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𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕕𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕤? 𝕄𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝔸𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟' 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕔𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤. 𝔹𝕦𝕥, 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥? 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟.. . Happy New Year 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒥𝑜𝒽𝓃𝓃𝓎 Happy New Year - ABBA . . .

𝔻𝕁 𝔻𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 '𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕' 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕆𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟 ℕℤ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕥-𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝔻𝕁 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕆𝕞𝕚𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕟 𝕧𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕-𝟙𝟡 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤, “𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕”. D imension, aka Robert Etheridge, a UK electronic artist, flew to New Zealand on December 16, and completed seven days in MIQ, to be followed by three days of home isolation. The musician returned three negative tests before testing positive on December 27 – the result of a test taken on day nine, which fell on December 25. On December 26 and 27 he visited several locations in Auckland, including central city nightclub Impala. Late on Wednesday night, after  Stuff  revealed he’d ...

ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟙 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕’𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤. 𝔽𝕖𝕨 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙 𝕧𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕤𝕥 A s the Covid-19 pandemic hurtles towards its second anniversary,  New Zealand  will emerge from 2021 with some of the best health outcomes in the world, despite confronting its toughest few pandemic months. This year New Zealand experienced its  longest lockdown , its highest daily case numbers (222 in mid-November), more hospitalisations than in 2020 and a pivot away from the government’s ambitious elimination approach to one of strict virus control. But it can now boast a 90% double vaccination for the eligible population and one of the  lowest per capita  death rates, while its cases in the current outbreak are trending downwards. As other countries reimpose restrictions alongside the Omicron variant’s emergenc...

𝕆𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕦𝕩𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕘é 𝔼𝕘𝕘𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕀𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕕, 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥. 𝕀𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪 T he 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠é 𝐄𝐠𝐠 also known as 'The Leader Of The Opposition' (LOTO) has a glaring convenient unmentioned factor in his Wikipedia profile or his Parliamentary profile. This previous employment is also not mentioned in his National party profile That unmentionable fact was: One of his first jobs he had was a burger flipper and fries cook at his local McDonalds. This leaves anyone to wonder. Just why is the 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠é 𝐄𝐠𝐠 so embarrassed by his past? . . .

ℍ𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕪 ℂ𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕪, ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕤. ℍ𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕪 ℂ𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒 𝕠𝕟 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤. . .

ℂ𝕒𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕠𝕝 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜: 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤 𝕌𝕊 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 ℍ𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝔽𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌.𝕊. 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕋𝕙𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 ℍ𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 ℝ𝕖𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕁𝕒𝕟. 𝟞 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕒𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕠𝕝. T rump the failed loser's request came two weeks after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the former president had no basis to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden's decision to allow the documents to be handed over. That decision will remain on hold until the Supreme Court acts. Biden had previously determined that the records, which belong to the executive branch, should not be subject t...

𝕆𝕟 𝔽𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕆𝕗 ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕 ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕥 𝔸 𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕤: 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕕𝕒𝕡𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤. 𝔸 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕. 𝔹𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕞 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕟 ℕℤ 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥. 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕒𝕩 𝕡𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 S uccess can be its own worst enemy. If the plane doesn’t crash or the ship doesn’t sink, that doesn’t prove the safety measures were unnecessary, or that anyone can fly a plane. It can also be taken as an indication that the safety measures are working. Ditto during a pandemic. Arguably New Zealand has managed the best response to Covi...