26 Apr 2018

The History of public complaining

From Afternoons, 2:40 pm on 26 April 2018
Photos below of one of NZ's most famous serial complainers, Patricia Bartlett

Photos below of one of NZ's most famous serial complainers, Patricia Bartlett Photo: Digital NZ

Are we living in the age of complaints? Outrage and backlash seem to be a daily occurrence in our communication media. But is this a recent phenomenon or has it always been so? 

Grant Morris from Victoria University looks New Zealand's history of public complaining. 

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