First world

  • Framing NZ as first world country isn’t realistic

    Framing New Zealand as an Oceanic country with strong Asian connections makes more sense than a frame derived from Europe, given our location, economic and population relationships. Photo: Getty Images How useful really is our adversarial, executive-dominated, single chamber Parliament? As Dorothy Parker said of heterosexuality ‘it is not normal, it’s just common’. Opinion: We are…

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