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Backwards & Forwards: the week in politics gone, the week to come

18 March 2019

10:07 AM

18 March 2019

10:07 AM

Looking back

Last Thursday, with millennials convulsed by the unprecedented crash of Facebook and Instagram, New Zealand’s Canterbury Police tweeted a tongue-in-cheek request that made Odd Spot columns of newspapers around the world:

Just one day later, Canterbury Police posted its very next tweet:

The agony of Christchurch and New Zealand’s loss of innocence is summed up by those two successive Canterbury Police tweets: Thursday’s Kiwi humour followed by the first confirmation of Friday’s carnage.

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