Kate Hawkesby: We had so long to plan for RATs, how are we still cocking this up?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Feb 23, 2022 · 3m

The testing thing is doing my head in.

The lack of preparedness, the lack of enough RATS, the queues, the delay on results, absolute cluster.

Then we’ve got the crazy isolation rules – so many people down and out having to isolate. I mean you know when Auckland’s iconic Ponsonby Road restaurant Prego has to close due to no staff that’s it’s end times. I mean that’s surely the final straw for many Aucklanders.

And it's not just them actually - a bunch of Auckland restaurants have been hit so hard they have to close the doors for now.

I’m not sure how bad it has to get for this Government to…