Larry Williams Drive

So, congratulations New Zealand.   We're in Orange.   2 years and 1 month after the first lockdown we emerge into the autumn sun. I can go to my Midnight Oil gig I've been holding the tickets for forever. My better half has been looking at the cost of airfares to New York. Everyone in my immediate family has kept their jobs. The vaccine mandates have effectively gone for most. Only 1 person in my extended family has died. High five. Essentially though this will make no difference to the life I'm already living. I've been going to the gym every day. I've been coming to work, I've been using public transport. I've actually been to more restaurants and cafes than ever have as I look to support hospo. But I know that there are many people who haven't been that free and today will be a revolution. Enjoy it. So, to masks. Which remains an area of regulation. Explaining where and when fell to Chris Hipkins today, Despite knowing this would be a thing he managed to fluff it and confuse everyone. Nor did he have a pit