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‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.’
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
The New Zealand Social Policy year in review
This year we have experienced some of the best and worst of times in the developing and acting out of Social Policy in New Zealand.
Just as Dickens’ characters lived in an age of foolishness as well as wisdom, we have witnessed smart policy as well as petty and populist decisions from our country’s leaders.