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Mark the Week: The Jacinda and Ashley show comes to a dreadful end

Author: Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020, 10:48AM

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.

The Government's Week.

1/10.

"If it doesn’t rain, it pours.

The teddy bears are gone, and the acrimony, anger, and fury has arrived."

David Clark.

4/10.

"He's been a lost cause for ages.

But now he just looks pathetic, and yet still in the portfolio."

Jacinda Ardern.

3/10.

"Her worst week by so far it doesn’t matter. And not directly her fault, and yet really it is.

When you expect so little, deal in nothing more than headlines, noise, and next to no detail, it always come back to bite you."

Ashley Bloomfield.

1/10.

"Amazing he's still in work as well.

Between the testing debacle and the PPE review he has been badly exposed as little more than another Ministry lifer out of his depth when the real work arrives.

If you bought the t-shirt, bin it."

Q1 GDP Numbers.

1/10.

"The price we are paying for all those numpties is an economy that’s tanked way worse than the experts had thought.

And what's worse, Q2 will make this look like a sunny day of recovery."

Fawlty Towers.

7/10.

"Only because it got reinstated by the BBC.

They, like all the other woke hand wringers, panicked when they saw a bit of anger from a line up of go no wheres, and then decided nothing made before the MeToo era should ever see the light of day again."

Kiwifruit.

9/10.

"Along with all the other stuff we sell. Our agriculture and horticulture sectors are our lifeline.

This week's reports stats and surveys show it. Apples, kiwis, meat, or wine, we are selling heaps and for good prices."

Commercial Bay.

7/10.

"A billion dollars into bricks and mortar retail, and 200,000 through the doors in four days.

Stats that show the money is there and being spent.

Fingers crossed."

Super Rugby.

9/10.

"Top sport and crowds. Hell, we had sell outs.