And so this is Friday and what have we learned?
For starters, if you want to mount a rally and get unfettered access to the Auckland motorway system, bring a tractor on a weekday, not a bike on Sunday morning.
Can we get a voice of reason in all this? Sure, here’s Kieran McAnulty, explaining why he won’t be joining the protests but will continue to back the majority of farmers who want the best price for their products, the best for the environment and the best for our country.
The appetite for falsehood in political rhetoric seems to be getting quite staggeringly voracious, though.