OPINION: Perversely, New Zealand’s low vaccination rate is both an indictment and a blessing in disguise if the lockdown is to succeed. Throughout the year,…
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Claire Trevett: Will housing be PM Jacinda Ardern’s political capital gains tax risk?
OPINION: Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s “I was too definitive” is a noble addition to the collection of contortions a politicians goes through to try to…
Claire Trevett: What’s eating National MP Simon Bridges, and why is Judith Collins letting him get away with it?
OPINION: National Party MP Simon Bridges is certainly doing his best to try to make life difficult for the party’s leader Judith Collins. Bridges’ “wokester”…
Claire Trevett: Covid 19 vaccines and why PM Jacinda Ardern will not want to win the race to vaccinate
OPINION: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may well be ruing her decision to treat her political calendar as akin to the Chinese zodiac, and giving each…
Claire Trevett: Jacinda Ardern and Donald Trump, the end of the silent treatment
OPINION: On Tuesday night, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern emerged from the cone of holiday silence and posted on Facebook. Her first post was news of…