Zero Covid Zealot Jacinda Arden Cancels Wedding, Imposes Mini-Lockdown and Insists on a 24-Day Isolation Period After New Zealand Recorded 84 New Covid Cases on Saturday
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as her Government imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the Omicron variant. Reuters has more
New Zealand will impose mask rules and limit gathering from midnight on Sunday after a cluster of nine COVID-19 Omicron cases showed community spread from the North to South islands after a wedding.
A family returned to Nelson in the South Island by plane after attending a wedding and other events in Auckland in the North Island. The family and a flight attendant tested positive.
New Zealand will move to a red setting under its COVID-19 protection framework, with more mask wearing. Indoor hospitality settings such as bars and restaurants and events like weddings will be capped at 100 people. The limit is lowered to 25 people if venues are not using vaccine passes, Arden said.
“My wedding will not be going ahead,” she told reporters, adding she was sorry for anyone caught up in a similar scenario. Ardern had not disclosed her wedding date, but it was rumoured to be imminent.
Asked by reporters how she felt about the cancellation of her wedding to longtime partner and fishing-show host Clarke Gayford, Ardern replied: “Such is life.”
She added, “I am no different to, dare I say it, thousands of other New Zealanders who have had much more devastating impacts felt by the pandemic, the most gutting of which is the inability to be with a loved one sometimes when they are gravely ill. That will far, far outstrip any sadness I experience.”
New Zealand’s borders have been shut to foreigners since March 2020. The government pushed back plans for a phased reopening from mid-January to the end of February out of concern about a potential Omicron outbreak as in neighbouring Australia.
People able to travel to New Zealand under narrow exceptions must apply to stay at state-managed quarantine facilities. The government last week stopped issuing any new slots amid a surge in the number of people arriving with Omicron.
About 94% of New Zealand’s population over the age of 12 is fully vaccinated and about 56% of those eligible have had booster shots.
According to MailOnline, New Zealand will make household contacts of Covid cases isolate for 24 days.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has brought in the strict measures as the country battles to stay Covid Zero despite the threat of the highly contagious mutant strain.
But critics say the lengthy quarantine period is ‘unworkable’ and will lead people to avoid getting tested.
Anyone infected with Covid is now required to isolate for 14 days, up from 10 days under the new interim rules.
Household contacts must then stay in quarantine for a further 10 days, stretching the time alone out to three and a half weeks.
Jacinda Arden is behaving like a character in a Don’t Look Up-style satire about the absurd lengths Zero Covid fanatics will go to avoid abandoning their crackpot agenda. Ninety-four per cent of the over-12s vaccinated and the toothy tyrant still won’t give them their freedom back.
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Madder than a Mad Hatter’s tea party for Mad Hatters.
Masks can serve a useful purpose….
The chances are good that masks enabled our Crazy Jacinda to trick someone into agreeing to wed her in the first place.
This one is a truly dangerous nutjob. It makes one appreciate the hypocrisy of Boris Johnson. There is so much comfort in knowing our leaders don’t really believe any of the nonsense and are just playing a game. They’ll stop if they’re exposed enough.
This crazy bitch is a true believer. If she were one of those radical mullahs, she’d be strapping on the TNT with the rest of the suicide bombers.
Can you imagine what a hell hole Britain would be if Boris Johnson believed what this woman believes?
Offspring of Blare and Schwab.. so its not surprising..
She isa Pupil of Schwab and a former assistant to Blair – what do we expect?
Mental illness spread by the über – rich is sweep/ing the plaent
Good points but Johnson is a globalist with 15 million committed resistors and rising to contend with, so he has to tread more carefully. On the other hand, Arden only has 400,000 resistors, so she can operate with free abandon.
To cornubian.
Further to your comment yesterday about government imposing their will incrementally, sacking unvaxxed healthcare workers, “boiling frogs”.
Some years ago my city local authority announced swingeing new ‘resident only’ parking restrictions to a howl of protest in the local press.
