Bridges yes but raising salaries well…….let more water run under the bridges. The mana of doing a job well will mean much more to the poor public.

+1 Frank

Kiwi build – go see the developers involved rather than blame Jacinda. The houses are not built by Govt and perhaps they should have been.

A billion trees take years of nursery development plus private land owners taking up the opportunity. But it is well underway. Covid19 may see a depression type relief work planting hill country.

Next complaint or are you all done..

Well expressed David and I am sure many would agree.

Jacinda shows an intelligence rare in political leaders who often bay at the mob.
Her consistency means the message gets heard several times during each press conference plus the underlying point that she is on the job and adheres to a well defined strategy of dealing with this epidemic in NZ with our conditions using the best advice apparent at this stage.

The confidence she inspires will be so necessary as the four weeks becomes extended across NZ or to specific areas.
The economy will be stronger in the longer term the more successful we are in near eliminating the virus in NZ.
Just flattening the curve could be a much more damaging outcome in the longer term . Many months of partial lockdown may indicate that insufficient resources and measures are being applied.

I have long criticised this government for being timid (and Jacinda for not appearing to be in charge of the Labour party) but when she has to think on her feet, and there is no time for labour party strategists to water down what she does, she is an excellent leader.

She is emotionally grounded, able to engage properly with issues and therefore make sensible decisions. This doesn’t mean I approve of everything she or this government does (continuing National’s under funding of the health system is looking particularly foolish right now) but it is clear she is the right person for this job.
I genuinely can’t think of any other leader who could have handled this better and we only have to look at Boris Johnson to see what the alternatives could have been.

‘Now is the time for every good man to come to the aid of the country,’ and that does not mean blabbering away with tiresome wee lavatory metaphors – grow up. This is a real life crisis to which your inane comic book mentality adds nothing constructive: other selfless people are actually on the front line doing their best to help, and often at real risk to themselves. Shame on you.