Fashionable Foolishness
Full credit to the minister for his pragmatism in ignoring the pressure to fall into line with this totally unnecessary change.
NZ Politics
NZ Politics Daily: 31 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, 2024 IN REVIEW, 2025 PREDICTIONS Dave Armstrong (Post): The sweet, the exotic, the fragrant and the bruised: the 2024 Basil Awards (paywalled) Harriette Boucher (Post): A brief history of 2024’s political brouhaha (paywalled) David Farrar: Kiwiblog’s 2025 predictions Post political
No Memory Holes for the Good or the Bad
Some reflections as we near the end of another year of 1984 dystopia.
How to Hide the Stats
Sr Rennick has exposed the bias of the TGA. Has Medsafe done the same thing?
The Evolution and Decline of ACC
Strong leadership, a return to visionary ideas and principles, and a commitment to effective prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation are essential to restoring ACC’s legacy and ensuring its future success.
Trump, America and the Canal
In left-winger world, things like hospitals, schools, hotels, shops and infrastructure are all created in the third world by pixie dust natives, rather than by white capitalists and Western civilisation.
NZ Politics Daily: 30 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, YEAR IN REVIEW Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. 2024 Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters on NZ First: ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ Kelly Dennett (Post): Nicola Willis: Relentless optimist, trying not to be perfect all the time (paywalled) Herald Editorial:
Funding for Euthanasia, but Not Palliative Care
The head of New Zealand’s pro-euthanasia advocacy group indicated that euthanasia is a useful cost-cutting measure for a stretched health system.
We Need to Act
NZDSOS has sent an urgent letter to the prime minister, NZ leaders and health officials.
Judith Collins’ Naivety
Lawyers and doctors going off the rails in one way or another is so commonplace I’m surprised the media bother reporting it.
We Need to Fight Fire With Fire
We need to turn out in numbers and we need to drown out their attempts to speak hate and spread misinformation.
NZ Politics Daily: 27 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, YEAR IN REVIEW Laura Walters (Newsroom): Seymour takes aim at politics, the media, and economic recovery Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Shane Jones wants coal in his stocking Brent Edwards (NBR): Chlöe Swarbrick’s nerdy interest in democracy (paywalled) RNZ: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
National Decline In 2024
New Zealanders lack confidence in Christopher Luxon to lead us through these challenges. His own caucus sounds increasingly sceptical. New Zealand politics could look very different by the end of next year.
