DISSEMINATORS OF THE TRUTH: March 2021

The teams who were smarter than the average team - I’m talking about the NFL’s Washington Redskins and the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos, both of which have dropped their racially-charged nicknames. It may have taken a pandemic and the resurgence of Black Lives Matter, but at least it finally happened. An honourable mention also goes to Pascall, who are rebranding their Eskimo lollies (packet pictured below for the benefit of those who are not from New Zealand and don’t know what the hell I’m talking about) to Explorers. Whatever they’re called, I’m sure they will be flying off supermarket shelves up and down the country at record speeds during a future Level 4 that I hope never happens.

And as with every anniversary before it comes the Yogis. It's not just about the dank memes on here, for there are some people who were smarter than the average. Let's start with our Covid response. Over the past year, such things as social distancing, controversial mask mandates, and lockdown after lockdown have been par for the course in most of the world. But not in New Zealand, where except for the odd blip, most of the country has been lucky to avoid that. May 13 of last year was the last point of time that any part of the country outside of Auckland has been in a Level 3 lockdown, with the regions having remained in either Level 1 or Level 2 ever since. Over the past 10 months, New Zealand has had experiences the rest of the world can only dream of.