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“We have seen what we can achieve with a solid plan, so let’s stick together and keep moving forward,” he says in the television ad released on Friday.
Gone are the days of DJ Ardern. When you see it now, Labor wants you to think of “prime minister”, and the party’s policies reflect that.
“Now is the time to sell our story to the world,” Ardern told the business community in Auckland on Friday as political parties presented their ideas for the economy.
That means a creaking of our borders, which Ardern described as “significant.”
Labor promises to reserve 10 percent of the beds in state-run isolation facilities for workers deemed critical to our economic recovery.
We have room for 14,000 a month, so 1,400 would be reserved for overseas workers, including those from countries experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks, like the United States.
Ardern is confident that it will not expose us to further risk.
“We are absolutely confident that our quarantine regime is first and foremost for the safety of New Zealanders,” he said.
The plan is also to woo commercial investors from abroad, like Microsoft, which is setting up in New Zealand. All staff they bring with them would be under the 10 percent quota.
As for whether we could see more end-of-the-world preparers from Silicon Valley arriving in New Zealand, Ardern said it’s a possibility.
“If it’s a situation where it’s an entity where there is a direct benefit to New Zealand, then that’s when we should have that conversation,” he said.
That is a yes.
New Zealand is already a haven for the super-rich to escape for the apocalypse, and this is a passport for many of them.
Judith Collins, leader of the National Party, agrees that we need help to rebuild.
“We cannot have New Zealand’s strength forever,” Collins said Friday.
So whether it’s national or labor, the borders will likely open. But it is not a piece of cake, borders still represent our greatest risk.
