Across the road from my Parisian home lies a famous French patisserie. It provides wonderful spectator entertainment throughout the day, from our first floor windows.

Recently the New Zealand Herald lauded a mid-twenties woman for running a restaurant which is hardly a unique accomplishment.

Here’s an extract of the interview in which the subject discusses the pressures of her role, this after greeting a regular customer.

Some readers have tried to claim the million dollars on offer if they can tell me what Jacinda actually did regarding the White Island eruption. This offer was in the context of the constantly repeated claim of her handling the eruption so brilliantly.

Scientists report Ruapehu is on the verge of an eruption. Plainly a case for Jacinda to deal with just as we are repeatedly told she did with White Island.