A coup is underway in New Zealand

Not my style but the information is correct. 

Adern clarifies Three Waters as. Clarified

BFD,

26 November, 2022

Well: she’s done it, as promised.

Our nominal prime minister; The Honourable Jacinda Kate Laurel Ardern, promised to ask the ‘drafters’ of the ‘Three Waters’ legislation to ‘clarify’ the alleged mission-creep, scope-enlargement, call it what you will, in the controversial legislation, the stuff she knew nothing at all about but which you good people were making such a fuss over. She has, and they have.

Luckily for us, the principal drafter of the legislation is also our actual prime minister, the very nice and very Honourable Nanaia Cybele Mahuta, who got straight onto it, belting out a Supplementary Order paper humbly titled “No 306” proposing to clarify those very things that had worry-warts in such a tizzy. Hitting Hansard yesterday we learned from No 306 that the troublesome Section 4 of the ‘3 Waters’ [Water Services Entities] Bill, the very section about Ti Tiriki Tiriti and ‘Te mana o te wai’ which had contained the new guff about ‘coastal’ and ‘geothermal’ water is forthwith amended.

But before No 306 is revealed I urge you all to breathe in and relax, and that those of you requiring regular medication partake of same, because No 306 is more audacious than you could ever have imagined. It is the mother of all turds in the pool, so to speak, because 3-Waters has now become All-Waters. I kid you not:

water — (a) means water in all its physical forms whether flowing or not and whether over or under the ground:
(b) includes fresh water, coastal water, and geothermal water:
(c) does not include water in any form while in any pipe, tank, or cistern

Thank the good Lord for that last line, at least the water in the tank above the khazi is safe from cultural claims; everything else is open slather.

The real prime minister is very smart and doubly sneaky, so 306 doesn’t actually read like that, it’s far more subtle and more nuanced. She knows the nominal prime minister hardly ever reads and certainly does not research the legislation, so Mahuta simply refers to handy previous statutes

Image Credit: idbkiwi

And “water, as that term is defined” in Section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act of 1991 is exactly as you see reproduced above, and into which any taniwha can now dip its slippery tentacles.

I try to make light (I’ve never seen a coup unfold before) because the alternative would be to become angry. Very angry. I’ve said before that this Government is the worst, by far, in my lived experience: it’s not. It’s the worst in New Zealand’s history.

WATCH: RAM-RAIDING OUR DEMOCRACY – LABOUR

FORCING CONTROVERSIAL LAWS THROUGH PARLIAMENT UNDER ‘URGENCY’

PARLIAMENT IS SITTING TODAY ‘UNDER URGENCY’ TO FORCE THROUGH A NUMBER OF CONTROVERSIAL LAWS WHICH WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF ALL NEW ZEALANDERS.

In a video posted today on YouTube, independent journalist Chantelle Baker exposes the undemocratic move by Labour, using the excuse of Queen Elizabeth II’s death 10 weeks ago to take advantage of so-called ‘urgency procedures’.

‘Parliament is currently sitting under urgency’ – they say because of the Queen’s death, but what it really means, and Labour has done this multiple times, the last time they did it was with the ‘traffic lights’ system and rushing through that legislation, they also did it with pushing through the Maori Wards Bill.’

Labour currently have a clear majority in the House.

‘They call something under ‘urgency’ so it can bypass the normal process, including the Select Committee.’

Urgency also means that parliament has to remain sitting until the laws are passed.

‘What’s happened during this last couple of days in the news? The 16 year olds got the right to vote according to the Supreme Court. That Bill has not passed through parliament – you need 75%. The odds of that going through is quite small. But, what it has done is that it’s lead all the media to focus on one topic, and it’s distracted everybody.’

‘But that’s not the problem. The problem is this huge amount of legislation that Labour are looking at to rush through in the next week.’

‘There are 24 Bills they are looking to pass, but these are the ones I consider the most concerning:

• 3 Waters
• Digital Identity Trust Framework
• Organic Produce and Production Bill
• Clean Vehicles Bill
• Healthy Home Standards
• Dairy Restructuring Act – ie. Fonterra Restructuring
• Climate Change Response
• Firearms Amendment Bill

‘That’s just some of the 24 they are passing right now.

