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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Duncan Disorderly
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What’s not in a crisis right now?

OPINION: Overuse of a word limits its effect.

NBR columnist Duncan Garner speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Duncan Garner Mon, 27 Jun 2022

The word crisis used to mean something. 

Now it seems everything is in a crisis. The latest crisis came just before our Matariki long weekend – a power shortage crisis. Maybe the Matariki stars will be our only form of light as now this country can't guarantee much at all, the latest being

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