay could mean the difference of thousands. Australia is only closing schools if they have a positive case.
However, we are running out of the reagents for the test and we are no longer going to test anybody who is sick. They will just force them to self isolate at home. Therefore, the policy of waiting for a positive case is obviously stupid.
We ICU doctors and public health doctors believe that schools, churches, Unix, gyms …… everything should have been shut down last week. Look at Italy. They didn’t shut anything down and now the virus has shut it down for them with many many deaths. The hit to their economy is estimated at a trillion plus dollars. They will take a decade to recover. “
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March 15, 2020 10:23am
- Pharmachick
  
  They should ask South Korea – SK was able to pump out 20,000 tests a day and never ran out. They switched a manufacturing plant into overdrive. They also report that they have been successful in flattening the curve.
  
  USA also should ask, they’re only using US-made tests and there is a serious shortage of them.
  
  The entire world is in exponential log 2 phase right now (which was predictable from an estimated transmission rate of 2.6 people per case). You can get the updated (2-3 times per day) stats here:
  
  https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
  
  with many, many thanks to the computer scientists and epidemiological modelers at Johns Hopkins.
  
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  March 15, 2020 2:46pm
kevn

Never watch it. Q+A makes me gag. I was told wobbly was on today as well. Reinforced my never watch stance.
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March 15, 2020 10:26am
Komata

Chuck@1015

She can’t, the koran expressly forbids it, since every non-muslim is automatically an ‘Infidel’ and therefore below contempt.

As a result she can demand all and anything with the absolute certainty that whatever it is, is hers as of ‘right’ and that ‘allah’ fully approves of her actions.

In her world, the killing of Chrstians and Jews is seen as a ‘Positive’, and is something the media luvvies will never mention.
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March 15, 2020 10:28am
Doubledimp

Just watched Q+A, Jack tame did some good work getting out of Cindy what sort of relief would be coming (targeted, etc). But the union woman was delusional; when asked to chose between keeping jobs and raising minimum wage, she folded her arms like a 4 year old and said “both!”

My thought was with all this downtime for people now, this is an ideal opportunity for training. We could have every person in the tourist trade first-aid qualified, and possibly kiwihost trained (or the current equivalent). Got employees with little or no english? Take the government handout but on the condition they attend a 2 week language course put on for free.
If I have to self-isolate, I have 3 projects I can work on at home that will add value for my employer.
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March 15, 2020 10:30am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Yep,
  and with planting season arriving…. these’s still half a Billion trees to be put in the ground….
  
  and surely by now, someone has figured out which trees are to be planted out where.
  
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  March 15, 2020 2:45pm
oldfella

Spare a thought for Sky in all this (okay, just joking, but…). They’ll be hurting. If the whole rugby season goes belly up, which looks likely, I imagine the thousands of Kiwis who only get it for sport – mainly rugby – will dump it till normal transmission is resumed. You can buy a lot of good streaming content for far less than the basic Sky package, and cancel or restart at anytime. Of course it might also force Sky to drop prices, drastically, to stay afloat.
Interesting times in the media world.
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March 15, 2020 10:47am
Jade Warrior

Just been down to my local cafe for brunch. Normally on a Sunday they are packed with customers but this morning my partner and I were the only ones there. The impact of Coronavirus I guess. ?
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March 15, 2020 10:50am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  One of our local eateries still rocking… took nearly 30 mins for our lunch to arrive…yum,yum.
  
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  March 15, 2020 2:48pm
Brian McDonald

Struggling to understand why the Super Rugby competition wasn’t updated to allow the NZ teams by themselves, Aussie teams (to include Japan – which is already happening to some extent and SA teams (to include Argentina) to all play at home to find the top 2 teams on points for the substitute competition then ultimately travel to the most virus-free country of the 5 for the final and follow travel protocols for CV on the way home or when arriving home. They’d still get a TV audience even if the individual countries stopped live audiences.
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March 15, 2020 11:18am
- Nickc2
  
  Pubs and Clubs will be the next facilities closed by our PM. (sarc I hope) Don’t want to give her ideas.
  Interesting, I see they are still promoting a Netball competition on TV.
  