To their credit The Council said the would launch democratic peoples referendums (referenda if you like) in the 10 affectected arrears which they duly did.
Each of those areas voted overwhelmingly against the proposals, on a turnout greater than most local council elections. The Council graciously accepted the results while noting ‘a few local hotspots’ demanding parking controls.
Over the course of the next 10-15 years they implemented small aspects of their overall plan, bit by bit, half a street at a time (but in 10 different areas at each time) so not enough people noticed to kick up a sufficient howl of renewed protest.
Within 10-15 years the entire initial programme had been implemented in full yet residents still believed their Caring Sharing Local Government had bowed to local Democracy.
Clever them, eh? Perhaps they’d had lessons from the Nudge Unit. Softly, softly, catch the monkey … We had similar with a cycling lane on the main road and now the cyclists won’t even have to use it!
Except that she was laughing when her government approved the holding of orgies some months back. So she doesn’t believe any of her own guff. Shejust gives a more convincing impression of believing it.
Or, as Blackadder put it: ‘… madder than Mad Jack McMad, the winner of last year’s “Mr. Madman” competition.’
And if her fiancee had any sense s/he’d take this oportunity to do a runner
Can we (whoever we are) start our own annual Anti-Davos summit? I feel resistance to the new authoritarianism needs to be focussed on the shenanigans of the Davos crowd (such as the reprehensible individual pictured above) and might be a good way to cast light on their many insidious agendas.
Ah shit, I’ve just remembered none of us can fly anywhere.
Maybe it can be held in Blackpool or some other seaside town that has taken a big hit from lost trade over the last 2 years due to the Coof.
I wonder what the odds would be if the DAVOS (I just wish they’d be honest and rename the organisation to S.P.E.C.T.R.E.) lot Would all congregate in one place and that errant meteorite that keeps narrowly missing us (but is always reported on by the MSM) hits wherever they are. Just a little one would do the trick…
(satire, lawyers, just in case you were wondering)
I’m all for giving Blackpool a much needed boost to its ailing economy. But have had too many dreadful childhood Pleasure Beach memories to be enthusiastic about it. It needs to be Alpine really for proper Bond villain vibes.
As for the meteorite. Gosh. That would be awful wouldn’t it.
Am I alone in misreading the name DAVOS as Davros?
Yes: Davros was a misunderstood, benevolent machine-god compared to DAVOS.
Where is Sean Connery when you need him.
They were only unable to be with gravely ill loved ones because of you, you moronic horse-faced cunt!
Whats your problem mate? She and Billy no Mates are doing their very best to prevent people from getting the sniffles…
84 cases (it WOULD have to be 84) in one day – woooo! There’s more cases in my sparsely-opulated part of the Home Counties, and we ain’t dropping like flies. Arden may as well just rename NZ as a province of China, given she already sucks up to Xi so much anyway.
The problem with fanatics is that they aren’t completely without logic.
If you are going for zero-covid, that’s the way to do it.
The problem isn’t the method, the problem is the goal.
Anyone who has been to New Zealand and seen the old cars there, may think of it more as an ‘antipodian Cuba’.
Definitely Communist now, with ‘Gnashers’ doing China’s bidding.
When were you last in NZ, I’m wondering?
I was last in NZ in 1975! My husband was in the Merchant Navy and as an officer’s wife I travelled round the world with him on general cargo vessels for two years. It was amazing, we went to so many places, on every continent.
I particularly loved NZ; we were there twice, both islands, and I was able to visit my family members in Auckland. I remember the fantastic milk shakes (a daily treat), and the pie-carts which seemed to be everywhere, with delicious burgers. My cousin tells me they went long ago thanks to ‘elf ‘n safety. Unbelievable.
