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01/07/2017

Kia ora, and welcome

I’m starting a blog. I’m as surprised as you are.

This is a place to jot down my evolving thoughts about public administration, policy, and delivery in Aotearoa: beneath the surface and between the relays of elected and unelected officials.

It will be about the undercurrents. Not the tired critiques or the glossy promises, but the patterns, tensions, compromises, blind spots, and quiet successes that shape public work here.

Aotearoa’s public sector is a national asset. But it is also fragile, stretched, and uncertain. This is a space to explore that complexity without losing hope.

This won’t be a platform for outrage. It won’t be party-political. If anything, I am pro-kāwanatanga (just a proportionate, right sized and effective one), to the extent that it enables rangatiratanga. I lean towards communitarian responses but am also fine with capitalism, most days.

It won’t always be a comfortable read.

It will be honest, reflective, and sometimes challenging: if only for myself.

Thank you for reading.

Disclaimer

These are my evolving thoughts, rhetorical positions and creative provocations. They are not settled conclusions. Content should not be taken as professional advice, official statements or final positions. I reserve the right to learn, unlearn, rethink and grow. If you’re here to sort me neatly into left vs right, keep moving. I’m not the partisan you’re looking for. These in...

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