⏩Fast Forward Aotearoa #2: Defining a small country
Just because it’s smaller doesn’t mean it’s any less complex
Kia ora, hope you’ve enjoyed a relaxing weekend!
Welcome to the next instalment of the book I’m writing during 2022, ⏩Fast Forward Aotearoa. I hope you enjoy reading - and please feel free to add feedback in the comments section below.
Today’s piece goes back to fundamentals: what are the various lenses we can use to define “Aotearoa” in 2022?
(Note: as always, these posts are definitely the “first draft” hot off the keyboard…so expect the occasional typo, incomplete references/footnotes, slightly awkward phrasing and other paras which clearly need an edit…but I hope most of it makes sense! 😇) .
Chapter 2: Small country, big challenges, big opportunities
Part 1: Defining a small country
“Just because it’s smaller doesn’t mean it’s any less complex”

How can we define “Aotearoa” in 2022?
To start with, let’s collect together some lenses, facts, statistics and projections to help frame the s…
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