Kate Hawkesby: I will be shopping in Auckland tomorrow, who's with me?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Nov 8, 2021 · 2m

Well done Auckland.

The high vax rates have led us to where we are now – getting shops open come Wednesday. It’s several weeks too late, but we’ll take it.

Key takeaways from yesterday’s announcement - it’s no longer about Covid and cases, it’s about, as I said yesterday, length of lockdown, lack of compliance. The ‘health response’ for all that the Rod Jackson’s want to squeal about it, is over. Ardern did make mention of mental health though, about time.

What an unnecessary strain this has been.

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