Baker also spoke of Facebook censorship, with the social media giant working hand-in-glove with Labour to remove content at the government’s behest in a clear violation of the right to free speech.

‘Facebook are working with the government through a portal to take content they don’t like down from the platform.

‘A number of videos have been taken down, which didn’t break any guidelines but they just ‘wiped them anyway, with no notes, no marks against our page, they just wiped them, and it does make me question if that portal’s being used on our page.’

Guy Hatchard: the Jacinda Papers

 The Te Pūnaha Matatini documents. As cited in Dr Guy Hatchard's interview with Liz Gunn

Free NZ,

20 February, 2022

 

It is a strange thing to wake up in one’s own country and no longer recognize it because the people you thought were representing you as part of a democratic parliament appear to be very busy representing something entirely different . . .

This week there was a stack of papers that landed with an unceremonious thump on the desks of some good Kiwis. One of those papers, in particular, has shown how the Prime Minister and Cabinet funded a small clique to fashion a Covid narrative (best described as propaganda) that contains false information and has helped destroy the lives of millions of New Zealanders, either through losing their livelihoods, or becoming injured or maimed or having loved ones die, by trusting the government propaganda and lies.

With regard to covid, the paper, which has not undergone a formal peer review, but is being enacted, rejects herd immunity, rejects health and wellbeing narratives, and rejects suggestions that an experimental gene-based therapy may have adverse effects or alter DNA, alleging it is a ‘conspiracy theory’ when respected scientist Guy Hatchard states there have been over 1000 papers published, worldwide that prove otherwise. (It also neatly side-steps the successful use of ivermectin as an alternative treatment.)

“Funded by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet”

This paper seems to focus on the intention to have all New Zealanders accept whatever the government tells them, including what medical treatment they must have. It appears to show how the ‘government’ intends to demonise anyone with a different view, and their intention to violate the Nuremberg Code. It shows how, with the paid-off mainstream media in its back pocket from the start, it explores ways to shut down social media channels that bring New Zealanders the truth from other sources.

One scholarship which ‘Te Pūnaha Matatini’ offers for 2022. With a stipend of $17,000

In essence, social media is people talking to each other. That is what we do. We communicate, but if we are listening to other channels that bring us, the truth, then apparently that is ‘unacceptable’. Guy Hatchard explains,

‘The paper says the aim of government messaging should take the form of ‘branding’ designed to teach the public to trust the government alone. Something so close to propaganda as to be almost indistinguishable.

‘Emphasis in social media on ‘individual rights’ is described as an undesirable import from America. Ardern’s more recent rejection of protests as ‘imported ideas’ . . . hint at exclusionary agendas to come.’ 

. . . The push to introduce the censorship of scientific information and discussion that characterises the Ardern government is evident throughout the paper.’

So, according to the prime minister, the Cabinet, and the architects of this paper, it appears the cornerstones of our democracy are ‘undesirable’. 

The “small clique” tasked with creating and maintaining the Covid narrative in New Zealand.

Who would have thought in 2019 we would have to campaign and protest for our right to have a government retain the key principles of democracy, including free speech, the right to make our own medical choices, and for our bodies and our homes to be free from enforced invasion? 

The fact that the government is monitoring anything that doesn’t reflect the intent from the ‘pulpit of truth’, really the pulpit of propaganda, is of major concern.

New Zealanders, the foxes are in the hen-house. 

 

EVIL NEWS: NZ has enough PFIZER mRNA vaccine for every man, woman and child

NZ government decides on 

Pfizer, the most deadly mRNA 

vaccine, as its SOLE “vaccine”

Last night I was drifting off to sleep when my partner rushed into the room to tell me the news - that the Jacinda Adern government has 'secured' enough vaccine for every man, woman and child in the country.

Most importantly that the Pfizer is to be the sole "vaccine" to be used.

I woke up this morning and had to actually search for anything on this huge story that is going to affect, sooner-or- later, everyone in the country.

There were quite a few items from overseas reporting on this.  This item, from the Times of India, was one of only two items on You Tube.

 This headline from the Independent was the most honest.

New Zealand will use ONLY the Pfizer "vaccine", out of "fairness"  (sic).

