Hmmm, the Christmas rush gave way to the holiday lull. I thought it was only third world countries like France and Belgium that closed up the country during the summer jut as all the tourists arrived, but unlike those other countries, Kiwis don’t halve their public transport system just because the workers are on holiday – partially because they don’t have one to halve. It’s like the old British Leyland Waltz – slow, slow, stop-stop, slow.