Claire Trevett: Poll was verdict on Judith Collins longevity rather than race
16 May, 2021 10:08 PM
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Judith Collins is asked about the Government s intentions for DoC land. Video / Mark Mitchell
The three-point strategy National Party leader Judith Collins has been running to try to add some oxygen into her support levels could be summed up as desperate times, desperate measures, belly flop. The latest Newshub Reid-Research poll would have dashed any hopes Collins had that her claims of a secret separatist agenda would be a circuit-breaker for her.
But the poll probably says more about voters conclusions about Collins longevity in her job than her recent campaign claiming the Government is quietly introducing separate systems for Māori.
Covid 19 coronavirus: A desperate India falls prey to Covid scammers
17 May, 2021 06:00 AM
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Unloading oxygen canisters, a precious commodity in India, at a New Delhi hospital this month. Photo /Atul Loke, The New York Times
Unloading oxygen canisters, a precious commodity in India, at a New Delhi hospital this month. Photo /Atul Loke, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Hari Kumar and Jeffrey Gettleman
As the health care system fails, clandestine markets have emerged for drugs, oxygen, hospital beds and funeral services. Fake goods may be putting lives at risk. Within the world s worst coronavirus outbreak, few treasures are