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Free driving tests are a poster child for government (mis)management and the problems with something for nothing
Excessive wait times for an on road driving exam are the result of bad policy and government inefficiency.
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Shakespeare Is Back at School, Maybe
Rangi can learn all the “tikanga” he wants, but it’s useless if he can’t actually express himself in a way everyone else can actually understand.
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Rob Campbell’s Great Leap Backwards
Campbell’s argument rejects the notion that the individual can transcend the claims of tribalism and identity politics as ‘hopeless idealism’. The tribe, and the identity it bequeaths, says Campbell, cannot be “wished or washed away”. It is, he declares, “simply part of being human”.
Why Is Stuff Treating Public Service Cuts Like a Game?
Stuff‘s reporting on public service cuts is almost like watching a game or sports contest, where they are keeping a running total and breathlessly reporting on the cuts like they are a bad thing. Why?
