Monitoring the zombie 'news outlet' Radio NZ

 I have spent the entire day chronicling a world going to Hell in a hand basket. I looked for coverage on our "serious" broadcaster, Radio New Zealand on the terror attack in Vienna but found nothing.

This is what RNZ thinks you need to know - and it has ZERO to do with earth shattering events around the world.

Radio NZ is looking less like a 

news service and more like a 

government PROPAGANDA 

outlet by the week

So, they did finally report on Vienna but tucked it away under "world news"

The NZ Ministry of Health is carrying out a fraud that the CDC and Australian health authorities are NOT

The absolutely stunning 

DISHONESTY of NZ Ministry 

of Health information about 

covid-19 test

"A positive test tells us that a person either has COVID-19 (whether they have symptoms, or not) or has had COVID-19 recently. We may not be able to distinguish whether the person is currently infectious or not so we will take a precautionary approach." 

 Compared to the CDC and the Australian health authorities this is very dishonest. It says it can tell if you have had COVID-19 In the past. Apart from the fact that this virus has only been around for about 8 months the PCR test is just as likely to mean you were exposed to CORONAVIRUS (mostly associated with colds) in the past. We all have these viruses latent in our body.

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-health-advice-general-public/assessment-and-testing-covid-19/covid-19-test-results-and-their-accuracy

This advice is a lie compared to what other jurisdictions are saying.

This is from the US CDC.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/testing.html

The Australian health website says something very similar

Covid-19 is a condition and the agent is SARS-covid- 2, yet in the NZ Ministry of Health stuff here it is all, about Covid-19.

To reiterate, the PCR test can only test for coronavirus and can't tell you if you have covid-19 or not.

Update on the covid-19 lockdown in New Zealand

Hundreds of people welcomed 

into New Zealand on the same 

day Auckland is locked down

This came over Facebook, has been much talked about. I suspect the truth will never come out, except unofficially.

At the same time as they are locking down the whole of Auckland they are letting in these people and potentially exposing people who have already been in quarantine.

Here we are AGAIN!

Vinny Eastwood: Lockdown day 1

Aucklanders are still scrambling to get out of the city and out of lockdown with heavy traffic at police checkpoints in both the north and the south.

A furniture truck at the Bombay checkpoint has caught on fire.

Newstalk ZB Reporter Khalia Strong says Police sprang into action after the truck started "billowing smoke" out the back. She says flames can be seen licking out the back of the truck.

The truck had just been through the checkpoint and fire crews arrived to extinguish the blaze.

NZTA is warning anyone on the roads to expect delays and all cars are being redirected off the motorway at the Auckland border.

Trucks are allowed to continue ahead at the Bombay off-ramp heading south, and cars are being redirected to a police checkpoint.

There are signs along the motorway saying "Essential Travel Only" and the passing traffic is mainly trucks, utes and vans.

There are two army personnel assisting with stopping and questioning vehicles.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12356054&fbclid=IwAR1aGqw0DUix3F0s30XXavYY_ReULLRa27ebtzj9rmnV095bFGjECKTRik8

If any of us hoy-polloy were to put forward such a preposterous theory we would be de-platformed and accused of everything under the sun.

The Ministry of Health is testing surfaces at Americold cold storage offices where one of the latest Covid-19 positive cases worked amid speculation that an item may have been contaminated.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said the virus could survive within refrigerated environments for quite some time.

"Certainly, it's plausible" - Professor of infectious diseases David Murdoch

University of Otago professor of infectious diseases David Murdoch told Morning Report that we needed to keep an open mind considering the source is unknown yet.

University of Otago professor of infectious diseases David Murdoch.University of Otago professor of infectious diseases David Murdoch. Photo: University of Otago

"I think on balance it's probably less likely, but certainly worth exploring."

While complete data and knowledge on this virus is not available yet, Prof Murdoch said we do know that many other viruses are able to survive at lower temperatures - even below freezing point - and lower humidity.

There have been reports of other viruses being able to preserve for prolonged periods of time such as weeks or months, he said.

"We know that in cold temperatures above freezing that's for a few days, at ambient temperature certainly it can survive for a few days."

However, the other aspect to consider is the risk of someone coming into contact with it and being infected, he said.

"I've seen some of the messaging from the business that's been under investigation, saying about the protection their staff have as well. You can imagine a number of things would need to align for it to be transmitted to humans."

In terms of testing the workplace, Prof Murdoch said it was a challenging one because they would need to find the exact spot where the virus was among many things.

"The actual decision about what you actually test is a big one, but that's actually a common problem. There's a whole science around environmental testing and this is always an issue."

