Kerre Woodham: I'd be critical of any government that had such poor performance

On occasion, I receive emails and texts asking me why I am so critical of the Government.  Fewer texts and emails are arriving this year than in previous years, to be fair, as it becomes more evident to even the most fanatical of devotees, that ideological decisions made with the best of intentions are actually harmful to the country and too many New Zealanders. To be fair, I would be critical of a Government of any hue that behaved with such misguided, myopic, ideological idiocy - and on the flip side, intransigent arrogance. I'm critical of this Government because they built up so much expectation and have failed to deliver to the very people they promised to help and who voted them in. People needing safe secure housing. Kids needing a decent education to give them a chance of escaping the poverty trap. Businesses who just want the opportunity to determine their own futures, without being hamstrung by rules and regulations and a lack of staff. Shop owners wanting to know that they can go to work and come home without their face smashed in or their goods looted, or losing their lives just to earn their keep. People who want to feel safe in their communities. This is not an exhaustive list by any means of people who have been let down, but just some of those who can feel justifiably disappointed by this Government. They were a Covid-Government in 2020, given a huge mandate by a largely febrile population had been whipped into an absolute frenzy at the thought of catching Covid. And the fact that they survived, just as the statistics said they would, they attributed to and gave thanks to St Ashley Bloomfield and Jacinda Ardern, the Mother of the Nation.   Yet despite this, report after report slammed the Government's response to the pandemic.  And now we have a ruling on the cruelty of the MIQ system and the High Court has found that the Government overstepped the mark in terms of the fundamental rights of Kiwis, I knew that and you knew that. The suffering caused by this government because of their blinkered and simplistic approach to the pandemic will be felt for generations. And yet, Grant Robertson says that there's no need for the Government to apologise.  You wonder why I'm critical of the Government? Report after report after report after report written by people I trust and respect say they have failed so many times and in so many ways - and that is just in the pandemic response. I'd be critical of any government that had such a poor performance, and if you had half a brain, you'd be critical too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.