[...] The final week of May without kindness, stardust, virus and fear marked the end of New Zealanders’ tolerance. Winston Peters using the phrase ‘team of five million’ is like a conversation with the postman about bitcoin. Lockdown is over because we say it is over.

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Stephen Berry is a former Act candidate and Auckland Mayoral candidate. The libertarian political commentator retired as a politician in July 2020 and now hosts the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show on Youtube.