Tim Wilson

He's always awesome.

Seven past six.

Welcome to the day.

Is Chris Hipkins missing a gene or does he have a self-destructive predilection or is he just a pillock by nature?

So he rolls into Auckland yesterday to tell the nation's biggest city and engine room in election year that she's all good.

Everyone's moved on from lockdowns, his lockdowns.

the home handyman from the hut, telling Auckland what's what.

What an arrogant twat.

He was in Auckland to build rapport, to patch up the damage, to scope the joint, to see what sort of changes party is, chances party has got come November.

Love or hate Auckland, elections are won and lost in the city.

Of course, no one gets to government without a good day in Auckland, even for a small country.

It is true to say there are countries within countries or cultures and vibes within cultures and vibes.

It took me a while, for example, to get a grip on Wellington before I moved there.

It's different to Christchurch, it's different to Dunedin, and Auckland is different to each of the other urban centres.

Chris Bishop, I think, has found that out by suggesting the two million home debacle.

He's from Wellington as well.

If you're too entrenched in Wellington, you don't get Auckland.

Hipkin suggested the only people who ever ask him about lockdown these days is ZB.

Two things there.

One, that's not true.