NZ needs a new direction...

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to some extent I agree with you on the flip flopping of left/right...

However - they are completely wrong


Democracy means a few members of society are (typically) voted for to represent the interests of the majority... and if the majorities interests require mandates, so be it...

Tiny itty bitty newborn political parties with fluffy ideals and narrow agendas do not represent the majority, regardless of how much puff and bluster they verbalise

Well how many people would have voted if they knew about the mandates?
Same thing goes for 3 waters, it was never advertised as a policy, but is thrown on us by surprise.
Politicians often do things they dont inform voters about.

There has been a good chance of global epidemics forecasted for at least the last 30 years by those with the intelligence to interpret the science regarding biological and human activities. The same applies for those that are aware of the dire state of many of New Zealand's local authority controlled public infrastructures.

There's nothing "surprising" about being proactive in regard to public health. To not do so is to put lives in harm's way. This government has had to make some tough decisions during its current leadership period and we should be grateful for the strong and empathetic measures they have implemented. You only have to look to what should be regarded as 'world leading' nations' woeful handling of COVID to see how lightly NZ has been struck by this epidemic. As a result our pandemic response measures and political leadership is regarded as one of the world's best, despite what a few sniveling 'idealists' seem to think is the case in their own country stoked by international conspirators with some very dark intents.

Doing things for people's own good is often not taken well by those who would sooner be allowed to do whatever they think is 'their right' but in civilised countries to allow that to happen is to deny the rights of the less well off and risk the collapse of public support structures such as the health sector, environmental integrity and access to potable water.