Control and more control. This government is loving it!

We went into Lockdown level 4; did we really need such control? Aussie have only operated at Level 3 and have had a better survival rate than NZ, except for Victoria who have had level 4 and have taken a lot of criticism from doing so and guess what another Labour government!

Our government was slow on the uptake right at the beginning and then threw NZ into Level 4 lockdown! Why did the government not, before this, just block our external border and stop foreigners coming on planes to our shores? It is they who have brought the virus in here. I state the obvious!

Now our economy is in tatters and don't kid yourself Kiwis, it will take at least five years to climb out of this economic crisis!

Expect NZ to see more of a state-controlled government evolving and guess what, while we have been distracted and locked down, government is passing the laws they want, for example abortion law and tighter gun laws (such laws are just going to force more activity underground). All in the name of socialist control.

C Humphreys, Katikati