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.
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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.
No Hate Speech in NZ
Let terms like white supremacy, extermination and genocide remain where they lie buried – long ago and far away.
Get Rid of the Māori Seats
Democracy is one thing. Using it for vile purposes is quite another.
New Zealand and Defending Trump
A future Trump administration will be looking closely at New Zealand's priorities. Are we ready?
NZ Politics Daily: 22 July 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Role of tobacco interests in making government policy Stuff: Watch: Professor ‘flabbergasted’ over Govt cutting excise tax on Heated Tobacco Products Nick Rockel: Tobacco First Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really
All Mouth and No Trousers
Neither Beijing Bob Carr nor Chumbawamba have followed through on their legal threats against Winston Peters
Human Rights Are Wrongs When They Transgress God’s Word
I am taking this issue seriously. How dare they tamper with the Human Rights Act?
Face of the Day
Speaking to Local Democracy Reporting, the two-time Olympic gold medallist said yesterday he was “excited and daunted” about leading New Zealand’s fifth-largest city.
The Role of tobacco interests in making government policy
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards For the first time ever, New Zealand has just reduced taxes on tobacco products – in this case a 50 per cent reduction in the health taxes on “heated tobacco products”. The move came in very quietly at the start of the month and is
