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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS Chris Trotter (Interest): No government can survive the level of anger driving one quarter of a major city’s citizens onto the streets Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Dunedin Hospital's low place in infrastructure must-haves list Richard Harman (Politik)
Shane Jones has waded into some protestors who have gifted him and NZ First some good headlines, and he is saying things to these losers we all are thinking.
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Andrew Coster is off to another cushy taxpayer funded trough – one where his particular brand of sopping-wet wokeness will fit right in. He should have been sacked outright, but here we are.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): The things that are unaffordable and the things that aren’t ODT Editorial: Build it once, build it right (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): Going off diary to deliver a kick in the guts for South (paywalled) Matthew Littlewood
The wrong political theology is popular only because it is the only socially acceptable form of theology.
Neale Jones is a competent left-wing commentator and for him to defend David Farrar in the face of ridiculous attacks is saying something.
Rutherford’s departure by the end of the year – and deputy chief press secretary Jasmine Higginson’s upcoming maternity leave – will lead to a major reshaping of Luxon’s communications team.
So far, over 250 scientists, researchers, ethicists, doctors, and patients have signed an open letter addressed to BBIL, ICMR and the editor at Drug Safety, demanding the lawsuit be withdrawn, and the study remains published.
Finally, in 2016, I took early retirement to get out of the system. In all my training, I had been told ‘midwifery is an autonomous profession’, but it seemed to have become completely controlled.
Perhaps if the Greens want to endorse a different kākāriki mayoral candidate next year, they should go for someone who isn’t from the lobbying beltway and instead choose someone with a better sense of what ordinary people want from local government.
