Wait long enough and the wheel of democracy turns

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Wait long enough and the wheel of democracy turns

Martin
Johnston
Auckland City Hospital
Veteran journalist Martin Johnston recalls the long-ago announcement of a new Auckland City Hospital

Martin Johnston’s early health reporting was when democracy returned to health boards, and now, a generation later, he writes, it may be on the way out again

It was an exciting time to start covering health. Democracy had been rediscovered at health boards, meeting doors were thrown open and, in central Auc