New Zealand is not the first nation to discover that the material blessings of the welfare state come wrapped in red tape.
Trying to deal with their burgeoning bureaucracy* crack New Zealanders, is "like boring a hole through treacle." Now the nation is considering a solution to government regimentation and pettifoggery. Last week, after a year of deliberation, New Zealand was pressing ahead with plans for a new, independent government official who will act as a civic watchdog in much the same fashion as the famed, 153-year-old Swedish institution known as the ombudsman, or grievance man.
As envisaged in a bill...
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