At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. 

  

Norway's Covid Response: 8/10 

"Restrictions gone and life is back. 

Oh, to be in Norway." 

  

Denmark's Covid Response: 8/10 

"Restrictions gone and life is back. 

Oh, to be in Denmark." 

  

Ireland's Covid Response: 8/10 

"Boosted to the best Covid response in the world this week by Bloomberg. 

Life is most definitely back." 

  

New Zealand's Covid Response: 3/10 

"We had it, we blew it, and now we are 38th in the Bloomberg rankings. 

That's what complacency does for you." 

  

The MIQ Lottery: 2/10 

"Try as they might, surely we are learning the classic lesson that if you start with crap, rearranging things doesn’t change the fact you're still dealing with crap." 

  

Sir John Key: 8/10 

"He said what so many of us have been saying. 

But in saying it as an ex-Prime Minister who's been there done that, it carried the weight to truly freak the Government out. 

Hence this week's avalanche of new announcements." 

  

Immigration Changes: 6/10 

"Took an age. And as you heard from Kris Faafoi yesterday there didn’t actually seem to be a reason as to why it took so long. 

But they got there in the end. What a relief for 160,000 plus and their families." 

  

Reece Walsh: 2/10 

"Yes, he's young. But for those who are given much, much is expected. The Warriors did the right thing by front footing it.   

And the fact that half the rest of the NRL can't seem to control themselves doesn’t make it any better." 

  

Scott McLaughlin: 8/10 

"Rookie of the Year in IndyCar. 

Showing yet again that talent is talent, and you can take it anywhere." 

  

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