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Incompetence and corruption

Now rife in New Zealand

2 July 2022

9:00 AM

2 July 2022

9:00 AM

The question has long been whether basic stupidity has underpinned so much of our politicians’ and administrators’ decision-making – or something more insidious.

Parliament’s Maori Affairs Select Committee, for example, is distinguished by the aggressive rudeness with which it confronts those attempting to raise awareness of wrongful claims made by those with fingers in the till of racial preference.

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