I’ve been wanting to repost this image more than any, since my content was taken down at the Wellington protest against mandates. Even before the convoy, before the protests, before the lockdowns, Keven Millard was bucking the system. And this image of him in his store with no mask on, sticks with me to this day. Of all the interviews I did in Wellington and on the Convoy, this stays with me, because Kevin lives in a very, very small town in Southern New Zealand: Tokanui. And it’s often said, “You stand out more in a small town when you stand up”. But Kevin wasn’t afraid, early in the game to stand his ground. After numerous visits from the police he still refused to wear a mask or require his customers to put them on. He basically said, “Screw ’em if they don’t like my choice.”
I remember the very first day I decided to stop wearing the face diaper. It was also very early on in the game. I was shaking in my boots, In fact a wrote a line in a song about it. So here’s Kevin at his Tokanui Food Centre, doing was he does best, being him.

Tags: Catlins, Free Speech, Kevin Millard, mandates, Mountain Spirit Media, New Zealand, Randall Richards, Tokanui Food Centre

01/08/2023 at 06:56 |
Let’s here that song you wrote.☮️
02/08/2023 at 01:23 |
Hey Andy!
https://odysee.com/@mtnspirit:c/voices:b
02/08/2023 at 01:24 |
Hey Andy,
Here’s a link to that song, however I screwed up the bridge so the line about the shaking in our boots is a bity garbled . Nevertheless, I’ll send you a recorded version once I have it in the can!
https://odysee.com/@mtnspirit:c/voices:b
Cheers, from NZ mate!
Randall