It was also tough to quantify the risk of virus-contaminated items but the bigger risk was aerosol transmission, he said.

"As far as I'm aware, there haven't been any clear descriptions of transmission from inanimate objects ... but we know that with other viruses, particularly those that cause common colds, that they are important."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/423435/covid-19-imported-goods-as-outbreak-source-an-unlikely-theory-professor-david-murdoch

This is what viruses do, isn't it? - Especially bioengineered ones. But it is now being used to frighten us.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/covid-19-university-of-otago-research-reveals-similar-virus-uses-decoy-strategy-to-evade-the-immune-system.html

Quarter of a million Americans have considered moving to New Zealand

What they WON'T tell you is that the United States of America is collapsing from the inside

Coronavirus: Immigration New Zealand's website inundated with Americans amid COVID-19 pandemic

Newshub,

31 July, 2020

More than a quarter of a million Americans have considered moving to New Zealand since the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus found a firm foothold in the United States this year.

As the pandemic continues to claim lives across the globe, hundreds of thousands of foreigners are applying for residency or investigating whether they qualify to immigrate to New Zealand - a country that has gone almost three months without a case being acquired locally from an unknown source. 

Meanwhile, the US is grappling to control its ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. The country's virus-related death toll has surpassed 150,000, and nearly 4.5 million Americans have tested positive for the disease. 

Speaking to NZME, a Kiwi demographics expert says the increase in interest from US citizens reflects a lack of belief in the country's public health system and the failure of its leaders to guide Americans out of the pandemic. 

"Middle class, professional America is saying, 'Well, where do we go for our own safety and the safety of our families?'" Massey University's Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley told NZME.

New Zealand currently has just 23 active cases of the virus, all of which were detected due to routine testing in managed isolation and quarantine facilities. Only New Zealand citizens or permanent residents are permitted to enter the country under stringent protocols. All returned New Zealanders must complete the mandatory 14-day isolation period and return two negative test results before they are able to leave one of the 32 facilities nationwide. The country's death toll remains at 22.

As reported by NZME, 112,800 more Americans visited Immigration New Zealand's website last month compared to the same time last year - a 160 percent increase - or a US user clicking on the site every 30 seconds.

The influx of visits to Immigration NZ's website began in April, according to NZME, coinciding with the tail-end of the country's nationwide lockdown and the move to alert level 3 of the Government's COVID-19 response framework. 

Last month 46,800 British citizens visited the site, up by 19,700 a year earlier. The UK currently has the third-highest death toll worldwide - 46,046 - behind the US and Brazil, with more than 303,000 recorded cases.

The rise in interest corresponds with an international surge in Google searches using the key words, 'move to New Zealand', in June. 

Spoonley noted that a major factor pushing Americans to emigrate from the US is the Us government's "inability to handle a public health challenge", combined with civil unrest. Conversely, New Zealand presents the allure of a "calm, well-ordered" country that has been hailed internationally for its handling of the virus. 

In the past two months nearly 10,000 people have been granted applications to move to New Zealand from around the world, according to Immigration NZ data.

Signs of geoengineering

Chemtrails in Wellington

This winter, up to now, has been cooler than the last three, partially because we do not have a hot blob in the Tasman Sea. 

I also have not seen the sort of skies I have the last couple of years whereby the skies have seemed to be washed out and when you look through tinted glass you can see why – a layer of thin, cirrus cloud that obstructs the sun.

The skies have had a clear quality since the covid-20 lockdown and it has been a joy to behold.

Until yesterday….

Travelling out to the farm where we keep our horses we saw these trails that extended right across the sky from horizon to horizon. They were difficult to photograph because,although we could not escape there presence when it came to photographing them they were either eclipsed by houses or hills and the only view we could get was close to the sun.

After taking these photos we spied another,  fourth trail that had not started to disperse and also covered the entire sky.

I am posting these photos because we are some distance from the military airports and I have been unable to see this phenomenon in the past.

A suggested covid-19 "Plan B" for New Zealand

This was published in Scoop, which tends to indicate it has been ignored by the rest of the media

Covid-19 Elimination Impossible, So Time To Change Direction

Monday, 22 June 2020, 11:39 am
Press Release: Covid-Plan B

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2006/S00235/covid-19-elimination-impossible-so-time-to-change-direction.htm?fbclid=IwAR0sygsZiCISpHn4xTfajWGE8ojov2frrXJC6xrnLuSrFqck6clEzb2b9pg

By Ananish Chaudhuri, Simon Thornley, Michael Jackson.

