NZ’s complex problems require visionary solutions, not quick fixes. Here’s how we can govern for the future

Andy Andrews/Getty Images As New Zealand heads toward another general election, political attention is naturally focused on the issues touching people’s lives right now. The months ahead are sure to bring more pledged policies to ease the country’s cost of living crisis, housing unaffordability, high unemployment and health system pressures. With so many families struggling to make ends meet, that’s hardly surprising. But focusing on today’s challenges risks ignoring, if not worsening, those of…