Grinding poverty in New Zealand is a direct result of 30 years of neoliberal policy, writes University of Auckland's Dr Ian Hyslop*
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Newsroom journalist Laura Walters’
discussion of New Zealand’s starkly unequal education system earlier this week identifies appalling gaps in the achievement levels of our school children – gaps that are inscribed within class and race divisions.
Radical and unnecessary inequality is a blight on contemporary New Zealand society. Deprivation is produced economically and experienced socially.
