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News Briefing: 21 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘It’s censorship’: Public health leaders slam ‘Trumpian’ edict Matthew Littlewood (ODT): ‘Farcical’: Quarter of hospital budget already spent (paywalled) Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): Some patients waiting for heart scan given death sentence due to delays, cardiologists say Paul Penfold (Stuff)
Get Back In Your Box
Public health commentators are all upset at being told to get back in their box by new Health Minister Simeon Brown.
News Briefing: 20 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Visits to India, USA test the Government’s approach to changing face of global politics Thomas Manch (Post): New Zealand’s case for a Trump tariff carve out (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Winston Peters ‘seriously pleased’ with
A Good Solution to the School Lunches Kerfuffle
Richard Prebble has a decent solution, but will David Seymour listen?
News Briefing: 19 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Act enters the messy, at times unhinged world of local politics Herald Editorial: David Seymour and Chris Hipkins are right, local politics needs a shake-up (paywalled) Karl du Fresne: Why shouldn't ACT have a go?
Face of the Day
When Modi comes to NZ, will he wear a grass skirt and use a Sharpie to put a moko on his face?
Bring back the hard stick
More and more I’m gravitating to the view that perhaps those countries that use the rattan cane as a form of punishment might well be on the right track.
News Briefing: 18 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘Quite frankly nonsense’: $2m contractor responds to Stuff investigation Georgina Campbell (Herald): Health NZ refuses to release rent costs for Lower Hutt sick baby unit that doesn’t exist Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Government criticised for ‘pathetic’ bowel cancer
You Stepped on a Landmine and Now You Are Whining About It
The school lunches debacle was a landmine left by the teacher unions and Labour and David Seymour decided to play hopscotch in the minefield.
The ‘Stab in the Back’ Myth
This narrative of Jewish betrayal, based on centuries-old religious prejudices, was heightened in the Nazi era and was fused with political and racial ideology. Christian leaders, both Catholic and Protestant, did not just passively accept this new antisemitism – they supported it.