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Comedians James Nokise and Tofiga Fepulea i, both have solo shows during the opening week of the Comedy Festival.
COMEDY FESTIVAL The New Zealand International Comedy Festival opens in Wellington this week and runs until May 23. For show information, times, prices and tickets see comedy.festival.co.nz
Raw Meat Monday
Fringe Bar, May 3,10,17; 8pm The Capital’s longest-running open mic comedy night. Comedy gold and comedy coal, each night is a guaranteed gamble. If you’re trying comedy for the first time, Raw Meat is the best place to start.
Ray Against the Machine
BATS The Dome, May 4-8; 7pm
Nice to see Biden continuing the Trump tradition of outright lying about covid… Biden’s response to a mother attending with her eight-year-old daughter, who asked Biden when her children who “often ask if they will catch COVID, and if they do, will they die” would be vaccinated.
“First of all, kids don’t get … COVID very often, it’s unusual for that to happen,” Biden told the little girl. “Number two, you’re not likely to be able to be exposed to something and spread it to mommy and daddy, and it’s not likely mommy and daddy are able to spread it to you.”
The Bulletin: Why the lockdown is being lifted
Good morning and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: Why the lockdown is being lifted, last NZ troops to leave Afghanistan, and efforts to recover Pike River bodies come to an end.
We got the news yesterday that the alert levels will be shifting down to level two for Auckland, and level one for the rest of the country as of today. It came amid new cases in the cluster being announced, both connected to the student at Papatoetoe High School. To the best of our knowledge the spread has been contained. However, with new cases being announced, why was the shift made?
Janaye Henry Drops NZ Covid Tracer App Anthem Scan In Annabel Kean / Friday 29th January, 2021 2:41PM
Having a hard time remembering to scan in with the
NZ Covid Tracer app? Can never seem to spot those pesky little QR codes? Don t know what Bluetooth is? At long last, Aotearoa s top scientists at The Spinoff have created an unstoppable solution to all you with selective, sieve-like memories: A catchy song! Not only will you be singing Scan in, scan in, scan scan scan in to yourself as you wait for your phone to refocus, up-and-coming pop star / comedian
Janaye Henry (Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa) has slipped some handy tips into the lyrics too. Phone battery spent or forgot it completely? No worries, sign in old school styles with pen and paper. For those of you who reckon you can scan in with your built-in app aka the hippocampus, Henry asks