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/jacinda-ardern-announces-new-zealand-will-only-use-pfizer-vaccine-for-e2-80-98fairness-e2-80-99/ar-BB1emNj7

The truth is that New Zealand has this supply of the most deadly vaccine on the market because India refused and now there is an excess supply.

From RT.

There have been approximately 1200 deaths from the vaccines since the roll-out in the United States.

Of these, Pfizer represents approximately 55% of deaths (Moderna, 45%)

This is the vaccine the NZ government has chosen as its SOLE vaccine.

The media spin in New Zealand is quite different.  It is a celebratory one - the government has purchased enough poison to go around for every New Zealander.

https://www.rt.com/news/517488-new-zealand-pfizer-vaccine-astrazeneca-concerns/

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins made the announcement at a post-Cabinet briefing about 4pm.

Ardern said the decision to make Pfizer New Zealand's primary vaccine provider was based on it being shown to be about 95 percent effective at preventing symptomatic infection.

"Whilst the Pfizer vaccine does need to be kept at ultra-cold temperatures, this challenge is offset by only having to deal with one vaccine, rather than multiple vaccines with multiple protocols. It will simplify our vaccine roll out."

Ardern said the government had signed an advance purchase agreement for an additional 8.5 million doses on top of what it has already bought, bringing the total order to 10 million - enough for five million people to get the two shots needed to be fully vaccinated.

She said early evidence of the Pfizer vaccine's efficacy was 'extremely promising'.

"This purchase marks a significant milestone in New Zealand's fight against Covid-19. We can all take heart that we have now secured one of the strongest and more effective tools in the Covid-19 toolkit," Ardern said.

The additional vaccines are expected to arrive during the second half of the year.

Ardern said the purchase meant all New Zealanders would now have access to the same vaccine, which would simplify the vaccine rollout, so it would not slow the rollout of the vaccines at all.

How the Pfizer vaccine works. Photo: Source: Pfizer/BioNTech/BBC

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said the Ministry of Health was now working with Pfizer on the delivery schedule to ensure a "smooth rollout".

He said consideration was also being given to how best to use vaccine doses that would not end up being needed in New Zealand.

"We are working on options for donating surplus doses across our wider portfolio to the Pacific and developing countries worldwide.

"Options could include delaying delivery to New Zealand, in order to free up supply for other countries in the short-term, or donating spare vaccines to other countries", Hipkins said.

Hipkins said the Pfizer vaccine was the only one that had been approved by Medsafe and it was incredibly effective. He said having one vaccine to administer would make the process of getting people vaccinated more streamlined.

He said work was ongoing to ensure vaccinators had the right gear to administer Pfizer vaccine - syringes, freezers, etc. He said the government had enough for the first half of the campaign and was now in the market for the second half.

Using just one vaccine would simplify those equipment requirements, he said.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

Ardern said the government was making good progress with the vaccine rollout, with the vast majority of border staff and MIQ workers having received their first shots of vaccine.

She said household contacts of these workers had also been receiving the vaccine, roughly 50,000 people. She said the government expected to start the second tranche of vaccines - non-border frontline workers - later this month.

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is more expensive than some of the other options.

"We've seen as a nation just how far we're willing to go to look after one another. And so I think it's fair to say no matter what vaccination you're talking about it all comes at a much lower price than the loss of life, or ... the ongoing hit that many businesses take if we have outbreaks.

"In our minds this is money very well spent, and spending it here on what is a highly effective vaccine where we won't have a situation of some New Zealanders getting one and some New Zealanders getting the other."

Ardern said the government was not putting all its eggs in one basket by securing 10m doses of the Pfizer vaccine, pointing to the other agreements it has with other vaccine manufacturers.

Hipkins says Medsafe had informed him the Janssen vaccine was farthest along in getting approved.

Ardern finished her speech on International Women's Day by acknowledging all the women who have played a part in the fight against Covid-19.

Vaccine priority for sportspeople?

Ardern said she had not had any direct conversations with New Zealand Cricket about players getting vaccines earlier than the general public.

New Zealand Cricket was reported as saying it was negotiating with the government to protect the Black Caps before they went overseas next month and attempt to become the inaugural world test champions.

