The ‘Big Four’ Power Companies Are Profiteering
There is good reason to blame the energy companies – they are acting like a cartel to price gouge consumers while failing to invest in the necessary infrastructure.
Health
Cuban Food Shortages: Another Red Flag
When capped prices are below market prevailing prices, shortages follow.
How Did MPs Respond to My Letter?
Politicians are acting superficially without understanding; treating biotechnology as if it were solely an economic fantasyland without rules or risks. Action without understanding is ultimately self-destructive.
Foodstuffs Supplier Prices Rose in July
The costs for producers and suppliers are still elevated, with some areas, like energy costs, seeing significant increases.
Perrottet’s Covid Apology Is Not Good Enough
Those who partook in and set up the framework for this abusive behaviour must face personal punishment or they will do it again.
Why Does NZ Allow Direct Advertising of Prescription Drugs?
Strong evidence now shows direct advertising can lead to unnecessary, inappropriate and sometimes harmful prescribing.
Foodstuffs Win a Huge Victory on Behalf of All Monopolies in NZ
They will now wage total war on customers. Down-right anti-competitive behavior is rewarded by imposing just tiny fines.
Heavy Drinking in NZ Is dropping
But not fast enough to stop the legacy of fetal alcohol syndrome.
C-19: An Orchestrated Litany of Lies
They were not very good scientists before the pandemic and they are still not very good now
Is the Medical Council Fit for Purpose?
Who exactly is the medical council protecting in the harassment of doctors calling for caution while dealing less harshly with a doctor who has actually harmed his patients?
OIA Advises RSE Guidelines Not Compulsory
“In the absence of an announcement from the MOE to the education sector and parents, it’s vitally important that this news be communicated widely to school communities.”
Health NZ: Financial Crisis and Staffing Shortages
Lester Levy told media there was an urgent need for rapid changes to prevent the agency from going broke in the coming months.
A Tool Not a Panacea
Telehealth is overhyped as a solution to New Zealand’s rural healthcare crisis.
Effective Responses to Pandemics and Peace
The exercise of raw power without regard to fact or justice is not limited to New Zealand: it is threatening to overtake the world.
Covid and the Green Revolution
In agriculture, public health, and medicine, we should stop envisioning and hyping magic technological bullets that empower governments and enrich investors more than they benefit their purported target populations.