Kate Hawkesby: Cyclone Gabrielle: 'Our optimistic and resilient nature also prevents us from complaining and asking the questions that need to be asked'

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Feb 19, 2023 · 2m

Someone wrote to me over the weekend and made a really good point after I talked about the resilience of people last Friday.

They said it was true, that often times a disaster can bring out the best in people or —as we're seeing with the looters— the worst, in some cases. But they made the point that a part of that optimistic and resilient nature also prevents us from complaining because we don’t want to appear as whingers when there’s always someone worse off.

But as a result of that, they pointed out, the focus can shift away from questions that need to be asked. And as a resident of Hawkes…