It’s international Women’s day today.

The government is giving $55 million of taxpayers money to support what it describes as public interest media. The obvious danger of this is it will compromise recipients’ political comments. To deny that is naive and invites cynicism.

With a photo a Seanish looking villain called Sean Broderick, the New Zealand Herald advised he’s still on the run and (amazingly) “could be anywhere”.

It will not be lost on the government, like all political participants with their finger always in the wind, that the latest lockdown has been badly received.

Nicaragua, probably the poorest country after Haiti and Cuba in Latin America has established a Space Ministry, a grandiose piece of nonsense you can be sure will produce no rockets.