And I must say it’s been the most fantastic fortnight, until we lost the Rugby World Cup final due to first half sloppiness and a trigger-happy TMO.
But we had our chances. We can’t complain. You have to play to the rules.
But really, it’s been 2 weeks of calm and confidence and a feeling of recovery and renewal after the election
Business Confidence went from a number in the 20s to a number in the 50s overnight.
Inflation came in in the 5s, despite most expectations being half a percent higher.
Credit agencies said we’re in ok shape and didn’t make our borrowing more expensive.
New Zealand came in 4th in a global tax competitiveness survey.
The real estate section in the paper suddenly doubled in size. Real estate agents starting calling telling me to invest now, because the property market is about to explode.
I even felt that crime has stopped. Just like that. Until I checked and saw there has been a ram raid. In Waihi Beach at 3.40am. 4 perps captured by police. Suddenly the cops are tough on crime.
And suddenly I realised what had changed- nothing.
What was different was no chorus of wet and whingy commentators and politicians telling anyone who was listening that this country was wrecked.
You know the mantra:
“The second to last economy in the world. Heading towards Venezuela. A crime rate to rival the most lawless areas of the world. The last bastion of communist dictatorship in the western world. Our children’s children’s children will be paying for this Government’s 6 years in charge”
It is such a relief not to hear the doomsayers yelling with their megaphones into a dark and depressing echo chamber, every day. Trying to convince us that only they know the answers and New Zealanders wouldn’t know success if it slapped us in the face and said congratulations.
I’ve always said that the country was not doing nearly as well as Labour thought it was, but it’s also not nearly as bad as National would like to have you believe.
We’ve been talked out of our mojo.
It reminds you to always be wary of politicians and their slogans. They don’t seek a legacy. Just your vote so they’ve got a job for 3 years.
So enjoy the respite from criticism of this country, because it won’t last. As soon as the specials are counted we’ll back to the race to the bottom.
Andrew Dickens is a broadcaster with Newstalk ZB. - where this article was sourced.
Inflation came in in the 5s, despite most expectations being half a percent higher.
Credit agencies said we’re in ok shape and didn’t make our borrowing more expensive.
New Zealand came in 4th in a global tax competitiveness survey.
The real estate section in the paper suddenly doubled in size. Real estate agents starting calling telling me to invest now, because the property market is about to explode.
I even felt that crime has stopped. Just like that. Until I checked and saw there has been a ram raid. In Waihi Beach at 3.40am. 4 perps captured by police. Suddenly the cops are tough on crime.
And suddenly I realised what had changed- nothing.
What was different was no chorus of wet and whingy commentators and politicians telling anyone who was listening that this country was wrecked.
You know the mantra:
“The second to last economy in the world. Heading towards Venezuela. A crime rate to rival the most lawless areas of the world. The last bastion of communist dictatorship in the western world. Our children’s children’s children will be paying for this Government’s 6 years in charge”
It is such a relief not to hear the doomsayers yelling with their megaphones into a dark and depressing echo chamber, every day. Trying to convince us that only they know the answers and New Zealanders wouldn’t know success if it slapped us in the face and said congratulations.
I’ve always said that the country was not doing nearly as well as Labour thought it was, but it’s also not nearly as bad as National would like to have you believe.
We’ve been talked out of our mojo.
It reminds you to always be wary of politicians and their slogans. They don’t seek a legacy. Just your vote so they’ve got a job for 3 years.
So enjoy the respite from criticism of this country, because it won’t last. As soon as the specials are counted we’ll back to the race to the bottom.
Andrew Dickens is a broadcaster with Newstalk ZB. - where this article was sourced.
1 comment:
You are right andrew that nz has seemed calm. The aggressive drivers seem to be fewer and people smile at you in the street instead of crossing over to the other side in case you are a disgusting virus, and let you go ahead in the supermarket queue if you have one thing etc. It is noticeable. I wonder now, why we need all these overpaid politicians. Why can't we have a panel of ceo type elected officials, that must action their policies and not deviate, or they will not get paid and will get sacked by the public? And 2 year terms. Get rid of all the activists and hangers-on. And everything must be transparent. Also all taxpayer dollars paid to the media must stop. Let woke tvnz and newshub stand on their own two feet, or go under.
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