The trick to level one is confidence. The difference between level two and level one, in some respects, is everything.

The ball is well and truly in our court now. Level four to three was a joke, too much remained locked down. Three to two was a solid step, but as we found out, for a lot of people simply being open does not a living, or a profit, make.

If we look back at this in some sort of official way, I think we will ultimately conclude that too much of this was run by an inexperienced Prime Minister far too reliant on health wonks who, although well meaning, have little, if any, idea of the real world.

Rob Fyfe, who once ran Air New Zealand and is now the interface between private enterprise and the government made a very revealing comment early on in his new job. He needs 60 percent information, the rest is gut.

That’s what this lacked. Gut and instinct. This was a health experiment with every "t" crossed, “I” dotted, and an abundance of caution. Part of the outworking of that caution was fear, led by a Prime Minister who people seemed to trust, and like, if not love. But what she has failed to do, is follow up the health work with the economic work.

She seems stuck on health. Just Tuesday on this show she was still banging on about how well we have done. Yes we have, but that's over. It was done weeks ago. We should have been moving on with gut, instinct, and confidence.

But because the health side came with so many rules, so many stories, and so many animals in windows. We were conditioned, we were told to be scared, to second guess, to worry, and to be careful. And trouble with that is the effects are still in play. We still have people telling us it's not over to watch for a second wave.

All rational has gone out the window. The one active case should be gone by weeks end. Those still freaked out are looking for something that isn't there, they are hunting ghosts. And they're hunting ghosts because, too much emphasis has been placed on worry.

So level one it's all on bar borders. We can't do anything about other countries, but we can do something about our place.  We can get out, we can stop second guessing, we can spend, and we can take a punt literally and figuratively. We can be bold, we can believe, we can shake this thing off, and move on.

There aren't rules left now to blame, distances to adhere to, Prime Ministerial ifs to second guess, and ask weird questions about. This is the new normal and we have to make it work. The government cannot and should not fund this by debt. The hand holding and the cajoling is largely over. We sink or swim on our own volition, and that has been given back to us.

It's time for gut, instinct, bravery, and boldness. Time to get on with this.