Ardern said she was aware there was a range of people wanting to represent New Zealand on the world stage over the coming 12 months who would need to be vaccinated before entering countries overseas. She said Olympians were another group.

Global discussion on recovery

Ardern said that on Wednesday she would take part of a round table discussion hosted by the Prime Minister of Sweden and Spain and the UN Secretary General on how we can "build back better from Covid."

She said the agreement with Pfizer would also cover New Zealand's Pacific partners.

Climate change, human rights and global health would all be included in discussion, she said.

Ardern said she would still go on Mike Hosking's Newstalk ZB show when it was of national importance.

She said the decision to no longer appear weekly on the show was made about four weeks ago.

"No one can do everything," she said. "The reason it hasn't been noticed, perhaps, until now is I have appeared on two occassions since then and that's because we said 'look, when there are issues of national significance I will still be on Mike's show."

"No one can do every single slot that's available ... people get their news from multiple sources."

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

She said she was trying to expand into other platforms and radio stations to try to get the government's message across.

She thought she could do a better job in trying to reach people where they were, and that had factored into her decision, she said.

"I don't think anyone would argue that I'm not available, [that] I'm not able to be questioned on the issues of the day, but I do want to do a better job of reaching into some other corners where people might not get their information from ZB or the Herald."

That did not mean more time with Facebook Live, but rather she was trying to reach people through different media outlets and different forms of TV, radio and media than she had previously.

Five new cases in MIQ today

Earlier today the Ministry of Health revealed there were five new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation facilities and no new community cases.

Yesterday the Ministry revealed a new case had been identified in an Air New Zealand crew member during routine surveillance testing.

The crew member went into quarantine, while their household contacts tested negative but remained in isolation at home as a precaution.

The ministry said the case remained symptom-free so public health staff were conservatively considering they may have been infectious since their last negative test on 28 February.

The Ministry said the risk to the public was considered low because the case had limited contact with people and locations as Auckland was in alert level 3 at the time.

The person was believed to have been infected overseas shortly before they received a dose of the vaccine. Vaccines require two doses and take weeks to provide maximum protection.

New Zealand's alert levels dropped at 6am on Sunday morning, with Auckland at alert level 2 and the rest of the country at alert level 1.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/437907/covid-19-vaccine-government-has-purchased-enough-for-every-new-zealander

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-reveals-enough-pfizer-vaccines-for-every-new-zealander/BDEO4HPUGMPKKYO6A2FN4TIJHU/

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300247794/pfizer-vaccine-confirmed-but-questions-around-rollout-remain?cid=app-iPad

I think it might be appropriate to repost this piece of satire from Australia:

Also, to remind you of what the enigmatic website, Deagel.com 's projection for populations in 2025 - for New Zealand a reduction of 3.3 million out of a population just short of 5 million.

It now makes sense:

https://deagel.com/forecast

Humorous satire from Australia on Jacinda Adern

Australian satire

Jacinda Adern: socialist hero 

PM of New Zealand

 

The left hand does not not what the right hand is doing in Auckland, NZ lockdown

 Coronavirus: Unite against COVID-19 Facebook post contradicts PM's claim infected KFC worker was told to isolate

Newshub,

4 March, 2021

The Government is under fire for providing contradicting information regarding Case L, a KFC employee who tested positive for the virus four days after working a shift at the Botany Downs' fast-food restaurant.

More information has come to light that appears to corroborate Case L's claims that she and her sibling, Case J - a Kmart Botany employee who worked two shifts before testing positive - were not asked to self-isolate by health officials.

Case L is a household contact of Case I, a Papatoetoe High School student and a casual-plus contact of the first student to test positive, Case A. Case I was the first in the family to contract the virus, testing positive on February 23.

Case L is also a household contact of Case J, the teenager who worked two shifts at Kmart Botany before her diagnosis, and Case K, an infant. 

Case L tested positive for the virus on February 26 after being shifted to quarantine with her family. It was revealed she had worked a shift at KFC on February 22 while she was potentially infectious.

As Case I is a casual-plus contact of the initial Papatoetoe High School case and a member of the school community, health officials have claimed the whole household should have been isolating - indicating Case J and Case L breached the rules by going to work.