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  March 15, 2020 11:21am
Fletch

Suspected coronoavirus case on Cruise ship at Akaroa…

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12316776
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March 15, 2020 11:39am
Misha Beattie

That hissing sound you will hear this week is the Queenstown economy deflating.
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March 15, 2020 11:45am
raven

Cruise ship Golden Princess, currently docked off Canterbury, has a suspected Coronavirus case. Where else has this ship been in NZ?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120289215/coronavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-in-akaroa-canterbury-being-tested
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March 15, 2020 11:48am
- Pharmachick
  
  why the hell was a CRUISE SHIP allowed to sail on march 10th and why on earth did NZ allow it to dock?
  
  Edit to add: and in the face of COVID-19 who on earth gets on these floating pestilence mediators anyways???
  
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  March 15, 2020 3:42pm
emmess

Now, that we have had this stupid moderation policy on Kiwiblog for a year, I think it is time to get rid of it.
Thumbs up if you agree, thumbs down if you don’t.
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March 15, 2020 11:49am
Maggy Wassilieff

Jacinda Ardern reckons NZ has put in place the most rigorous coronavirus entry controls – starting from this evening, but the Republic of Marshall Islands banned all air-travellers 6 days ago…and already had a ban against cruise ships and yachts docking.
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/marshall-islands-bars-all-air-travellers-for-two-weeks-to-prevent-coronavirus-11583726846073.html
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March 15, 2020 11:59am
- sooty
  
  They were on to it before bobble head.
  
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  March 15, 2020 12:31pm
- artemisia
  
  Cactus Kate had other examples, plus a cool rant. Link on right hand side of KB.
  
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  March 15, 2020 12:33pm
- Happychappy
  
  Well if you go to face book this story has all those that love Jacinda having orgasms and praising what a great strong Leader she is so I wonder how much the Labour leader is paying the unfortunate in this latest package due to be announced early next week.
  https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/coronavirus-business-package-most-significant-ardern-announce-pm
  
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  March 15, 2020 12:34pm
- Tricati
  
  Ardern is an embarrassment – Bad mouthed Trump for his response to the virus, and now 2 weeks late, implementing similar restrictions.
  The government mishandled the meningitis issue in Northland, then the measles epidemic that played havoc with Samoa, and no slow to the game on coronavirus. What is annoying the most is the free pass she, and her ministers, are getting form the MSM. It seems the only baddy here is Simon Bridges for holding them to account.
  
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  March 15, 2020 1:19pm
Kiwi

Article from Stephen Joyce in Stuff – “The Government needs to stop surprising us over coronavirus: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120280988/the-government-needs-to-step-up-on-coronavirus-before-its-too-late–steven-joyce
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March 15, 2020 12:19pm
Komata

In view of the current ‘Discussion’ concerning ‘The Virus’, this might be of interest; only the Aussies could get away with in.

Note: Contains language that some (non-Australians) might find offensive)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia0bfWbOLjY
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March 15, 2020 12:39pm
MH

pres Trump has declared it is a pandemic and as a result all Pandas have been asked to leave the country forthwith.
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March 15, 2020 1:15pm
- curry4me
  
  MH: I’m definitely stealing that. Please don’t call the cops on me.
  
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  March 15, 2020 2:35pm
  - MH
    
    O thee be pandamoanium
    
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    March 15, 2020 5:12pm
    - mikenmildagain
      
      Panda Takeaways in Lower Hutt has reported a downturn in business.
      
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      March 15, 2020 5:25pm
- Scooter
  
  Also declared a Pandemocrate
  
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  March 16, 2020 12:01am
Komata

Oi, Duty Mod
(Written at 1321)

I made a post at 1028 and it’s now 1321 and said post is ‘Still awaiting moderation’.

These sorts of delays do nothing to enhance the ‘Smooth flow of discourse’, so can you please ‘Pull Finger’ and ‘clear’ what I’ve written (and yes, I am VERY aware that today is Sunday)?

Thank you.

[Mod – apologies for the delay. Whilst I can’t speak for others, I’ve been to church, then out to a cafe for lunch. The queue has now been cleared.]
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March 15, 2020 1:21pm
- Tall Man
  
  Nice lunch?
  
  Not a cafe boy really as I enjoy cooking and making different things for the family and friends. Also, thanks to ardern and the roading delays, traffic here is a nightmare on Sundays.
  
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  March 15, 2020 4:57pm
SB 2

The following article puts a lie to claims that the Muslim community were against commemorating the Mosque anniversary attacks Actually the very opposite was the case.

