Tim Dower: Auckland is in it for the long haul

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Oct 4, 2021 · 2m

It won't have been a surprise to see Auckland still locked down pretty tight, after yesterday's Cabinet meeting.

The PM talked about this so-called road map, and about going safely and carefully.

But reading between the lines, I don't think she's especially comfortable with even these tiny little changes.

As I said yesterday, we are stuck between a rock and a hard place; we can't go forward with less than half the country vaccinated.

And we can't stand still because the people just won't have it, they're climbing the walls.

So the freedom, such as it is, of being able to gather in groups of…