The article examines how New Zealand's long summer break, particularly the 'circle back in February' mentality, is undermining economic productivity and mental wellbeing, while linking low wages to broader productivity challenges.
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Well, I as I say, you've got to, you know, work up a plan. Um, work out the the big thing that I think people say to me is they get the idea about everybody coordinating and working more coherently together, but what is a representation structure look like? Because the thing with local government, people want to know that they've got a local representative who they've got a good chance every now and again of bumping into in the street in the supermarket, somebody who gets what's happening in their street or their suburb, who understands about you know the parks that kids play and all that sort of stuff. Um, so you've got to have you've got to work out what the structure looks like, and then you've got to give people a chance to have a say on that, and then you know, the process the government's got put it up to government. So um, and these things do take a bit of time. That's the reality. They just take time.
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Andrew Little: Wellington mayor outlines his perspective on council amalgamationSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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