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The Truth Is Out There: In Wellington, Not Canberra
Thursday January 11, 2007
WHEN New Zealand passed the Official Information Act in 1983, it was greeted with hails of dismay by public service unions, lawyers and academics. Cartoonists depicted the act as a useless halfway compromise with the Official Secrets Act. The prime minister, Robert Muldoon, described it as a "nine-day wonder".