New Zealanders are generally known as friendly, hardworking and laid back. But we also have a bad habit of criticising one another. It ranges from good-natured ribbing to nastiness on social media and everything in between. We tend to pull others down when we perceive them to be above their station, known as Tall Poppy Syndrome.

We chatted with TV presenter and broadcaster Petra Bagust with her thoughts and also Jay Geldard from E Tu Tangata about their work with young people.

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