The recent fiasco that allowed people to leave quarantine without testing, risking spread of Covid-19, highlights how nebulous the government’s claim of total elimination always was. The government, in projecting thousands of deaths that never eventuated, has continued with a story that the virus can be eliminated if we all play our part. The façade of a watertight border has been shattered, and the government broke its own quarantine rules. We urgently need to reconsider whether an ‘elimination at all costs’ strategy makes sense, as many other countries are moving on and opening up their borders.

Like other coronaviruses, Covid-19 is here to stay and a vaccine will be a long time coming. Studies show that respiratory viruses are ubiquitous. Over two years, in a cohort of 214 people who were sampled every week in New York, 70% had at least one positive test for a respiratory virus, with the vast majority having few symptoms of infection.

And even if we do get a vaccine, its efficacy is far from guaranteed. Vaccines against seasonal flu are often ineffective since we are often vaccinating against last year’s strain while the virus has already mutated.

Vaccines need to be thoroughly tested before they are offered to the populace. The usual process is to go through three phases of clinical trials. At present, only one vaccine is in phase 2, where safety and dose information is tested in a large group. The critical phase of testing efficacy (phase 3) is the most time-consuming step and often takes years. With the virus now waning in many countries, demonstrating the effectiveness of the vaccine will be difficult, since exposure to the virus will be rare. The sooner we face up to this fact, the better off we will all be. Sooner or later, we will have more cases; at least ripples, if not a wave. We will need to learn to tolerate further cases.

However, based on what we know about the virus at this point, there is no reason to panic. First, contrary to what was claimed earlier, the infection fatality rate of Covid-19 is around 0.25 percent. Many people who contract the virus show few symptoms and the age distribution of fatality with the virus is similar to day-to-day life. Serological tests are telling us that a much larger proportion of the population has immunity against the virus. Even in those who test negative, a high proportion are showing other signs of immunity, through a separate cell-mediated pathway. With more of us already protected, it is harder for the virus to spread.

Second, the most at risk are the elderly, especially those who are frail with other illnesses. This does not mean that we should be willing to sacrifice our parents and grandparents. It simply means that we need to exercise greater caution around the elderly, particularly those in care homes and in hospitals. The majority of deaths with Covid-19 have been in rest homes. Conversely, this also means that we don’t need to worry too much about the young and the healthy. Children especially seem virtually immune to the disease.

Third, countries all around the world have started opening up. Slovenia has opened its border with Italy, the hardest hit country. The government of Slovenia has declared the epidemic over and is now rather prioritising economic recovery. Across Europe countries are moving to open up their borders, as their governments reassess the risk posed by the virus.

Given this, it seems bizarre that our border is still tightly closed, even with our Pacific neighbours including Cook Islands, a state that is associated with New Zealand. The Cook Islands earns 80% of its revenue from tourism mostly from New Zealanders who holiday there.

Lockdowns are not and never were a panacea. There is very little evidence that lockdowns mitigate the spread. The theory indicates that they slow cases down, rather than reduce overall numbers. Our firm lockdown will cause a significant economic misery with public debt climbing to more than 50% of our GDP in about 2 years’ time. Unemployment will increase sharply and it is well documented that higher unemployment lowers life expectancy, not to mention potential self-harm.

Current predictions are for a 15.8% drop in GDP in the second quarter of the year, suggesting that the Finance Minister’s suggestion of a 4.8% drop during the budget presentation was underestimated.

Behind the scenes, lockdowns, here and elsewhere, are causing havoc. The evidence is emerging gradually. Required tests and surgeries have been postponed and vaccinations have been delayed. Both lives and livelihoods have taken a hit. Around the world, about 80 million children have not been vaccinated leading to a sharp increase in measles, diphtheria and cholera.

It is now time to take stock. The government has broken its own rules to eliminate the virus. Simultaneously, Covid-19 is not as dangerous as it was first thought to be. Serology tests overseas clearly show that the virus has got to many more people than appreciated. We urgently need to assess our own population’s susceptibility to the virus, as we reconsider the border question. 

It is time for recalibration of the threat, and to prioritise flattening the economic recession curve, rather than doubling down on a fragile and myopic vision of elimination.

the Guardian,

28 June, 2020

A review of New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine facilities has found that the system is under “extreme stress” as more and more Kiwis return home. It came as four more returnees tested positive to Covid-19 in the biggest one-day jump in cases in two months.

The review found “resources required to support the managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) function have failed to keep pace with the increased volume of returnees”.

“The team found that the system, whilst not broken, is under extreme stress and is not readily able to respond to the increasing demands being placed upon it,” the review found.

“This has resulted in a very dedicated team having to confront immediate issues with limited capacity to plan ahead,” the review said, adding that this was “impacting on staff wellbeing and the confidence that returnees have in the process”.

