For the MSM and what remains of the last irresponsible “free spending” Government, this result is a bit of welcome good news that could be interpreted to mean their days of baying at the moon may be shorter lived than had been previously thought.
But most Political commentators worthy of the name will be cautioning against reading too much into the tea leaves at this early stage in the cycle.
Because, in spite of all the crowing and naked bias of the people interviewed after the announcement, the reality is that this result is to be expected given the monumental task the current government has in cleaning up the mess left by the Labour / Greens coalition.
No one in their right mind would expect any government to turn the ship of state around in such short time and obviously, such was the magnitude of the deep seated problems associated with our finances and lack of planning for a sustainable future, a quick fix was never going to be on the cards. If truth be know, it may take all of two terms for this government to rectify the damage and kiwis have voted to give the new Coalition the mandate to finish the job.
So this is not a time for cold feet or abandoning the strategies already in place.
My guess is that a number of other polls may show a somewhat different story and I say that because another result from the same poll published a day later showed that an overwhelming majority of kiwis actually support most of the Governments measures. And the latest Roy Morgan Poll reinforces the accuracy of the above prediction.
No surprises here.
But even if we accept the main result at face value, the least we should do in response is to accept the message for what it is, reading into it what we will but redoubling our efforts in support of the reset. It would appear most of our fellow citizens think that the government is on the right track so why should we listen to those who say it isn’t.
Anyway, to do anything different would not only be a huge mistake but would signal to the outside world we are not up to the task of rehabilitating ourselves.
Our future prosperity depends as much as anything on the confidence we engender in our trading partners and those larger countries we depend on for defence that we are a reliable partner in the way we punch above our weight.
We must remember that our survival as a sovereign nation will be determined by the example we set as a small country that is more than capable of dealing with our own problems while still having enough left over to support those in our immediate region who can’t.
Past generations of kiwis have formed alliances with others of similar persuasion in order to defeat foreign aggression in all its forms. In the process, we have lost many of our finest, cut down in their prime on foreign soils and sacrificed so that others might be free.
Surely, we owe it to them not to abandon what needs to be done simply because the going gets a bit tough. We are better than that.
Our heritage and history is respected around the world as the best of the best. Now is not the time to let up on our resolve to overcome our difficulties just because a few of the “Naye sayers” don’t have the stomach for a change of course.
Their alternative is a return to more of the same.
We can’t afford to even think about that stupid idea as a viable option .
We’ve been there and done that. Look where it got us.
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