We came quite close when our children were young to moving there (sponsored by my aunt and uncle), but in the end couldn’t bear to leave England. We are so glad now that we didn’t go. How sad it is that that pantomime horse is dragging down such a wonderful young country with her insane and impossible ‘zero covid’ policy, same as that thing in Oz. In the end covid’s going to sweep through just like everywhere else, the only difference being that she’ll have so prolonged the agony it’s doubtful they’ll ever recover.
It’s high summer in New Zealand at the moment.
I think they could be in for a bit of a shock when their winter gets going.
Imagine having cut yourself off from the flow of germs that primes your immune system, aided by tons of foreign travelers. Now imagine when they come back. The whole nation will be out sick…with non-threatening viruses. Sort of like…now.
It’s going to be spectacularly funny to watch how these zero-covid looney farms get themselves out of the hole they’ve dug themselves into.
The moment they interact with the rest of the world, all their jabbots are going to test positive. I suppose they’ll claim the jabs are saving them from otherwise certain death.
But still, they’re going to have to drop the zero-covid or live as prisoners for ever.
apparently if you dunk her in a river for 10 minutes and she comes up alive she is definitely a witch, otherwise she was probably a witch
Make it twenty minutes – just to be sure! If she comes up alive – put her back for another twenty.
Is she marrying the Austrian Chancellor? They would be a good match.
Together they could create the ‘Peoples Republic of Covidistan’.
Only another world war can end this madness, at least Boris and Sleepy Joe are doing their best to start one.
Great post.
Have to say… to the usual suspects posting here… and many others too a BIG thanks for making me almost spit my tea out through my nose….reading so many brilliant witty posts… :))
What a day, when we actually consider the Russians to be our potential saviours..!
I live in Russia and have noticed the hysteria over Ukraine seems to increase based on how much the official western narrative unravels. Russia has never yet fully signed up to the covid Madness and I sometimes think that is a likely explanation for increasing western hostility and anti-russian propaganda.
They need an enemy to cover for the US Meltdown under Senile Joe!
Old Putin seems to be a fan of the vax passes though?
Well, Putin has consistently said that he does not favour coercion and that “vaccination” should be voluntary.
That being said, there are many shadowy forces at work in Russia and some that work directly against Putin.
However, the draft law for vax passes in Moscow just got cancelled, quite possibly after intervention by Putin. And in parts of Russia where vax passes have been implemented, they have simply created a very competitive black market for vax passes. As they say in Russia – there’s always a way.
Only about 36% of Russians have been fully vaccinated, maybe they don’t trust the Sputnik V?
No, they don’t trust it. I’ve heard uptake is closer to 50-60%, but I’m confident that is falsified data.
And FWIW, a vax pass is also granted for 1 year if you have acquired natural immunity through previous infection.
Nah, covid is a distraction. It’s the same geo-politics of the last 200 years.
Russia is just pushing NATO back now that it is weak and dysfunctional. The west is yapping a lot like a very annoying but not at all scary dog. Russia is going to carve out a few more bits of the Ukraine and NATO is going to do f. all about it. The yapping is posturing, for the plebs. They can’t just let the Russians do it and be silent on it.
I think you’re a bit out there.
Russia’s total military budget was cut by 5% in 2021 to $41 billion.
NATO consists of 29 countries, with the US member having a total military budget of $7,000 billion. The UK budget is $655 billion with Germany on $490 billion and so on.
NATO military budget is over 200 times Russia’s military budget.
But NATO, collectively, has 2000 times less balls than Russia.
Lol spot on and I bet their £s go on bombs and bullets not cunts in offices shuffling paper
So what are they doing with 100,000 men on Ukraine’s border, having grabbed loads of land from the them in recent times?
Yes, well, that is the western propaganda narrative.
GRU gaslighting, more like.
Osobowy… interesting to note too… chief of Germany’s navy, vice-admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach has to resign re his showing Putin respect comments…
https://twitter.com/sidhant/status/1484991354329759744?s=20
And surely, he was clever enough to know what the consequences of his remarks would be. An interesting development!
