Who Is Really Making the Decisions?
Increasingly, decisions around our daily lives are being made by unelected, unaccountable, nameless managers.
NZ Politics
Pet Project: The Waikato Med School
Key questions remain unanswered. Can the Waikato medical school, if approved, realistically deliver the promised outcomes of rural and primary care doctors faster and more effectively than expanding current programs?
You Know What Is Chilling?
Leaking and white-anting public servants are crying a river of tears about being held to account for their deliberate tactics to undermine a minister and government that they don’t agree with. Perhaps we need to drain the swamp.
Our Mounting Critical Correspondence to NZ Officials
Now Germans are asking hard questions. Australians demand answers, too, and so do more and more Kiwis.
The RBNZ Has Admitted It Is in Breach of Its Remit
A former chair of US President’s Council of Economic Advisers has explained why.
The Govt’s Self-Certification Proposals and House Builders
The government’s proposal, if implemented, could indeed reduce costs and speed up construction, but it carries significant risks.
This Is What ACT-Supporting Gun Owners Don’t Understand
Mark Mitchell is a G-man...that is going to be hard for Nicole McKee to get around.
NZ Politics Daily: 5 November 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH 1News: Ministry official criticises advice used to justify HTP tax cut Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: Waikato Med School – National’s zombie "pet project" won’t die Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Mental Health Foundation calls for action on hundreds of unfilled
Wolf’s Book on the Pfizer Papers
The Pfizer papers are too important to ignore and point to not only Pfizer but authorities such as Medsafe knowing that immense harms were about to be unleased on the people of New Zealand.
Nz’s Breakthrough Free Trade Deal with the Gulf
A new chapter is beginning – and exciting opportunities await. The Gulf is calling.
Gatekeeping Is Spoiling Our Health System
Sick people will continue to suffer because the Medical Council and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists want to keep careful control over the gate for their own purposes.
Right...Orr Wrong
To believe that I could work this out but that Orr, with his degrees in geography and economics, could not, has to be disingenuous to say the least.
An Inquiry Into the Conflicts of Interest
The findings of this investigation could pressure ministers to finally adopt stricter conflict-of-interest regulations, offering the public a greater assurance that development projects reflect shared national values rather than the priorities of a powerful few.