The distance between a decision and its consequences.

Someone makes a decision in Wellington. The rest of us have to live with it.

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Money & State Issue 2 cover, titled A Vacancy Is Not a Nurse, showing an exhausted nurse in a crowded hospital corridor — Cover: AI-generated editorial illustration. It does not depict an actual patient, clinician or specific New Zealand hospital.

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02 / HEALTH AND PUBLIC SYSTEMSAUCKLAND · NEW ZEALAND

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The Distance Between a Decision and Its ConsequencesIssue 2 · 4 October 2026
New Zealand Is Not Broke. So Why Does It Feel Like We Are Going Nowhere?Issue 2 · 4 October 2026