Transphobic politics overrides clinical decision-making over puberty blockers in NZ
On 19 November Minister of Health Simeon Brown announced that the Government had introduced a ban, from 19 December, on…
Author: Ian Powell
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Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump & Israel: insights for NZ rightwing politics
The origin of the expression ‘tuckered out’ goes back to the east of the United States around the 1830s. After…
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What’s the difference between private management of public hospitals and a ‘perfumed turd’?
I am a panellist on Radio New Zealand’s The Panel ably run by Wallace Chapman. It is an early evening…
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Gaza doctor speaks truth to genocidal power; NZ government needs to listen, learn & act
In 1962 Bob Dylan released his famous Blowin’ in the Wind, a protest song that uses a series of rhetorical questions…
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General practices & primary health organisations fighting back against corporate threat
Edited by ‘acute nose for a good story’ Barbara Fountain, it is difficult to beat NZ Doctor for drilling down…
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Far right cannibalising the mainstream rightwing; implications for New Zealand
Until recently I used the terms ‘hard right’ and ‘far right’ interchangeably. Certainly, dictionary definitions didn’t substantively differentiate. Broadly speaking…
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Private health insurance a symptom, not a cause, of New Zealand’s public health system crisis
There is a common belief that the expansion of private health insurance is a threat to Aotearoa New Zealand’s public…
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Health minister unethical over medical ethics
On 17 October I received a brief email from a former Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) Vice President: “Can’t…
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The Ignoble Nobel: from Hitler to Kissinger to Machado
Much to the disappointment of US President Donald Trump, on 10 October the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to…
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Politics, Ideology and Health Targets
On 14 October I had the pleasure of being one of two speakers to address the monthly public meeting of…