Announcing the results of the review, New Zealand’s housing minister, Megan Wood, said: “While the system was manageable under level-4 (restrictions), when there was only small numbers of New Zealanders returning home, it is now a system under stress, with arrivals increasing by 73% last week, compared to the beginning of April.”

The review was ordered by the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, after reports of people mixing in isolation facilities and others leaving quarantine without having been tested for Covid-19.

This included two women entering from the UK who were allowed to leave their accomodation on compassionate grounds without being tested. They drove from Auckland to Wellington before testing positive to Covid-19 and were the first positive cases in the country following the lifting of all restrictions except those on the border.

The review said that sometimes the first people knew about mandatory quarantine on entering New Zealand was during their health check on arrival at the airport.

“There is currently no written information provided to returnees prior to entry or a process to record their acknowledgement that they will be required to enter into the MIQ system,’’ the review said.

On Sunday the country recorded its worst day for new Covid-19 infections in two months, announcing four positive tests.

Health officials said the new cases had arrived from India and Nepal, with one transferred to hospital for care.

“While today’s news that one of our recent cases is in hospital may be concerning to some, it is something the health system in New Zealand has remained prepared for,” the director general of health, Ashley Bloomfield, said.

“I want to reassure the wider community that this person is receiving good treatment from the team at Auckland City Hospital, who have previous experience of managing positive cases.”

On Monday New Zealand introduced stricter measures to strengthen its border because of the volume of returning citizens, in what Ardern described as “this dangerous new phase”.

This included renewing the health order mandating 14 days of quarantine, and ensuring that people arriving in New Zealand must have a negative Covid-19 test before leaving quarantine, and may be required to take multiple tests.

New Zealand has closed its border to all but citizens and regular residents and now has 20 active cases, each of whom have been quarantined.

New Zealand FINALLY draws up sensible guidelines on coronavirus

I have been forced to take a day off this while news gets more and more dire with every passing hour, it seems.

Everyone travelling to NZ 

from overseas to self-isolate

Radio NZ,

14 March, 2020

As of midnight tomorrow every person arriving in New Zealand apart from those coming from the Pacific islands will have to self- isolate, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

She is addressing the media on coronavirus.

Until now, foreign travellers arriving from mainland China and Iran have been banned from entering the country. Travellers from South Korea and Italy have been asked to self-isolate for two weeks on arrival.

As of midnight Sunday every person arriving will have to isolate themselves for 14 days, Ardern says. That will mean New Zealand will have the strongest restrictions in the world, she said.

She said the measures will be reviewed in 16 days and there will be more measures and advice for self isolation next week.

All cruise ships are also being asked to not come to New Zealand until June 30. It does not apply to cargo ships.

The prime minister said it is not realistic for New Zealand to only have a handful of Covid-19 cases.

However, "New Zealand has today relative to other countries a small number of cases," Ardern said.

We have two choices as a nation, Ardern said. One is to let Covid-19 roll on, the other is to go hard on measures to stamp it out. It is in our power to slow it down, she said.

New Zealanders' public health comes first and this constitutes an unprecedented time.

"Cabinet made far reaching and unprecedented decisions today because these are unprecedented circumstances. As of midnight Sunday every person entering New Zealand, including returning New Zealand citizens and residents, will be required to enter self isolation for 14 days - everybody.

"The Pacific are exempted from this measure, they are the only ones. Anyone from this country though will be required to automatically self isolate should they exhibit any Covid-19 symptoms on arrival in New Zealand. All of these restrictions will be reviewed in 16 days' time.

"This decision will mean New Zealand will have the widest ranging and toughest border restrictions of any country in the world. We are also encouraging New Zealanders to avoid all non-essential travel overseas - this helps reduce the risk of a New Zealander bringing Covid-19 in."

In addition to restrictions on air travel, as of midnight today the government is issuing a directive to all cruise ships not to come to New Zealand until at least 30 June at which time the directive will be reviewed - this is for incoming cruise ships. It doesn't apply to cargo ships, marine or air crew, so that sea and air freight can remain open for imports and exports.

She wanted to ensure that essential airfreight such as pharmaceuticals could continue to enter the country.

"We do not take these decisions lightly, we know these travel restrictions will place a significant strain on the aviation industry and we anticipate some routes will reduce or cease for a period of time."

Jacinda Ardern refers to some of the latest information that is guiding the government's response to Covid-19. Photo: RNZ / Jogai Bhatt

The government will work closely with the aviation sector to support it to remain active in New Zealand so it could rebound from restrictions quickly and it would not have significant impacts on the tourism sector, exports and the economy.

