Mike's Minute: Government advice on saving money is condescending

Best of Business · May 24, 2023 · 2m

What's the line about history repeating itself?

What undid the Helen Clark Government was shower heads and water pressure. It wasn’t their only issue, by the time they had got to their third term they looked tired and, worse, they looked arrogant.

Fast forward 20-something years and history repeats.

For those who follow these things, or you're too young to remember, it was a nail-in-a-coffin moment. It was the moment it became clear they had lost touch with reality.

They had lost touch with ordinary, everyday middle New Zealand. Their perceived superiority had killed them.

So just what is it…