Mark Mitchell

Not every time, but you've got to back yourself and believe in what you believe in.

Anyway, the point being, Mitchell wandering around the country with his raincoat on is very much into the state of emergency.

And what I did like about what the Prime Minister said the other day to stand up in hitting back at Little was that they've got better at the response.

And in that part of it, I agree.

Because if you respond and if you practice and you oil the machinery, you will actually get good.

Because one of the great problems we had every time something happened in this country, all the dumpty-doos from civil defense and emergency management didn't have a clue what they were doing.

They couldn't find their axe.

Their helmet was in another cupboard and they weren't prepared for anything.

So at least now they know what they're doing and the response appears to be half decent.

So in that, I can go along with you.

But...

It's just the buildup that we need to deal with and get the media under control.

I guarantee you 47% of that survey this morning on the media and the lack of trust comes from what we saw last week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, when it's all hyperbole and BS and alarmism and not real fact.

Mike, I was quoted a round trip to New York.

It was $13,000 a few months ago.

Now it's $24,000, family of four.

Well, that's the market.

Can I just tell you a semi-interesting story?

I did the same thing because we're going to London next month, and I was just looking, and I priced Air New Zealand to New York because the simplest thing for our particular trip...

is to go from here to New York because we actually need to go to New York.