In light of the shock news that Bauer Media, which published New Zealand's most popular magazines (Metro, The Listener, Woman’s Day, Women’s Weekly, the list goes on), had decided to close its New Zealand operations, former editor of Metro Henry Oliver decided to start a zine and brought together a group of writers, artists and thinkers, to produce the first (and hopefully not the only) issue of ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

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