Business of Government: know your rights edition

Business of Government: know your rights edition
What's the connection between these pioneers of punk rock and a pioneering NZ law? (Image: Getty)
Jem Traylen
Your right to knowThis is a public service announcement (without guitar*) – know your rights!Number one – you have the right to know what government officials know unless there’s an overriding public interest in it being kept from you.This is thanks to the Official Information Act (OIA) – a gift from generations now so out of vogue that they even lack an alphabetised moniker.In the early 80s, while certain punk rock pioneers were writing a cynical take on the state of civil rights, in the antipodes, legislative pioneers...

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