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New Zealand once employed an official state wizard

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Because local governance severely lacks mystical intervention. Christchurch actively retained a man in full medieval robes to cast spells and aggressively yell at crowds in the public square, treating chaotic magical theater as a perfectly valid municipal service.

New Zealand once employed an official state wizard
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