The reverential aura enveloping the Ardern government is beginning to fade and ministerial fallibilities are emerging. Just as suddenly, the media are offering some space to critics of the government.
Richard Prebble is calling for a Royal Commission into the government’s handling of the pandemic response. ACT’s David Seymour sees the government’s rollout of the vaccination programme as an “insulting lottery”.
The Prime Minister’s famed kindness and compassion did not extend to “Case L” in Papatoetoe who, she said, ignored instruction in going to work at a local KFC. But the PM’s anger was misplaced: “Case L” had been told she was free to go to work. “Case L” is said to have been distressed by the vilification she suffered in social media.
And now it is becoming apparent how the pandemic and the government’s response to it are wreaking havoc among businesses. News media have reported this week how …
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