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Kate Hawkesby: Ardern will rue the day she dug her toes on Covid elimination
The one thing this government needs to start doing real quick is getting honest.
Fewer and fewer people are tolerating the smoke and mirrors, the spin, the fudging.
The best example of this was Friday’s press conference where Ashley Bloomfield admitted he’d advised Cabinet that Auckland should in fact stay in Level 4 until August 31st.
The PM equivocating on this only does us, and her, a disservice.
It’s dishonest because we all know as of today, odds on she'll announce Auckland's indeed staying in level 4 until August 31st.
So why did she drag that news out?
Why would she not want to give…
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