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What would a Gen Z, 1989-style reset in New Zealand look like?

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Tue, 4 Feb 2020, 2:11PM

What would a Gen Z, 1989-style reset in New Zealand look like?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 4 Feb 2020, 2:11PM

Newsroom's Bernard Hickey has been pondering what another 1989-style rewrite would look like for New Zealand?

In 1989, a generation of baby-boomer leaders revolted at Robert Muldoon's conservatism and rewrote the nation's software.

It meant that after years of toeing the lines, restaurants were suddenly opened later, homosexuality was discussed openly, and Māori were given new opportunities.

So what could Gen X/Y/Zers do if they win power in the next decade?

Hickey joined Kerre McIvor to discuss their own experiences at the time and what the future could hold.

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