Wayne Stevens works full time in the NZ Treasury, where everything is planned and interventions take years to effect. By night, he’s an icon of heroism, cited by Te Ara Encyclopaedia of New Zealand in its entry on search and rescue. Mr Stevens said that "even when dealing with drunks on a Friday night, particularly young persons, it can be unpleasant but you help them and hope that they learn from their experience.”
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