The spark was Simon Bridges' response to the government extending the level 4 lockdown through the weekend, basically he said the government "hasn't done the groundwork" on issues such as contact tracing and New Zealand's lockdown is too strict-he claims Australia has gotten similar health outcomes with a more relaxed lockdown but the economic cost is less there (honestly it's probably too early to tell and New Zealand's strategy of elimination seems slightly different from Australia's strategy of suppression).
He's not wrong, really; media here have been saying similar things - Australia seems to have achieved very similar results with slightly less restrictive measures. The strategy may be different, but that's a minor concern as far as I'm concerned; neither country is likely to eradicate the virus any time soon.
I'm cautiously optimistic about the cannabis referendum - I was planning on looking into a trip to NZ next year to celebrate. Obviously that may not happen now.
