We built a state of drifting hands,
Where power floats and no one stands.
Authority divorced from cost....
And every gain in process lost.
The pipes decay, the children fail,
The waiting lists grow long and pale.
Good people trapped in systems bent,
Where consequence is never sent.
So set up Partridge at the helm,
Strain & Consequence his realm ....
For those who map the hidden pain
Must help rebuild the spine again.
So hear this now, you fractious few:
The architecture’s built on you.
Align the power with the pain ....
Or watch NZ go down the drain.
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18 January 2026