PATTRICK SMELLIE: Here we are again

As journalists, perhaps we should have noticed that the Karangahape 'K' Road restaurant where we were dining last night was suddenly emptying out. At the meet-and-greet session between BusinessDesk and Auckland advertising types earlier in the evening, the talk had all been about the lack of social contact since lockdown and the relief of being back to something like normal. Earlier in the day, I'd given two briefings to senior businesspeople suggesting that the only thing that could derail Labour's apparent path to leading the next gover...