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Covid-19 and New Zealand’s Dictatorship

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One day the speeches fade, the podiums disappear and the slogans are forgotten. What remains are the decisions – the liberties suspended, the questions shut down and the risks that were never fully explained.

And when New Zealand finally takes a clear-eyed look back at that period, the verdict may be uncomfortable for those who stood at the microphones.

Because leadership is not measured by how tightly you control a nation.

It is measured by how honestly you trust it with the truth.

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