Mike's Minute: The Government's finally doing what they were voted to do

Am I joining too many dots? 

I wonder aloud whether the Government and the Prime Minister, having had by any measure a very good week, has at last got the message that some action, as opposed to yak, might be what the punter wants a bit more of? 

There's been several solid health changes; more doctors already here to be parked at GP's, more nurses and scripts via tech when we want them. I mean, the idea that getting a script on the net at an hour that suits you really shouldn’t be a thing, but it does show you how backward we have become. 

They are all practical, sensible, and politically beneficial. 

The exam concerns from principals that wanted less hard work and more free credits? That was dismissed as the minister hammers home the concept of hard work and not giving up. 

The big one was Adrian Orr gone. It was a sacking without a sacking and a result the Government wanted and needed. 

Then there was Phil Goff gone. Was it thinly veiled? Maybe. 

It was a stupid comment, if you didn’t catch up on it, and a Commissioner's job is to represent the Government, and never more so than when you are dealing with a new, unpredictable America and walking a tight rope in the Pacific between China and the US. 

A couple of other minor ones - the Prime Minister's marmite sandwich line on this show. It was a nod to middle New Zealand who are fed up with elite moaners and elite media and their pile on over an issue that, in a convulsing world, is really embarrassing now. 

Secondly, and more importantly, health again with bowel cancer. The screening age has been has been dropped from 60-years-old to 58-years old. The money comes from the segregated Māori bowel screening programme. 

The message is this is one country, with one rule for everyone. Bowel cancer is not a race issue, it’s a health issue. 

So by the time you put all that together on a Friday morning you have collected up a fairly substantial seven days, and the vast majority of it is positive, on the right side of the voter and gives the very clear indication that a week's worth of actual “doing” is vastly more appealing and productive than a week worth of announcing, or defending, or scrapping, or time wasting. 

Keep it up and the polls will show it's what the majority of people actually voted for. 

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