Kate Hawkesby: Promoting division among people is the most 'unkind' thing a govt can do

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Feb 21, 2022 · 2m

I know lots of people are over the protest, and I feel a bit that way too, and I know that’s easy to say if you're not sitting in the same city as it. Even those in Wellington, just not near the CBD, say they’re sick of it as well.

But then there are those at the epicentre who say it’s horrific, don’t underestimate the gruesome time we’re having. The students who can’t catch the bus, the law students who can’t get on campus, the local businesses being punished, the commuters held up.

But for those of us for whom it's out of sight, it's out of mind. If it doesn’t affect you, do you really…