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OPINION: This may be unexpected from a ‘right of centre’ column, but I have sympathy for maintaining the post as an essential government service.

NBR columnist Brigitte Morten speaks with Brent Edwards.

Brigitte Morten Wed, 21 Jun 2023

It’s hard for me not to idealise the postal service and the role it plays in our community. My Dad ran RD1 Katikati for more than a decade – running a couple of vans out across the Western Bay of Plenty six days a week, and the papers on Sunday. The first summer I went home after my parents had

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