Many commentators and pundits like making lists of best that or worst this, announcing “winners” and “losers”. I thought I’d do something different and give a list of New Zealanders of the Year.
This list won’t be some woke travesty that is as perverse as it is diverse. No, I am honouring the true Kiwis who showed what the Kiwi way is and should be.
Notwithstanding everything that happened – lockdowns, mandates, coercion, and sackings for non-compliance – these are my New Zealanders of the Year:
It was the unknown Invercargill couple who put their children in their car to join the protest and headed via Picton, to Wellington. They and their children are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
It is the people who could not go to Wellington but took the time to wave in support of the protesters as they drove through to Wellington. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
It is the forecourt assistant who said “Good on ya Mate” as he refueled the cars. The shopkeeper who re-victualed members of the convoy. The truck driver who honked out support to the protestors on their way to Wellington. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
It was the people who joined the Camp in Picton. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
The same for the North Island supporters. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
The people who congregated on overhead bridges and waved and flew flags of support as the convoy passed. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
The people on the convoy who arrived in Wellington and assembled on the Parliamentary lawn. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
The people who later joined the assembly in Wellington. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
The people who saw off the first police attempt at eviction. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
The people who had the loud music turned on them and ignored it. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
The people who had the hoses and sprinklers turned on them and held their ground. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
The people who were wounded by the authorities acting tyrannically. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
The little old lady watching the TV and seeing the Police evicting the protestors, and her mind was changed against the government. She is a “New Zealander of the Year”.
The doctors who spoke the truth and refused to toe the line. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
For me of all the photos taken at Parliament it was the one of the plastic ducks swimming in a man made lake in the gutter after Trevor Mallard turned the sprinklers on the people. The “let them eat cake” moment. The photo of the plastic ducks swimming in a puddle in the gutter the day after that said it all for me. Whoever came up with that idea was extremely clever. It told lots of stories. The sarcasm mocked Mallard, after him the government, after that, all 120 members of Parliament as not one crossed the forecourt and listened to the people.
It is the simple things that win people’s hearts and minds. Whoever placed those plastic ducks in that puddle, they are a “New Zealander of the Year”.
But what those little ducks best represented was that the people could float above the excrement and flotsam of a tyrannical government and laugh at them. That is an extremely important and powerful message to the government and Parliament and to the rest of the people. That point, it could be said, was a defining moment when the people of New Zealand turned against the Labour government.
The people who turned against the government because of its tyrannical mandates, are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
Without being told who they are, they know they are the “New Zealanders of the Year”.
Those who lost their jobs, careers, businesses, lost families and friends because they believed that freedom and rights were more important than forced vaccinations. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
Those who refused to buckle to fear and stood strong in the face of Police brutality. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
Those who said, “No, I will not comply”. They are New Zealanders of the Year”.
My New Zealanders of the Year list contains not one single politician currently sitting in the parliament. They showed, by their actions during the protest, that they had no interest in listening to aggrieved people. The people who camped at Parliament and attended and supported the protest are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
So much was done to those of us who resisted government tyranny. Those who found ways to support others, created underground hairdressers, and side-stepped draconian and pointless restrictions and mandates to show real humanity, they are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
Those who were segregated, demonised, penalised, beaten and fined. They are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
I salute you, all those real Kiwis, you are “New Zealanders of the Year”.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May God bless you all.
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