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NZ report card 2024: how the country fared in 25 key global and domestic rankings

By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato

New Zealand generally compares well on global measures of freedom, happiness and transparency. But rankings in some important areas have been sliding for years now.

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