"The degree to which claims & actions of this combined coalition government goes against or utterly ignores the expert & official advice, evidence & reason is many times so much worse- on a logarithmic scale. By no means is it a rational response but the panicked thrashing of a drowning man. "
If you have ever had the misfortune of having to rescue someone who is thrashing around in a panic from drowning, you would know how easy it is for the panicked to take you under with them. The combined National, ACT & NZFirst coalition government is insistent on taking the rest Aotearoa with them.
Analysis - Power is not being abused, but it is not being well managed either. New Zealand democracy, unique and currently brittle, should be handled with greater care, Alexander Gillespie writes.