Perhaps the Wellington-centred media, who have been promulgating the idea that New Zealand is stuck in a slough of despond, need to get out more. The world’s always going to look miserable from a dyspeptic capital that is itself mired in the doldrums.
As anyone who has used public transport knows, it’s a bit of a horror show. Hence it’s refreshing to see a journalist, a senior writer for the New Zealand Herald, no less, in agreement.
Did you hear? Auckland has invented train travel.
Last month, the new City Rail