Interesting, #australia and #nz has sent out their #military to the #solomonislands after people #protested / #rioted against their #leadership for ties to #china 's #ccp https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/n.. One has to wonder whether #jacinda wasn't contacted by the #chinese and asked to intervene... This puts her in direct #opposition to the #us 's interests.
Damn, the #trafficlight #system in #nz that #implements #vaccine #passports is now being rolled out across #university #campus ... Apparently we are currently in #orange on the #southisland - but they are looking to open up to #auckland , which will immediately put us in the #red (on purpose). They can then implement their #twotier #society . I have never seen such #authoritarianism in my lifetime, I don't believe my #parents or #grandparents have either. Thank god my #greatgreatgrandparents can't see this.
Finally #aardvark comes down on the right side of the #covid #vaccine #passport #debate in #nz https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/1119.s.. Bare in mind, a #vaccination #card *will not work anyway* - the #delta #variant #spreads irrespective of getting a #jab ... This is unbacked by #science and only serves to #erode #freedoms !
@barray on Mon Nov 15 20:38:15 UTC 2021 said: &eAfter two #hour #waiting in the #immigration #nz #call #queue I had to #hangup - actually insane. Now calling a different #office instead. That previous #phonecall cost over $50 - looking forward to the next one...1.5 #hours and counting #waiting for an #nz #immigration #officer - kill me. I hate this a lot. The #call #queue seems like a joke. I swear they haven't even woken up yet.
@barray on Mon Nov 15 19:43:02 UTC 2021 said: &e1.5 #hours and counting #waiting for an #nz #immigration #officer - kill me. I hate this a lot. The #call #queue seems like a joke. I swear they haven't even woken up yet.The #immigration #nz #office #hours might start at 8am, but they definitely don't pick up the phones at 8am. I literally timed it perfectly, no way am I sitting that far behind in the #call #queue . Bare in mind, this is costing me $1 per #minute - I swear they have a #contract with the #phone #companies !
The #immigration #nz #office #hours might start at 8am, but they definitely don't pick up the phones at 8am. I literally timed it perfectly, no way am I sitting that far behind in the #call #queue . Bare in mind, this is costing me $1 per #minute - I swear they have a #contract with the #phone #companies !
Super interesting. #nz 's #wetadigital has now been #purchased by #unity https://blog.unity.com/news/welcome-weta.. What's even more interesting is that #peterjackson has done this so that he can re- #invest this #money back into #facebook 's new #metaverse #enterprise - something we are yet to even see #materialise !
#aardvark very much waking up and smelling the bacon on a potential #nz #policestate https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/1111.s.. Same in the #uk . Once these #powers are given, once these #freedoms are taken away, they are incredibly hard to reverse. #jacinda will throw a cheeky smile to a #journalist whilst simultaneously telling the #public that she will be #removing the #freedoms of those who rightfully #refuse to get the #covid #vaccine . Scary times.
#aardvark raises a great point about the #mortality of #covid in #nz versus the #deaths caused by #smoking https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/1101.s.. I don't think it's an #underreaction to #smoke related #deaths - but an #overreaction to #covid ... I certainly don't quite agree with #aardvark on his #covid stance, but equally he's many more times more likely to #die from it than I am, and who knows how I would (or will) be like in his shoes.
Great take by #countdankula on #nz #jacinda 's #covid #vaccine #passport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r1lV94F.. This will *100%* create a #twotier #caste #system and #maori will shit out. Unfortunately, my stay in NZ is at their pleasure, but I fully support their right to personal #medical #choice . Also, as I will #discuss in a #coffeespace #article - the term " #fullyvaccinated " will continue to slip.
Fingers crossed #australia 's #melbourne will finally have a path out of #covid #restrictions https://timcast.com/news/australian-auth.. We are yet to see the same for #nz 's #auckland who have been kept at a high level of #lockdown for months now, with cases remaining the same.
This makes me *extremely* #uncomfortable https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/1026.s.. #nz are apparently #planning a #vaccine #passport ...
Not sure why it took so long, but the #uk and #nz have now #agreed a #freetrade #agreement as a result of #brexit https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-ag.. This is legitimately great for both #countries - for #nz it means they are not #reliant on #australasian #trade #support and for the #uk it gives access to a #market with tonnes of #valuable #resources (such as #agriculture ).
I'm *already* seeing #food #prices #increase in #nz https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finan.. It's going to be a *very* #tough #christmas this year!
#aardvark raises a great point about #pandering to *some* of the #maori people who believe that the entire of #nz should be on their hands and knees just for them: https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2021/1020.s.. As he correctly says, #equal #opportunity is available to *all* people - to the point where the #nz #government is almost *too* #proactive in trying to get people the #covid #vaccine ! Madness.
Damn, a little less #magic in the world today, specifically #christchurch #nz https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/o..