Editorial
The Government’s 100-day plan - and what it accomplished in its first 100 days - was supposed to be like getting an immunisation: one quick prick and it’s over.
But for many New Zealanders, this approach is more akin to a sticking plaster super-glued on a sore and no matter how hard you pulled it, the plaster remained as waves of pain just kept coming ad nauseam.
To be fair, this three-headed Government of National-Act and NZ First did exactly what it said it was going to do back in November in its first 100 days in office. So there should be no surprises for those who read what those changes would look like.
But to the most vulnerable communities who appear to be at the mercy of the 100-day torture, it’s how the bombardment of razor gang cuts was carried out. It is the cavalier-style arrogance that has got offside with “average Kiwis”.