The tendency of cultural managers to manage the identity of New Zealanders in order to present a desirable image for Aotearoa/New Zealand globally is criticized. It is suggested that the policy of 'inclusive exclusion' should acknowledge the non-national differences among people within the nation-state to project a truly democratic, welcoming nation.
In a 1971 article on the idea of the university in the once vital New Zealand literary journal 'Landfall', G. F.Waller laments the utilitarianism of then prime minister Robert Muldoon's view of education. He argues against education for the market's sake and for a renewal of the university's mission to educate citizens, to foster civic virtue. Significantly,Waller says nothing at all about producing works for publication, giving papers at conferences, constructing research networks, getting patents…
