Matthew Hooton: Lockdown 4 sparks Jacinda Ardern s wrath
4 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Auckland has moved to alert level 3 lockdown for seven days from February 28 at 6am.
Auckland has moved to alert level 3 lockdown for seven days from February 28 at 6am.
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OPINION: The Prime Minister is grumpy. Publicly, Jacinda Ardern s frustration was directed at a sick KFC worker. But the worker was just the victim of bog-standard displacement anger, with the real sources of Ardern s wrath being health officials and, to a lesser extent, the police.
Contrary to growing perceptions, Ardern s criteria for a lockdown are clear. If the source of a new infection is known, she will rely on the track-and-trace system. But if transmission is unknown, Ardern will apply her hard and early doctrine.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Fran O Sullivan: Business knocking on Jacinda Ardern s door
3 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Rob Campbell, chairman of SkyCity, Tourism Holdings, Summerset and Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology. Photo / Supplied
Rob Campbell, chairman of SkyCity, Tourism Holdings, Summerset and Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology. Photo / Supplied
OPINION:
How many times do prominent company chairs and chief executives have to put their hands up and ask to be taken into the inner sanctum on the fight against Covid-19 before Jacinda Ardern listens?
The Prime Minister has not lost the boardroom .
But when five senior chairs of major NZX companies called for more openness from the Government on its plan for getting New Zealand to Covid normal , she should be aware they would have carefully weighed the potential for prime ministerial blowback before going public.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Ardern s frustration and warning over non-compliant contacts
26 Feb, 2021 05:25 AM
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Papatoetoe High School Principal Vaughan Couillault and student Lyric Te-Ao talk to the media about the latest Covid-19 infection at the school today. Video / Dean Purcell
Papatoetoe High School Principal Vaughan Couillault and student Lyric Te-Ao talk to the media about the latest Covid-19 infection at the school today. Video / Dean Purcell
Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is not hiding her frustration about the latest Covid-19 community case going to work when they should have been isolating at home.