As Aotearoa New Zealand gears up for its second COVID inquiry, it’s crucial everyone watches this clip. Yes, it was tough having closed borders & strict lockdowns, but I’m not sure if people fully understand the scale of devastation we avoided by acting as we did. Listen to this doctor explain.
Prof Kevin Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020. The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip. youtu.be/FPCztlID3Q0
YouTube video by Christina Pagel
Former National Party staffer warns we’re heading towards a dictatorship. #nzpolwww.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/35...
The Welsh poet Wynford Vaughn-Thomas visited New Zealand in the 1950s and wrote this poem about the experience:
Admittedly I’m a bit scarred having been through Cyclone Gabrielle. Resilience is big for us.
I would say yes because it gives you control over peak time prices and provides resilience for outages
The black shirts have a certain ominous historical significance
I spotted our local Hobson’s Pledge board member in that crowd.
And all on the taxpayers dime too!
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