The latest "outbreak" mattered as much to these Aucklanders as an outbreak in the middle of Africa. But the more egregious crime was the Prime Minister's refusal to take Auckland out of lockdown as soon as it became obvious that the lockdown was a mistake. At that point the real travesty happened, which was that the PM kept Auckland in lockdown unnecessarily. Watching a bar owner cry on TV the Friday night Ardern refused to lift the lockdown despite six days of zero cases was heartbreaking. The only proof you need is that, from the moment Ardern put us into lockdown to the moment we came out, there were no new cases.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 13, 2021 16:01 UTC