There's no need for anyone, despite these restrictions, to conduct a run on the supermarket, Ardern said.

Support for businesses to be announced on Tuesday

The Finance Minister will announce an economic response including a business continuity package on Tuesday. The Health Minister will also announce further measures and public information campaign.

Advice will be released shortly on large events where people will be in close proximity to each other, events where people have travelled from overseas and non-ticketed events.

New border exit measures for those travelling to the Pacific will be put in place including no travel for people who have travelled outside of New Zealand in the past 14 days, no travel for close or casual contacts of a confirmed case, no travel for anyone who is a confirmed case and no travel for anyone who is symptomatic.

Significantly more people will enter self-isolation as a result of these measures. Health authorities have been asked to step up enforcement of self-isolation through measures such as health checks, Ardern said.

"These measures while disruptive are needed to make the space we need as a nation to prepare and manage the spread."

Earlier today, a sixth case of Covid-19 was confirmed by Waitematā District Health Board, and tomorrow's mosque attack national memorial service in Christchurch was cancelled due to concerns about the coronavirus.

The sixth case of Covid-19 coronavirus in New Zealand has been confirmed by Waitematā District Health Board.

Waitemata DHB chief executive Dale Bramley announced this afternoon that a man who returned home from the United States of America on 6 March has been confirmed as having the virus.

The man, who is in his sixties, heard a friend in the US was infected with Covid-19 and went to a GP on Thursday. Tests from Auckland City Hospital showed he was positive for the virus last night.

He was currently doing well at home and his wife was in self-isolation.

Other close contacts were being followed up by the Auckland Regional Health Service and would be asked to go into self-isolation.

The man attended an 8.30am church service last Sunday at St Mary's Church in Papakura, the day before he started feeling unwell.

Some people from that church service would be followed up as close contacts, Bramley said.

The Catholic Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn, said the wellbeing of parishioners was their first priority.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/411730/sixth-case-of-covid-19-coronavirus-in-new-zealand-confirmed

The sixth case of Covid-19 coronavirus in New Zealand has been confirmed by Waitematā District Health Board.

Patient samples at a safety workbench for coronavirus testing. Patient samples at a safety workbench for coronavirus testing. Photo: AFP

Waitemata DHB chief executive Dale Bramley announced this afternoon that a man who returned home from the United States of America on 6 March has been confirmed as having the virus.

The man, who is in his sixties, heard a friend in the US was infected with Covid-19 and went to a GP on Thursday. Tests from Auckland City Hospital showed he was positive for the virus last night.

He was currently doing well at home and his wife was in self-isolation.

Other close contacts were being followed up by the Auckland Regional Health Service and would be asked to go into self-isolation.

The man attended an 8.30am church service last Sunday at St Mary's Church in Papakura, the day before he started feeling unwell.

Some people from that church service would be followed up as close contacts, Bramley said.

The Catholic Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn, said the wellbeing of parishioners was their first priority.

The church is contacting people who attended the service - particularly older members.

The church's services today and tomorrow will continue as normal.

Another probable case of Covid-19 at North Shore Hospital had been sent home and was doing well, Bramley said.

About 400 cruise ship passengers and staff have been barred from disembarking in Hobart due to concerns over Tasmania's coronavirus status - however, a few have managed to get off the ship.

The MSC Magnifica, which arrived from New Zealand this morning, has docked in Hobart.

Cruise company MSC Cruises had taken the decision to stop people disembarking "to ensure [passengers'] health and safety, in response to potential risk of Covid-19", according to a TasPorts spokesperson.

The Mac 2 cruise terminal will be closed today as part of normal procedures.

At a press conference today, Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein said the decision followed national advice on border control.

"We obviously act on the advice of the Australian Border Agency in terms of what occurs nationally, but controls that are set by the Australian government are the ones we take into account, and also the advice of our own health experts and the Director of Public Health."

"My understanding is there's no outbreak of coronavirus on the ship itself and this is a precautionary measure that the ship [company] has taken."

Roger Preston-Smith, who works on the Magnifica, decided to disembark.

"They are just not letting people off if you are getting back on. They were afraid that they would infect people getting back on," he said.

"I don't think most people knew that."

Preston-Smith said he had "lots of friends in Australia and I just went, 'I'd rather be out here.'

"I knew some other people were leaving, people are leaving in Sydney a lot, but when I found this out I went, 'Do it while you can.'"

He said he was not fussed about having to give up his income.

"I don't want to be stuck on that ship, it's too stressful. They're just going to go out to sea and who knows how long it will sit there."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/411737/covid-19-cruise-passengers-jump-ship-that-arrived-in-hobart-from-nz

Radio NZ has a livestream HERE