Tapping a nerve

There went Winston Peters again last week, attacking “Aotearoa” and other expanding usage of te reo in New Zealand’s public life.

But beyond his usual dog whistling, the New Zealand First leader had a point about the palpable tensions in the social contract and, in particular, the lack of licence over the degree to which the Government and its agencies are shaming and compelling, or simply governing by decree, rather than persuading