The Bull Ring

𝔸𝕗𝕘𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 ℕℤ 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕟 ℕℤ 𝕘𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕆𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕤: M y name is Muzhgan Samarqandi and I am from Baghlan, Afghanistan, but living in New Zealand with my Kiwi husband and our son. Like Charlotte Bellis, I too was a broadcaster in Afghanistan, back when this was possible for a woman without being a foreigner. As a mother, my heart goes out to Charlotte, and I sincerely hope she and her partner get to New Zealand so she can give birth at home surrounded by her family. . As someone who has travelled for study and work and love, and who does not share the same passport as their significant other, my heart goes out to everyone stranded overseas, and I sincerely hope they can all get home and be reunited with their loved ones. But as an Afghanistani woman, who has only recently emigrated from Afgh...

ℂ𝕆𝕍𝕀𝔻-𝟙𝟡 ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕄𝕀ℚ 𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕕 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕠 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕤' 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℂ𝕆𝕍𝕀𝔻-𝟙𝟡 ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕦𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕠 "𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕄𝕀ℚ 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕦𝕡" 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕒 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥'𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖. W hile MIQ has had to make some difficult choices, I don't want us to lose sight of the reason MIQ was set up in the first place," Hipkins said in a written statement on Monday.  "It has served New Zealand exceptionally well, saved lives and hospital admissions and kept our health system from being swamped, unlike the situation in many other countries." . Hi...

𝕋𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪 Best tweet today so far https://t.co/BVuB2FlBXl — Elephant in the room (@LetsGetPfizered) January 31, 2022 . .

𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕-𝟙𝟡 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕'𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕤 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕-𝟙𝟡 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥. G overnor-General Dame Cindy Kiro and a staff member in the prime minister's office who were on the flight with her have also had negative results. Ardern and Dame Cindy Kiro have been self-isolating and took PCR tests after   they were deemed close contacts of the positive Covid-19 case .   . They and their fellow passengers were exposed to the coronavirus on a flight from Kerikeri to Auckland on 22 January. Ardern is fully vaccinated and received a booster shot on 17 January. PM tested negative — henry cooke (@henrycooke) January 30, 2022 The flight - NZ8273 - w...

ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕃: 𝟟𝟘% 𝕠𝕗 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕕𝕠 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜. 𝕀𝕥 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕓𝕒𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕕 — 𝕪𝕖𝕥 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟 — 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕤. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕨𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕡. 𝕀𝕥 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕥 — 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕒𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤 — 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥. T rump can’t possibly be happy about this which makes ME very happy. And said news shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. A new poll conducted by Marquette University Law school is out, and it’s a cold dose of reality for the Mar-A-Lago maniac.  . According to the poll, more than 70 percent of Americans DO NOT want Trump to run again in 2024.   This is but a snapshot in time, but its results are pretty stunning. Yes, Trump’s popularity ...

ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥 ℕℤ 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℚ𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕖 ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥 ℕℤ 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕚s 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕀𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕔 ℚ𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕋𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕒𝕟. 𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕗𝕘𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕕𝕠𝕔𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕥. W hen  Capsule  calls journalist Charlotte Bellis, the intrepid reporter is walking through a Taliban security checkpoint as she tries to enter her home in Kabul. “As-Salaam Alaikum,” she says casually to a guard, pausing our conversation for a few seconds as she makes her way through. The ease of her tone is somewhat jarring. She sounds like she’s just said hello to a checkout operator at ...

ℕ𝔼𝕎 𝕋𝕍ℕℤ ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕃 – 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕤 & 𝕃𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕋𝕍ℕℤ 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟚 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣. T he State Broadcaster has remarkably woken from its holiday slumber to put out a Poll from their golden plush velvet star chamber before rolling back to sleep. Has TVNZ Breakfast even returned to screens yet or are they still enjoying their taxpayer funded holiday? I imagine them all rehearsing their Tik Tok dancers in Scrooge McDuck’s vault under Radio NZ where the sound of native birds taught to sing in Te Reo (at enormous cost) is constantly piped in while Jenny-May, Matty and Jenny laugh with the freedom of knowing you’ll never get fired from a Government job. Is it back on air? Christ knows, anyway – here is the first Poll of 2022, there are of course Winners & Losers . WINNERS Labour & Jacinda:   After ma...