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Mahurangi Matters, 28 October 2024 – Off the Record

Mahurangi Matters

October 29, 2024 12:51pm

Mahurangi Matters


Oct 29, 2024 12:51pm

Subliminal soft soap?

Idly leafing through Auckland Council’s 150-page Long-term Plan 2024-34 consultation document recently, we were struck by some interesting photo placements. In the midst of all the unpalatable messages about rate increases and the need to reduce already stretched budgets was a heartwarming image of a mum and her little girl sitting in a public library. The title of the book they were reading together? Everything Will be OK.

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