At a news briefing, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Case L "should have" isolated instead of working her shift at KFC, expressing "frustration" at the new case.

Both Case J and Case L have since faced public backlash for appearing to flout the official instructions and putting the safety of the public at risk. 

But the KFC employee said to Newshub that she was not told to self-isolate - and asked for an apology from the Prime Minister following her "upsetting" comments. 

"It's not fair on our end that we're getting all this backlash for something that we haven't actually done," Case L told Newshub.

Case L told Newshub her sister, Case I, received a text message on February 14 - the day the first three cases in the cluster were announced - saying casual contacts needed to self-isolate, but their families did not need to. 

Health officials pushed back against the claims, arguing there were multiple attempts to contact the family and the advice had been clear and consistent.

But a comment, posted by the Unite against COVID-19 Facebook page four days ago, clearly states that "Case J (Kmart worker) and Case L (KFC worker) were not required to isolate at the time".

In a response to a member of the public, the Unite against COVID-19 team said Case J and Case L had completed their shifts before the new rules were introduced - which required them to self-isolate.

"The advice for all staff and students of Papatoetoe High School was updated on 23 February, after the two had attended their shifts at their workplaces," the comment said.

It also gave weight to Case L's claims by confirming that casual-plus contacts such as Case I were required to get a test and self-isolate, but their household members were not required to do so.

"The family complied with the advice they were given at the time."

Records also show that at the time, the Ministry of Health's advice for 'casual-plus' contacts was: "While you are staying at home, members of your household can come and go from the house as normal."

The information contradicts Ardern, who pushed back against Case L's claims on Tuesday. She said the messaging was "very, very, very clear", and that if Case L had gotten a test earlier, "then ultimately we wouldn't be in a debate over whether or not family members should be isolating". 

The Facebook comment has also come to the attention of ACT leader David Seymour, an outspoken critic of the Government's COVID-19 response. He said the Prime Minister "has some serious explaining to do".

"The Prime Minister has some serious explaining to do after her Government's Official COVID-19 Facebook Page contradicted her claim that Case J (Kmart worker) and Case L (KFC worker) were told to isolate," Seymour said in a statement on Tuesday night.

"Either the Government is spreading misinformation on Facebook, or the Prime Minister is spreading it through the media. Either case is totally unacceptable.

"The Prime Minister has not only misled the whole country but subsequently doubled down on her claims that the workers were instructed to isolate, which cannot be true because the isolation orders were issued after the workers had completed their shifts."

National leader Judith Collins also says the Prime Minister owes the KFC worker an apology.

"The Prime Minister needs to explain whether the COVID-19 Facebook post is accurate. If it is then she should apologise to the KFC employee," Collins said on Wednesday.

"The communications coming from the Government has left a lot to be desired of late. The invention of new terms on the fly like 'casual plus' and 'close plus' contacts is confusing too many people.

"The Government needs to get its public messaging right. Communication breakdowns like this can be the difference between Kiwis living COVID-free and a lockdown that costs the New Zealand economy $500 million a week."

Speaking to The AM Show on Wednesday, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins argued that the official advice can change - and people need to "keep plugged in" to ensure they're not missing any messages. 

He also denied the Government was at fault, echoing Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield's stance that the messaging was "quite clear".

"It's important to remember that sometimes, the messages for some people will change… if the risk-profile changes, the advice might change. We do need to say to everybody - keep plugged in, because sometimes the advice will change," he said.

"I think it was very clear to the school community what we were asking them to do."

When pressed by host Duncan Garner regarding the response from Unite against COVID-19, Hipkins said he couldn't make "an educated comment" without seeing the correspondence with the household.

"I think it highlights one of the problems with looking backwards, and even apportioning blame to people," he said. "There will always be different sides to a story. The key thing here is looking forward and stamping out the risk of it spreading any further. That's got to be where our energies are focused.

"My energy is focused on identifying what the risk is here and making sure we're isolating the people we need to isolate… looking backwards isn't going to help with that effort. At some point, when we've contained the cluster, we'll look back… and [identify] things that didn't go according to plan and could be improved."

The Ministry of Health has been contacted for comment.

