Lack of trust in Govt drives 'hard refusals' to census Anti-Government sentiment drives down participation in 2023 census, but Stats NZ exceeds coverage target by plugging gaps with admin data

"Anti-government sentiment has driven down participation in the latest census"

Given there was a targeted campaign by many NZ pseudolaw believers #sovcits and the more extreme 'freedom' campaigners this is not a surprise #enforcepenalities imho.

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