Join Waatea Media’s Matthew Tukaki, Former MANA Leader Hone Harawira, Former National Party and NZ First Minister Tau Henare and Editor of The Daily Blog, Martyn Bradbury for Te Kaupapa, Waatea’s Weekend Political Panel Show.
- What to make of Chris Hipkins comments on Māori Party?
- Ongoing Budget Fall Out
- The Regulatory Standards Bill
- New Welfare sanctions
Basically it’s a popularity contest for PM. Labour needs a relatable Everyman/Strongman leader. Hipkins isn’t it. They should promote McAnulty ASAP. He’s likeable, he’s forceful, he’s genuine and he doesn’t have the Covid legacy hanging over him.
Most definitely should replace the Chipster, he’s become a joke not helped by his link to sausage rolls.
Dr Gary Payinda – Save Our Public Health System Before It’s Too Late!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiR1QX9Xy0M
@deryckhumphries5827
2 days ago
Last year in Wellington Hospital an Interventional Cardiologist who specialises in heart valve replacements was asked if he knew how many operations he had done half way through the year. His response was around 160. He was then told that “they” (management and Te Whatu Ora) had only budgeted for 35, and that he needed to stop doing these surgeries! As Gary would tell you,
@deryckhumphries5827
2 days ago
Gary’s comments are spot on. If government actually spent some money on improving nurses salaries, and increased the staffing levels, the issues of wait lists could be addressed. If you start at ward level, nurse/patient ratios are not adequate. Improve that, and you will improve throughput. That then flows to outpatients, then to ICU’s and then ED. Slimeon Brown & Nikki No Boats then turn around and say that they are making a big deal about Wellington Hospitals ED issues, and how they are putting in a new critical care & ED building. It was already planned by Labour, and then paused by National. They are putting billions in to defence. If the took a quarter of that and put it in to health we’d all be better off.
Meanwhile this…
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/personal-finance/tax/budget-2025-government-opted-for-accelerating-depreciation-over-cutting-the-corporate-tax-rate/DMZ6FLI7NJGMZMC6PYXDYN2LGU/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/tourist-tax-govt-boosts-doc-coffers-by-20m-keeps-bigger-slice-for-itself/5YRCR2HXPVHG7KX3HAZIKFPUPU/
There is money to employ the appropriate staff levels in health despite the shill Im right opining otherwise.
NZ’s health under National is a disaster and have always been at it’s worst under rightwing governments.
Meanwhile they are happy to pay themselves and extremely happy to reward rich donors like Brendan Linsay with a knighthood. So much so even Brendan was surprised.