More to come on this, I think

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/123665615/new-zealand-was-reluctant-to-talk-about-domestic-terrorism-a-new-national-security-agency-may-change-this

From March 2

Auckland under lockdown - 1 March,2021

COVID-19: 'Thousands' of cars

backed up in 4-hour wait at 

Auckland border in 'scorching' 

heat

Newshub,

28 February, 2021

Motorists trying to get home to a locked-down Auckland are facing wait times of up to four hours as "thousands" of cars bank up at the southern border checkpoint.

Auckland was moved to alert level 3 at 6am on Sunday while the rest of the country moved to level 2 following two new community cases of COVID-19 on Saturday night.

Rania Alani was in Tauranga for work over the weekend and hit the road early to avoid the rush, only to spend almost three hours moving a kilometre distance at the Auckland-Waikato checkpoint.

"I didn't think it was going to be that bad, to be honest," she says. "Leaving Auckland makes sense but coming back was a nightmare."

Tristan Dean got stuck waiting four hours at the same checkpoint as he headed home to Auckland from Ohakune.

He says there were "thousands and thousands" of cars "backed up for miles".

"We've just seen the queue for leaving Auckland and it's backed up for miles as well, just at a standstill."

Dean says cattle trucks were having to be escorted through the traffic as livestock were overheating, as well as people taking their horses out of floats and walking them alongside the road.

Without realising how long it would take to get through Alani and Dean both had no food in the car.

"I feel sorry for the people that had kids," says Alani.

"You'd think that it could take like an extra half-hour or an hour. I was completely unprepared. I had no water, no food in the car, it was scorching hot even with the AC."

Dean says the line was made up of two lanes before merging into one a kilometre out from the checkpoint.

"They pretty much closed SH2 where SH2 and SH1 pretty much come together and they made us go off that ramp so it was literally one long line," Alani says.

She says police were checking cars in one single file line when there was space for two.

"There were four policemen standing in a line instead of creating two lines for people to maybe go a little bit faster.

"They were in the scorching heat with masks and jackets. I felt sorry for everyone in the situation."

Police have now asked the public to delay their travel if possible due to the "significant delays".

"Police report the public has been cooperative and understanding, we thank motorists for their patience," a spokesperson says in a statement.

"We are actively trying to ease the congestion as quickly as possible. Those who are stopped will be asked about their reason for travel."

Dean felt like the checking wasn't thorough enough to warrant such a long line.

"It was sorta 'where are you heading' and they let you through, it all seemed a bit pointless."

Alani says she understands having a strict checkpoint for people trying to leave the city but she felt as if having her license checked to ensure she was an Auckland resident was excessive.

"I feel like this was a little intense especially because who would want to come back to a lockdown?"

This is the latest from this morning

Aucklanders should get vaccine before rest of NZ - Goff

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the whole city should be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, over other parts of the country that are at less risk.

Goff welcomes the government's indication that South Auckland will be prioritised, but he says the rest of the city should follow.

"Auckland's fourth level 3 lockdown highlights the fact that the city is at greater risk of community transmission than any other city or region in the country," he said.

Earlier this morning, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed the new community cases in Auckland had contact with another family during the level 3 lockdown earlier in February.

"We have now confirmed how our latest case M and N came to be infected with Covid-19. That is because they had contact with another family that we had identified as part of the Papatoetoe cluster during level 3." 

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/437373/live-covid-19-updates-for-monday-1-march

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/437377/jacinda-ardern-on-latest-covid-19-cases-everyone-is-angry-i-get-that

You don't need a university degree to work this out

The head of the Auckland Business Chamber says the level 3 restrictions will be a devastating blow to businesses....

Chamber chief executive Michael Barnett said there will be many businesses in Auckland looking at their relationships with their landlords, their supply chains and their banks because of the uncertainty.

"I've got a number of concerns but I think the first one would have to be about the uncertainty that this is creating for businesses, the short timeframe for the lockdown and the wellbeing of business owners, employers, chief executives as they look to rearrange yet another week of uncertainty for them."

Barnett said the lockdown will be "absolutely devastating" for businesses that rely on tourism such as accommodation, food, hospitality and events.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/level-3-a-devastating-blow-to-auckland-business-michael-barnett.html