The Government is under fire after it revealed it is teaming up with TV show Shortland Street to promote nursing as the sector battles with dire staff shortages.
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Interesting partnership between the government and Shortland Street.
— Chris Penk (@ChrisPenknz) August 1, 2022
One is a fictional setting where people who aren’t qualified in real life make a show of pretending that they’re caring for others …
… and the other is a TV show. Sad.#nzpol
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Stuff is a corporate train wreck and nothing Sinead Boucher and her team of executives do or say gives me any confidence whatsoever.
If the product is good, you don’t need sweary opinion writers. The swearing is just reason 1,001 not to read Stuff – except to be impressed by just how far it can fall.
We need to understand what we are capable of. The unbelievably monstrous evil. And the courage. And the humanity that somehow survived inside it. Just go. You will not regret it.
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Aotearoa was never the traditionally accepted name and Māori were happy with the name New Zealand – so much so, they made up te reo words to match it.
Anyone who thinks the role of the transport agency is to provide efficient and safe ferries, buses and trains is clearly mistaken. AT has taken upon itself the task of providing compulsory language lessons to a captive audience.
