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The Kwok: a public servant 'doing his job'
In more than 40 years at the heart of government, Ivan Kwok served under nine treasury secretaries and ten finance ministers and had a hand in virtually every policy reform across those decades.
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Saving Porirua: when treaty rights meet government policy
A huge housing regeneration needed a rethink when a new government changed policy.
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Govt ad campaign just water under the bridge
Advertising worth $2.76 million barely shifted public understanding of the Three Waters reforms, while opinions moved into the negative.
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What to do when the govt isn't organised right?
Government agencies acting together to solve big problems hasn’t always worked. Trying another way took a law change.
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