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I so agree. Devestating for individuals, whanau and community, and I am sure if some gov types really cared something could be done........I wonder how creative the thinking around solutions is.....but yes Anna, a kick in the guts..............froma f----k'd up system that lets this happen and be okay with it. What can we do ?

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I wonder the same. It sometimes all we can do is preserve our human decency. In a time that's scarce, perhaps it's more powerful than we think.

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This is Groundhog Day for me, reliving life in the UK of my younger years (maybe ANZ too, but I wasn’t here to say). Seriously, I’m having flashbacks to the Margaret Thatcher years. It is, I guess, a feature of aging that you realise the world is in a relentless cycle of not learning from the past. I can’t wait for this government to be gone.

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Yeah, even when other options and opportunities appear, it is a degrading and humiliating experience. It seriously erodes your sense of self respect and value. Especially if your particular role is a unique one and it gets specifically targeted for disestablishment.

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