pn769. So many problems all at once for NZ Government, and they can't all be solved immediately

 

Credit. Michele Marconi, The Guardian.

"It's hard to think of a modern government that has faced as many socially divisive issues at once —some of its own making — while remaining popular: housing shortages, gang shootings, unhappy farmers, multitudinous local councils, vaulting electricity charges, new car taxes, He Puapua Māori governance, labour shortages, building product scarcity, mistreated immigrant hopefuls, hate-speech controversy and wage-growth pressure." -- Jane Clifton,  "Covid Roulette,"  NZ Listener, July 31-August 6 2021. Then add Covid to the equation!