{"id":7655,"date":"2025-06-04T12:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T00:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/?p=7655"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:52:49","slug":"save-20000-lives-get-death-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/save-20000-lives-get-death-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Save 20k lives, get death threats."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jacinda Ardern<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;It still baffles me that a leader that did her best, with undeniably good intentions, saved a minimum of <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/208b2d9c-2885-418c-8c06-85090aa22b0f?j=eyJ1IjoiMndjcGkifQ.N6X-gFjWmu_d3xRdCTRRN5HoA64Ke6Ok67fcGa8qBM8\" rel=\"\">20,000 Kiwi lives<\/a>, had her team shepherd the economy right through to November 2023 in a way where National inherited <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/cadf1ffd-fafb-4071-b786-b9d078e31f39?j=eyJ1IjoiMndjcGkifQ.N6X-gFjWmu_d3xRdCTRRN5HoA64Ke6Ok67fcGa8qBM8\" rel=\"\">\u201cbetter finances than expected\u201d<\/a>, all with one of the lowest debt to GDP levels in the OECD, as well as securing and keeping <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/9bedb08b-65e5-4768-b904-80a584f7a491?j=eyJ1IjoiMndjcGkifQ.N6X-gFjWmu_d3xRdCTRRN5HoA64Ke6Ok67fcGa8qBM8\" rel=\"\">higher credit ratings in her tenure, <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/08ffd953-464b-4edb-bfe3-833b6d452cdb?j=eyJ1IjoiMndjcGkifQ.N6X-gFjWmu_d3xRdCTRRN5HoA64Ke6Ok67fcGa8qBM8\" rel=\"\">did her best to preserve water infrastructure<\/a> in public hands, taking the political hits and death threats to herself and her family as graciously as anyone could, could have this level of reaction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3990.webp\"><img data-dominant-color=\"2c2c2c\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #2c2c2c;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7663 size-full alignnone not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3990.webp\" alt=\"Opinion\" width=\"1318\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3990.webp 1318w, https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3990-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3990-1024x428.webp 1024w, https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3990-768x321.webp 768w, https:\/\/shapednoise.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_3990-210x88.webp 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/mountaintui\/p\/picture-day-james-grenon-succeeds?r=2wcpi&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Tui<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacinda Ardern &#8220;It still baffles me that a leader that did her best, with undeniably good intentions, saved a minimum of 20,000 Kiwi lives, had her team shepherd the economy right through to November 2023 in a way where National inherited \u201cbetter finances than expected\u201d, all with one of the lowest debt to GDP levels 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