7 Months (almost)
7 months and more of that stepping away from the honeymoon phase. First politically, The NZ government has switched over to a group called National which has had to align with a more right group called ACT and some policies are a bit in direct opposition to why we moved to New Zealand. They halted lots of public transportation and bike path projects and are now on a new thing of building more highways which goes against our love of biking and not using our car. They also started taxing ecofriendly vehicles more than you would tax a ute. They're also reversing all of the lovely things they've done to honor Te Reo Māori which I find an absolute shame. I genuinely do love that New Zealand acknowledges the Māori people and that they were here first. For example, the transportation department formerly known as Waka Kotahi, is now going back to the NZTA which is so boring. Kiwis have assured me they are also a bit shocked and people who voted for them had no idea this is the...