As the road to recovery begins, how do we ensure it is not just a recovery for a few, or just a recovery for the newly disadvantaged, but a genuine recovery for all? Firstly, all four say the recovery has to be built with a bold, new approach. Next, the recovery has to truly address longstanding inequality, say the four despite their varied backgrounds. He says we need to learn lessons from the past and build a recovery that enables everyone to live a decent life with dignity. "Everything we do as part of the recovery should have the objectives of a better society designed into them," he says.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 03, 2020 23:03 UTC