‘National hates the south’: On the ground at the Ōtepoti hospital protestThe Spinoff Daily, Monday September 30
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“My bus from the Ōtepoti Dunedin hill suburbs into the city usually only has a few people on it, but on Saturday morning, it stopped for passengers at every single stop. The Otago Regional Council had made buses free between 10am and 3pm, and as we drove along Highgate and wound down through Dunedin’s hills, more and more people got on. Most were retirees who wore warm hats and carried homemade protest signs under their arms. “I know where you’re going,” one grey-haired woman said to a stranger who sat next to her, their knitted heads quickly bowing together in conversation.”
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‘National hates the south’: On the ground at the Ōtepoti hospital protest
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