That doesnt mean Putin is worthy of trust, does it?
Well, the BBC have been spot on again with their social campaigns – the Covid debacle has definitely proved that women are better, more liberal and compassionate leaders. Look at the way in which…. ahhh, shit, no that’s not worked well at all
Get ready for the Great Argument Switch.
Men were supposed to be the aggressive ones and women the gentler sex. Now that it’s going to turn out that women are at least as aggressive as men, we are going to be told that actually being aggressive is a good thing, not at all a bad thing.
I’m afraid that the BBC probably still insist that she’s better, more liberal and compassionate. That view would probably prevail if she were to cull every third person in NZ.
Insanity on steroids.
Mmmm…it sounds like she woukd have got on well with Magda Goebbels!
The most shocking thing about this is that someone actually WANTS to marry that bat-shit crazy piece of work?!!
for the money I expect.
Or for keeping the grass short.
She’s a couple of stops short of West Ham.
(Barking).
Sigh of relief from Clarke Gayford?
Phew, narrow escape……for now!
I wonder if the horse-toothed assassins reception was a sit down meal or grazing in a field.
Continuing the equine theme, I wonder if the blacksmith has given her a new set of shoes for The Big Day? I also hope that the good people of NZ have organised a befitting, durable scold’s bridle for a wedding present.
It would be a socially distanced event. Everyone would be provided with their own nosebag, which would conveniently double up as a face mask.
A full-face mask would improve her!
Two paper bags?
Canapés topped with Ivermectin. You can’t be too careful about parasites at your wedding do.
Please tell me what’s going on under this.. er.. Jacinda ‘persons’ dress.. I need to know.. ha ha.. 😉
https://youtu.be/b7YiFQFk6fc
“here she comes now, she could not look happier”
“here she comes now, she could not look happier”
Well she’s obviously equipped to tackle the job..
Hi-Yo Silver
None of what Jacinda Hardon makes sense,
The posts underneath are hilarious, I particularly like…. Hell that things swinging all over the place…
Thank you, made me laugh out loud.
Yeah.. made me laugh too.. ha-ha..
And then there’s a little hoo-ha in the Elysee Palace going on I hear..
Rumours persist that Micron is a person of restricted growth. He insists he’s in a depression.
maybe it’s all a ruse. She’s had second thoughts about the marriage and trashing her country again is useful cover … she’s consulted with Sturgeon to get some moral support and she’s given her the thumbs up.
Hubby was pleased with the consultation, Sturgeon was his:
I know this is not the politically correct thing to say, but I’ll say it anyway: Why would anyone in his right mind marry this lady?
Lady?
Lady?
Think that’s questionable in more ways than one
https://youtu.be/b7YiFQFk6fc
OMG 🤮
Always having a beer bottle opener handy, saving a walk to the kitchen drawer?
Who cares about being politically correct?
..
Nice little joke in a Berenson email, from someone in the USA, on Twitter.
Question:-“Which city has changed your life the most?”
Answer:- “Wuhan”
It’ll all be fine as soon as 110% of the population has been vaccinated, boostered, and boostered again. All football managers know that 110% is the critical figure for winning games.
But its already 415%!
Zero Covid.
Zero realism, zero truth, zero pity, zero compassion, zero dissent, zero impurity, zero heresy, zero sin, zero unjabbed, zero tolerance, zero listening, zero discussion, zero trust, zero failure,
Zero success.
Zero life, zero joy.
The only ‘number’ that multiplied never gives a positive.
Mercy, love…
The hermit kingdom
“The impact of Scotland’s Covid restrictions on business and hospitality have been “worth it”, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.”
in which case can we see the cost benefit analysis she doesn’t have?
Isn’t it remarkable how they never seem to back up those sorts of claims with anything…
Considering that the Scottisch nutkob-in-chief is a teetotaler who believes the WHO should really tackle the great public health problem alcohol next, any negative impact Scottish policy has on the Scottish hospitality industry is obviously going to be worth it. One could argue that that’s the only point behind most of it, actually.
