Govt and Police need to have the same message

Luke Malpass writes at Stuff:

The biggest problem to date has been the mixed messages from the Government on the one hand, and the cops on the other. The Prime Minister initially seemed to be of the view that as long as you stayed within your “bubble” and away from other people, you were more or less ok and could move around a bit.

The cops, however, are clearly of the view that you should be staying at home.

And it seems you can now get arrested just for being out in public (walking or in your car) even if you are nowhere near anyone else.

There should be no misunderstanding this: it is a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week curfew for the nation. If you are on the way to the supermarket, or the local park (but not playground) and are stopped by police, you had better have a good reason.

The focus should be on not getting within two metres of anyone else rather than silly debates about whether you can drive two minutes to the beach or have to walk there etc.

Some people in Khandallah are walking up Mt Kaukau as great exercise. But if you live in Ngaio and do it, you might be arrested!