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Sound and fury

Whump. That’s the sound of somebody who has wilfully thrown himself down a rabbit hole. Wah, wah, wah. That’s the sound of somebody who, upon reaching the bottom of said hole, has discovered that it’s not much fun down there. And that you can’t get out. You could try shouting in the hope that somebody throws you a rope. Rob Campbell, the now-ousted head of Te Whatu Ora and the Environmental Protection Authority, is a world-class shouter.

“He hasn’t gone quietly, has he?” said Corin Dann on RNZ. “Quietly?” spluttered Kim Hill – nobody can splutter as eloquently as Kim Hill – “He’s so noisy.”

No kidding. He is being so noisy because, after going on LinkedIn to

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