Why NZ can’t just 'set and forget'

Visions and dreams are thriving in the global south. Can NZ rediscover them too? (Image: Getty)

Mon, 29 Sep 2025

For a group of journalists from the global North who were touring New Delhi last week, the continual mentions of the year 2047 eventually became too much.In almost every meeting, officials, politicians, scientists, businesspeople, and public servants talk about 2047, the target India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set for the nation to become a developed country. Finally, at one point during the tour, a journalist from a Western country asked whether all this talk of 2047 was realistic. One of the shorter-term goals tied to...

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