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Hunter’s Corner
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The flaw at the heart of water reform

The government’s efforts to please everyone may end up pleasing none.

Tim Hunter Fri, 20 Aug 2021

People say John Lennon, may he rest in peace, was a dreamer.

He was not the only one. This poignant fragment was allegedly found scrawled on a napkin in a 1980s Wellington bar.

“Imagine there’s no red tape, it isn’t hard to do, nothing to fill a form for, no regulation too.”

If

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Tim Hunter Fri, 20 Aug 2021
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