What the Abuse-In-Care Report Will Say
Systemic abuse in out-of-home care continues, and we can see from its interim reporting that the commission is clear the responsibility for putting an end to it lies with the government.
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The Ludicrous Green Party
Perhaps the truth may lay in better the 14 person status quo when one considers the next in line who would join them, namely Benjamin Doyle.
Simon Upton Talks All Things Green
How refreshing, heartening even, to read this speech from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment of all people. It’s full of commonsense and realism.
New Campaign: Save Our Shores
Our first job is to make New Zealanders aware of what is happening. The media will not report honestly on the matter, so we have to go around them.
NZ Politics Daily: 25 July 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE IN CARE Derek Cheng (Herald): Why some of the Royal Commission’s recommendations will land in the Government’s lap like a tonne of bricks (paywalled) Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: What the final report
The Hide of a Hippo
What’s the bet Tana will end up in Te Pāti Māori, and claim that the Greens are racists? I know who is advising her, and I know of their connections to Te Pāti Māori.
Te Pāti Māori Scandal Gets Worse
It’s worth asking how seriously Te Pāti Māori takes corruption issues and the untoward influence of big money in politics.
NZ Politics Daily: 24 July 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH BASED CARE, ORANGA TAMARIKI Aaron Smale (1News): State care has key role in creating violent gang members – submission Elizabeth Stanley (Newsroom): The least we should expect from final abuse in care report Stephen Winter (The Conversation): Tragedy and hope:
Health NZ Is an Omnishambles
Health NZ aka Te Whatu Ora is a shambles. It just goes to show that giving an organisation a new Māori name doesn’t automatically make things better. In fact, on the evidence thus far it is a whole lot worse.
Tantrums From Debs and TPM
Next time these risible claims surface, instead of throwing up our hands in horror, we should just laugh loudly and ridicule their stupidity.
Dealing With Today’s Small Māori Fringe
We can count ourselves lucky that the Māori Party fetches only three per cent of the total vote at election time and that, overwhelmingly, a majority of New Zealanders possessing some Māori ancestry give them a wide berth.
NZ Politics Daily: 23 July 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Te Whatu Ora unable to confirm which hospital departments are safely staffed Rachel Thomas (Post): Is Health NZ overspending or underfunded? (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘I have never known morale so low’: Senior doctors, nurses push back on plans to
What Is the Role of Tobacco Interests in Making Government Policy?
It’s worth remembering that, ultimately, the cabinet has made all of these decisions on tobacco. It’s now on them to convince the public that they’re not in the pocket of “big tobacco”.
Govt Launches Academy Pilot for Youth
Teenagers declared to be Young Serious Offenders will face a stronger and escalated response, with more options for the Youth Court and Police.