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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Right of Centre
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A panicked government

OPINION: Whether it’s the dead cat or ‘wag the dog’, distractions aren’t enough for govt now.

Is this a government in a panic? The announcements and activities of the past fortnight certainly seem to indicate this.

Of course, the current Covid situation is enough to raise the heart rate of most. New case numbers are consistently over 100 per day, and the numbers in hospital, which last

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