Opinion: Jacinda Ardern s pro-China stance undermines Western allies - and puts NZ s Five Eyes membership at risk
21 Apr, 2021 05:28 AM
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Jacinda Ardern with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 1, 2019. Photo / Supplied
Jacinda Ardern with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 1, 2019. Photo / Supplied
Daily Telegraph UK
OPINION:
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand s tiresomely woke Prime Minister, often complains that one of the biggest challenges her country faces in promoting its interests overseas is that, owing to its remote geographical location, it sometimes finds itself left off maps of the world.
Jacinda Ardern is now the West’s woke weak link
New Zealand could be expelled from Five Eyes for prioritising trade with China over our security
21 April 2021 • 6:00am
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s tiresomely woke prime minister, often complains that one of the biggest challenges her country faces in promoting its interests overseas is that, owing to its remote geographical location, it sometimes finds itself left off maps of the world. Now, thanks to Wellington’s naive decision to prioritise trade with China over its membership of the elite Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network, Ms Ardern can expect her country’s isolation to deepen further as New Zealand faces the very real prospect of expulsion from the alliance over its pro-Beijing stance.
Friday, 16 April 2021, 3:07 pm
MP for Manurewa Arena Williams is feeling happy and
relieved after receiving the first dose of the COVID-19
vaccine at Manurewa Marae this morning with her 88 year old
father, veteran broadcaster Haare Williams.
Haare and
Arena hope to encourage other multi-generational South
Auckland households who have kaumātua and seniors living in
the home to be vaccinated now. Since COVID-19 came to
our shores I ve been worried for my father. He means the
world to my kids and COVID-19 is a serious threat that could
take him away from us. Today I am relieved to have had my
Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party
MP for Manurewa Arena Williams is feeling happy and relieved after receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Manurewa Marae this morning with her 88 year old father, veteran broadcaster Haare Williams.
Haare and Arena hope to encourage other multi-generational South Auckland households who have kaumātua and seniors living in the home to be vaccinated now.
“Since COVID-19 came to our shores I’ve been worried for my father. He means the world to my kids and COVID-19 is a serious threat that could take him away from us. Today I am relieved to have had my first vaccination to help protect him and myself,” said Arena Williams.
Whether you celebrate Easter or not, the prospect of a long weekend can be like the gift of a thousand chocolate eggs. Humans increasingly have to fight for rest as modern life pulls us away from the natural work-rest cycles of a 24-hour day and the gradual change of seasons, while we cram our lives with devices, overtime at work, and weekends of DIY projects. We need to relearn how to rest and the Easter long weekend is a good place to start. It’s not just what we do in those four days but in the days leading up to the break that will determine how well we rest.