{"id":1182,"date":"2024-07-01T12:12:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T00:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tandem.org.nz\/onthejourney\/?page_id=1182"},"modified":"2024-09-23T11:08:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T23:08:17","slug":"we-have-a-choice-to-make","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onthejourney.nz\/explore\/explore-5\/we-have-a-choice-to-make\/","title":{"rendered":"We Have a Choice to Make"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1182\" class=\"elementor elementor-1182\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a08229d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a08229d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c0940 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17c0940\" 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