Tim Dower: My letter to Auckland

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Dec 13, 2021 · 2m

Dear Auckland,

I just wanted to say how glad I am that you're being allowed out again from tonight.

I've kept in contact as best I can with people close to me down there, but sometimes you haven't wanted to talk and I completely understand it.

Who wants to do Facetime of WhatsApp from their couch day after day...especially with someone in another part of the country where life's a lot more like normal.

What you've endured in the region I know has been mentally exhausting and absolutely frustrating.

I want to talk a little this morning about one personal friend who hasn't made it through the…