Examples,

“Linwood Mosque general secretary and Islamic Centre trustee Faisal Sayed inside Linwood Mosque. He says members of the mosque community supported a remembrance service on March 15.”

“ Muslim Association of Canterbury general secretary Feroze Mohammed Ditta says there were different views among the culturally diverse mosque communities about the one year anniversary of the mosque attacks, but most supported the remembrance service.’

And,
“…So, you’re not mourning, you are saying they have gone on and we will, in our turn, follow them.”

Green said Islam did not forbid followers from mourning “because we know we need to honour those people who have been killed”, but it emphasised the need to create a positive legacy from the loss.

Following consultations with attack victims over several meetings and with support from Al Noor Imam Gamal Fouda, the majority of the community was supportive of the event….”

Finally ,

On Monday Fouda called for a national remembrance service to be held every year on March 15.

He told the NZ Herald the attacks were “crimes against humanity” and warranted an exception to normal Islamic practice.

“Anywhere in New Zealand, if Muslims want to apply the normal rule, they can apply it outside of Christchurch – but in here, it’s an exception – because we are here to say that the voice of love should be louder than the voice of evil.”

Well said

Of course it now maybe academic as a consequence of the cancellation but I suspect behind the largely misinformed claims lurks a veiled Islamaphpbia. Not forgetting the opportunity to besmircht the PM.
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March 15, 2020 1:40pm
- KevO'Brien
  
  The PM got herself immersed in excessive hugism. We do not need an annual Labour party driven navel gazing festival on the anniversary of a major criminal event. This would only increase the grief of those bereaved.
  
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  March 15, 2020 2:33pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  No, it is not a misinformed claim.
  
  Perhaps you need to learn something about Islam and its practices.
  
  Read about Christchurch surgeon Dr Adib Khanafer:
  
  Khanafer will not be marking the first anniversary of the attacks – doing so is not consistent with his culture
  
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/119998898/christchurch-hospital-surgeon-reunited-with-girl-whose-life-he-saved-on-march-15
  
  I linked to other material yesterday that demonstrated NZ Muslims did not want an anniversary service.
  
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  March 15, 2020 3:11pm
- mikenmildagain
  
  The ‘Muslims don’t want a commemoration’ crowd here on Kiwiblog have made their usual mistake of assuming every Muslim is the same.
  
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  March 15, 2020 3:26pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    You clearly weren’t listening to the National Programme about an hour back when one of the muslim speakers about the ChCh memorial clearly said:
    “Muslims don’t do memorials”.
    
    He explained how they take a long view…. and that encompasses the life hereafter.
    
    They remember their family dead in their daily prayers.
    
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    March 15, 2020 4:09pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Here’s the interview…
      
      Tony Green spokesperson for Masjid An-Nur explaining – around 2min to 2:33
      https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018738529
      
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      March 15, 2020 4:47pm
    - mikenmildagain
      
      It’s the same thing – not all Muslims do memorials.
      There is another consideration – it’s a public memorial – the wider community will certainly support commemorations.
      Anyway, it’s certainly nice to read on Kiwiblog some support for Muslims sticking to their traditions instead of constant bleating for them to fit in.
      
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      March 15, 2020 4:53pm
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        We covered this on March 1st in Kiwiblog
        
        https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2020/03/we_should_listen_to_the_victims.html#comments
        
        I made my position clear then,
        I made it clear yesterday.
        
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        March 15, 2020 5:45pm
      - mikenmildagain
        
        That’s fine, then. The Kiwiblog consensus is no doubt as accurate on that as it is on everything else.
        
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        March 15, 2020 8:07pm
curry4me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zayx8FWRHS4

Joe Biden has a sub optimal Live Stream as ‘Never Biden’ Movement Begins. Couldn’t happen to a nicer party. Maybe the Never Trump crowd can rehash some articles, and help out?
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March 15, 2020 1:44pm
curry4me

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/03/13/hayward-china-threatens-to-cut-off-medicine-throw-america-into-mighty-sea-of-coronavirus/
Reason 958 to leave all the Made in China stuff on the shelf.
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March 15, 2020 1:45pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Judge Jeanine Pirro socks it to Michele Obama.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
https://independentminute.com/2020/03/12/judge-jeanine-pirro-takes-huge-risk-exposes-michelle-obama-live-on-air-4/?utm_source=Mailer-TPN&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:1481216&utm_campaign=3-13%20IDM%20%232
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March 15, 2020 1:56pm
Tall Man

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/03/coronavirus-green-mp-chl-e-swarbrick-going-into-self-isolation-after-australia-trip.html

Will we notice?

