Right and yeah, I do remember the roads being narrow. I was there for three weeks in 2012 and we hired a car in both N and S islands. I remember the speed limit being 100 kmph :).
Trump and Elon chipping in with support for Canadians makes me kinda suspicious. There's clearly a pullback of sorts in the narrative - is it in retreat, is this strategic, is there more Bernaisian blackmagic afoot?...maybe: https://off-guardian.org/2022/01/30/deep-sea-fishing/
PS. also this article:
https://www.minds.com/CorbettReport/blog/do-not-go-back-to-sleep-this-is-not-the-end-1334727022018039814