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Anne Salmond: The chasm of division (newsroom.co.nz)

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Good work Newsroom.

Political division is taking hold in NZ and we need to turn it around.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 days ago

Flying in on helicopters and expressing sympathy for stricken families and communities is pointless if your policies are failing to address climate change, and making matters worse.

Very true. Rolling back climate change targets really make any sympathy pointless, but flying in on a helicopter really is just salt in the wound.