No one seems to notice that they are still outside the fence watching the game. “Equality and equity” have been reached, but only by the rules of this framing. The camera lens never lets you ask: why can’t they play in the game too?

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Nathan Smith is a former business journalist and columnist at the NBR. He also worked as the chief editor at the New Zealand Initiative policy think tank. He is now a freelance writer and copy editor.