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View from Your Window
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Nursing Council’s Commitment to the ‘Pride Pledge’
Deborah Cunliffe Nurses for Freedom NZ Dear Nursing Council Re: Nursing Councils Commitment to the ‘Pride Pledge’ Nurses for Freedom NZ agrees with the Nursing Council’s recent media release relating to the support of the ‘Pride Pledge’ which recognises the need to provide an inclusive, safe, and welcoming workplace,
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Who Will Drain Wellington’s Swamp?
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Wealthy vested interests have an oversized influence on political decisions in New Zealand. Partly that’s due to their use of corporate lobbyists. Fortunately, the
Our Unstable, ‘Funny Money’ System
Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 2 of 18 In PART 1 readers learnt that there is a widespread – but false – belief that banks are financial intermediaries that take in money from savers, aggregate it, and
If Labour Wins the Divisive Policies Will All Be Back
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com The media became very excited when new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced some policy changes a few weeks back. Weak reporters like Claire Trevett were ecstatic. Even lesser lights talked of “bonfires” of unpopular policies and hailed the emergence of a new Ministry. In truth, all
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This Is the Issue That Costs Elections
Yesterday morning the National Party announced that they were proposing to re-write the education syllabus if they win the election. I’ve provided you with a link because it is now hard to find, such is the interest in the policy. Bold or stupid? I pick stupid because education
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