And guess who the other teeto is. Maybe it’s a side-effect (one of the terms they seem to use for other injuries, as it were).
On the plus side at least shergar has finally been found after all those years
Cases? How many of the ‘cases’ are actually ill? How many are in hospital? How many of those have comorbidities and what is their average age?
Why the continued lack of transparency?
Because the idiot proles (that’s you and me, milesahead) are too stupid to understand.
Stop asking stupid questions. The woman’s busy.
Because it would bring the shit show down
Yes,this whole lockdown / muzzle / vaxx farrago is working so well isn’t it.
Ppssibly Ardern is now immune after Covid recovery as she took the horsepaste to get through it with no complications.
Good job China is covering the bill.
There is no road left here for anyone. Omicron will sweep through and prove that their fantasy was indeed that. Not that the media will report anything of course.
I stopped thinking facts and reality would have any influence on things back in early April 2020 when it turned out the coronavirus was nowhere near as dangerous as they first made everyone think, and they carried on regardless.
I reached the conclusion that this is what they wanted and they were going to get it and reality was going to play no part in any of it.
Haven’t seen anything so far that changes my mind.
Yes, I used to collect/bookmark and even take notes/memorise the contents of articles full of data about covid cases, infection fatality rates, etc etc etc, but have long since stopped bothering. Somehow the statistics/real numbers of illness, death, etc are not relevant to what’s really going on.
Exactly the same with me, stewart.
The only plausible explanation I can think of for Ms. Arden’s actions is that it’s a ruse to get out of her marriage as she doesn’t have the cojones to tell her intended she doesn’t want to get hitched.
Oh.. I can assure you.. er.. she certainly has the ‘cojones’ alright.. in the right place too..
https://youtu.be/b7YiFQFk6fc
But she had a baybeee??
But did she..????
Living with Covid? Never heard of it. She was lucky to have an election early in Covid when she seemed competent and a leader. She could moon the entire nation and sit back and laugh, at least for a few years. Sort of like Empress Sturgeon. I have never been happier to live in England. Yes, Boris is clueless jerk, but…and this pains me to say this…he has in the end done the best job fighting Covid. No, we never needed lockdowns (and one senses he didn’t want them either, but didn’t have the moral courage to say so). We never needed masks. Voluntary vaccination was made available quickly to all who wanted it. We had 4 months of relative normality and he’s telling the Covid nuts to stuff it as of next Thursday. No, far from perfect but look at lockdown Jacinda, mask-addicted Sturgeon and Biden, whatever is going on in the various states of Australia and the end of freedom in France, Spain, Italy and especially Austria and, you realise, it could be so much worse. And would be if we had another PM right now. Not saying he should stay in the job, just saying that right… Read more »
I wouldn’t go so far as to describe Johnson’s performance as the ‘best job’ – more that he’s done a slightly less shit job than many of the others (recently because he has a lot of rebellious backbenchers and some awkward party questions to deal with).
Zactly. He has presided over a Government of lies and tyranny, and eagerly facilitated the jabbing of children with a product known to harm and kill, and whose long term effects are unknown,
No forgiveness. No forgetting.
She is a feckin idiot
Imagine owning a small hotel in NZ, having steady business thanks to natural beauty and Lord of the Rings. And then imagine every time you have an ounce of hope that people might travel to your land again crushed like dissident in China. I feel for those people.
Wait a second, they elected her when she was Zero Covid addicted. To those who voted for her (surely not our imaginary hotel owner), congratulations. See you in 2029.
Exactly. New Zealanders are a masochistic lot. They totally love all this. It indulges their sense of community and nation.
Does NZ politics have a functioning opposition or are they as useless as Starmer’s lot?
This woman is insane, mentally ill and should be removed from office and locked up or NZ is doomed.