Maybe a drop in drivel unless the twitter bots start up again with their “threats”…..
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March 15, 2020 1:59pm
- Apteryx
  
  And Nanaia Mahuta was on the same flight to Sydney.
  
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  March 15, 2020 2:29pm
  - geoff3012
    
    Nothing will ever lay her low…..
    
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    March 15, 2020 4:32pm
Tarquin North

I see Chloe Swarbrick is going into self isolation. I wonder if anyone will notice? She should do us all a favor and stay there till after the election when she has to start looking for a real job.
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March 15, 2020 2:03pm
- sooty
  
  Why did she need to go to Sydney for the weekend?
  Was it a personal junket, just because she can?
  Getting a final free trip on the taxpayer?
  
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  March 15, 2020 2:26pm
  - greybeard
    
    She is simply trying to get as much public exposure as possible.
    In the same way that Ardern delayed the inevitable cancellation of today’s commemoration in Chch. – milk the moment for as long as you can.
    Any press is good press.
    
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    March 15, 2020 6:08pm
- Northland Wahine
  
  Who?
  
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  March 15, 2020 3:00pm
Fletch

In case you missed it, yesterday Trump got CEOs from many private sector companies (Target, Walmart, Quest Diagnostics and more) together in order to get them working together to fight the virus. Govt is too slow; too many regulations. That’s why the testing kits took so long to come out. But Trump has dumped all that and just given the go-ahead.

https://youtu.be/VgVT_RfOePQ?t=2436
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March 15, 2020 2:24pm
- Steve Otto(North Shore)
  
  Trump was talking 1.4 million testing kits. Not enough with a population of well over 320 million
  
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  March 15, 2020 3:23pm
- mikenmildagain
  
  ‘Govt is too slow’
  That must be why Trump got rid of the White house pandemic response team.
  
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  March 15, 2020 3:28pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    It was a ‘quango’ Mike, and you fucking know that.
    Pity you today – so pathetic with that expected TDS comment.
    
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    March 15, 2020 4:12pm
    - mikenmildagain
      
      A ‘quango’? How is the National Security Council a quango?
      
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      March 15, 2020 4:55pm
Maggy Wassilieff

8 cases in NZ now
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/411790/coronavirus-eight-positive-covid-19-cases-confirmed-in-nz
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March 15, 2020 2:53pm
- Cobolt24
  
  Australian tourist who just got back from France who came here before the results came out, he’s getting a lot of hatred on his Facebook page at the moment.
  Seventh case was a woman who came from Denmark, she came to Queenstown on March the 10th and possibly spread it within that time, I sure hope not. At least she drove in a private rental.
  
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  March 15, 2020 3:18pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

We have a friend coming to NZ from Alaska in 2 weeks. Via Hawaii with a 17 hour stand down in Honolulu. Arrivals from the Pacific Islands are exempt, but Hawaii is not. I guess Hawaii is not in the Pacific anymore.
Best she cancel, as a 14 day self isolation not going to work for her 12 days here. Half marathon in the Sth Island is off the cards too.
Phuck
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March 15, 2020 2:57pm
- Pharmachick
  
  Hawaii is not the Pacific Islands in the colloquial sense.
  
  It is the 50th state of the United States of America, and as such has American responses and American people movement (i.e. a LOT more than e.g. Tahiti).
  
  Sincerely yours, having lived there for nearly 9 years.
  
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  March 15, 2020 4:10pm
Nookin

I enjoy watching the golf on Sky channel 56. Tonight I pressed the “i” button to see what was on. I was encouraged to

“….join SKY Sport for LIVE coverage from the 100th PGA Championship 2018.”

Do these idiots actually read what they write or is time travel real?
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March 15, 2020 8:58pm
Prince

Interesting insight to the IRD and their minister Stuart Nash change strategy.

IRD is ‘overhauling’ their systems. Expected to be ready by 2021. The intention by then is to reduce the need to call IRD, rather do more online.
So the first thing they do is reduce their call-taking staff ! Brilliant !
In 2015 761 staff were taking calls. Now that number is 477. 37% fewer.
I’m surprised they haven’t rolled out the nine years of neglect canard for this one.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119978658/long-wait-for-ird-to-answer-your-call-this-might-be-why
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