Maybe the pre modern bit here is giving up the 'fully automated, better living by machine, tech to the rescue' expectations of the future.

I don't know about mules belonging so much to the pre-modern past. They never really went away in some parts of the world. And attempts to replace them have never quite managed to be as good at what they do best, carry loads long distances over rough terrain without needing to carry much fuel.

The private ones do. Although some of that is done by having Ministers with a financial stake in private healthcare.

Eligibility includes being in NZ. Send a selfie next to a place name.

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I believe it, OIA is the very definition of a 'back room' function. And we've been stripped to the bone. The second check on stuff going out is gone.

I'm not sure a family that goes from gutting fish to owning a huge estate through hard work and overcoming all obstacles is as representative of working class life as they imagine.

Yeah, but not one the Reti Family Trust or Lester Levy have a financial stake in, so it's a bad idea.

Yes. I checked PapersPast and in 1898 Southland Times reported "The engine was of an ancient type and on the upgrade made desperately hard work og pulling the few carriages".

I think it's an old definition. It feels like an timey railway journey thing.