When New Zealand politics gets in the pocket of the gun lobby
Will 2025 be any different from 2024 in respect of the gun lobby’s influence over the National-ACT-NZ First coalition government’s…
Author: Ian Powell
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Welcome puberty blockers report but beware derailing transphobia
On 21 November the Ministry of Health released its long awaited position statement, accompanied by an evidence brief, on the…
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Imperialism, the Chagos Islands and the fight to return
I have just finished reading Tariq Ali’s excellent book Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes (Verso, London, 2021). Although with…
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Haka, Hikoi and the Empowerment of the Kohanga Generation
Internationally at least the haka is most associated with Aotearoa New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team, the All Blacks. It…
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Commissioner’s approach to healthcare provision: ‘slash and burn’
Dr Robin Youngson, a trauma therapist these days but previously a specialist anaesthetist and leader in promoting patient safety published…
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David Farrar’s incomplete health workforce analysis
Rightwing publisher David Farrar has produced some interesting data on the number of resident medical officers (RMOs; otherwise known as…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Changing face of capitalism: private equity threat to New Zealand economy
The Reserve Bank is “watching” the expansion of private equity in Aotearoa New Zealand in light of alarm bells being…
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‘Delusional’ and ‘a spit in the ocean’ – absolutely; but also sinister!
On 26 November Minister of Health Dr Shane Reti and Commissioner of Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) Lester Levy…
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General practice visits, emergency department presentations, and social determinants of health
Good data does not always provide answers. It is often the case that the value of good data is the…
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New Zealand government’s shameful modern slavery shutdown
Slaves had existed in both ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. However, the word ‘slavery’ has a subsequent Latin origin,…