The arts is only one example of many at the moment of course, but imagine being mentally in this sort of spot already and the parties of the government are making "we aren't doing austerity hard enough yet" noises.
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‘We’ve got fatigue from fighting for the arts’: community reeling from recent cuts to Dunedin arts
‘We’ve got fatigue from fighting for the arts’: community reeling from recent cuts to Dunedin arts