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Analysis of their work history found more than 200 different careers and 500 individual jobs among New Zealand’s 120 Parliamentarians. Blackland PR director Mark Blackham said the results show more diversity of experience than in the three previous Parliaments. “It has also led to a very different Cabinet from those of 60 years ago, when lawyers, businesspeople and farmers dominated.” Democracy Project political analyst Geoffrey Miller said the findings reflect the wider societal shift away from single, life-long occupations. “New Zealanders are changing careers, retraining and working multiple jobs more often than they did in the past, and the new Parliament reflects these realities.”
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