The ones holding up in our health system, and working as nurses, in hospitals, who will face abuse while already under really tough conditions. Employment is not a function of a race but a broader modern economic reality that was created and forged over decades. We might even consider educating and helping each other, and we can screen people we don’t want irrespective of culture or colour – that’s normal. Analyse, screen, consider, parse, and even change immigration settings if we want to but don’t hate on those here – and don’t think everyone is the same even if there are examples and cases of this or that. We will be better for it if we care more, and look just a little deeper past the dehumanisation tactics and rhythms of fear.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 10, 2026 13:58 UTC