By Bevan Berg

Following the high profile departure of New Zealand’s former Speaker, the unwanted Trevor Mallard, and with increasing calls for Prime minister, Jacinda Ardern’s resignation, the country’s diet may soon progress from a tasteless word salad to, Ardern’ Aperitif and Roasted Duck.

From the steaming discontent, and even though Ardern abandoned her tedious Traffic Light System and seemingly most mandates on Monday, the country is looking at another day of nationwide protest this Saturday.

The shadows of discontent cast by the parliamentary protests relentlessly pursue Ardern’s crippled government, despite pointless propaganda from their burnt-out media industry and its tiresome relics, Paula Penfold et al, also casting their careers into Ardern’s flaming pit.

Matt King

Outcast National MP (and the only one to stand their ground against Ardern’s mandates – now former member of the House of Representatives) Matt King, spoke from outside the NZ parliament in Wellington yesterday, reminding voters how he had been the first of many of the country’s former MPs to be issued a trespass notice – an extraordinary warning of pending arrest should any of the recipients of Mallard’s madness dare to present themselves on the country’s hallowed ground.

Adrian Rurawhe

Newly appointed Speaker Adrian Rurawhe has since issued an apology whilst scrambling to return some decorum to a struggling democratic institution, describing his predecessor’s actions as “unreasonable and irrational.”

Likewise, the departing Mallard’s tail feathers on the horizon of a diplomatic post as the next Ambassador to Ireland … is not flying well with a discontent public, either.

Now, as leader of the newly formed DemocracyNZ party, King said, he was still hearing of the effects of what he describes as Ardern’s lunacy.

While Ardern had told the country’s employers it was up to them to decide how they proceeded; King said he had information about DHBs continuing the government’s mandates for their staff.

The Pacific Island Community of West Auckland also received an interesting invitation to an upcoming travel lottery, although it is yet to be confirmed if a DHB is responsible for this particular event.

In a country still struggling for a return to normality, Ardern’s resignation would be a welcome advance to many.

However, she is unlikely to honour any calls to depart with the decency of her position and go with grace.

Source: Today’s Curio Poll