There are a number of localities throughout New Zealand where the majority of residents are a bit different. I’m not making the sort of sweeping, collectivist, zero-evidence generalisation that I’d usually accuse busybodies on the left of claiming. You hear of an issue, then hear of the locality and roll your eyes because the residential activists in such suburbs are notorious for this behaviour.

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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.