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Tuesday, 10 February 2026 13:25

Time and place

Written by  The Hound

OPINION: First on the scene after the recent devastating storms in parts of the North Island were emergency services and selfless members of the public.

Close behind them were the increasingly tone-deaf climate activists – not to lend a hand or support, but to push the same single-issue obsession that they bore people with at parties.

Most decent Kiwis know there’s a time and place for pushing your political agenda and it’s not while volunteers are still clearing roads and digging slip victims out of the rubble.

Unfortunately, there were like-minded climate obsessives in the media and in Parliament doing the same thing.

Your old mate has seen this tone-deaf barracking here and overseas and reckons their lack of common decency and respect is a key reason people are tiring of their ‘the sky is falling’ message.


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