NZ& #39;s last 3 years to here ...
Let& #39;s break it down ...

Late 2017 a new & #39;socialist& #39; PM arrives. Early 2019 came the & #39;event.& #39;
The young fem quickly becomes the international Media & #39;poster child& #39; of Marxist multicultural propaganda with her image projected onto buildings etc. ... 2
2/ Most Kiwi& #39;s fears were allayed and chests swelled with pride as they basked in the shared glory.

Others... disturbed by the impossibly well-planned-in-advance reaction to the & #39;event& #39; and also the scramble to censor what the rest of the world was seeing, smelled a rat......
3/ Less than a year later we have & #39;event& #39; No.2, the Covid & #39;pandemic.& #39; Once again, pre-ordained responses, legislation etc., complete with an entire new set of jargon, bursts out of the Beehive.......
4/ Again the international Media hails New Zealand& #39;s success through it& #39;s "go hard go early& #39; policy, despite being surrounded by the largest natural moat in the world. Over 100 days of Covid-free gets a standing ovation, the NZ Govt led by said & #39;poster-child& #39; can do no wrong..
5/ But there was always going to be a 2nd wave ... we were told it was "inevitable" .. plans for it leaked as far back as March. Here& #39;s where life gets tricky ...

How do you maintain the larger-than-life, Queen of Heaven can-do-no-wrong "poster-child" international status ....
6/ .....while introducing what I believe was planned to be a far more problematic 2nd wave? How do you avoid the accusations of failure following such hallowed success?

A = very carefully, with a lot of spin, and full Media compliance....
7/ In steps Donald Trump .. who puts the global spotlight on NZ& #39;s new outbreak. (This is the down side of the Media& #39;s obsession with every word he utters). He uses words like "surge" and "big outbreak" which might be an exaggeration to some ....
8/ ....but it& #39;s hard to play that card when you& #39;re deploying 100& #39;s of Military personnel up and down the country. Nevertheless there& #39;s vehement insistence that he& #39;s totally wrong! There& #39;s no "surge" or "big outbreak" ... we still have it fully under control thank you.....
9/ You see the positioning? They can& #39;t have it both ways - and now the world is watching. Your move poster-child ....

*6 new cases today (because 20 would be a "surge")
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