Government Transparency
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Suggests government agencies are obstructive and unaccountable in sharing information
Framing highlights systemic non-compliance, particularly by agencies like Te Whatu Ora, and uses emotional appeals about families seeking information. The phrase 'making a mountain out of a molehill' implies bureaucratic overreach and resistance.
“many agencies are 'making a mountain out of a molehill' in their responses - or lack of response - to Official Information Act requests”
Government secrecy framed as fundamentally illegitimate and untrustworthy
Omission of historical accountability mechanisms (e.g., Church Committee) and focus on document destruction and denial create a narrative of systemic illegitimacy, undermining credibility of official narratives.
“In 1975, they ordered records destroyed, and later admitted it had existed but no longer did.”