Herald Amazed That Officials Have Courage To Tell The Truth

The NZ Herald today gives prominence to an article reporting on the Government's Economic Indicators Report, which compares aspects of New Zealand's economic performance to the rest of the OECD, including Australia. As far as we can tell there is not much new here, but the Herald thing that it is newsworthy that the report admits that per capita incomes here are now lower than even Tasmania. Is the Herald suggesting that other reports to Government are shielding it from the truth? The Dominion Post also has an article on the release of these statistics, with particular focus on brain drain to Australia.