GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – When opportunity knocks for the Opportunity Party?
Opportunity Knocks’ is a British television and radio talent show that first began in 1949. It provided a platform to…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Two different tales of avoidable hospital bed-blocking
Through necessity bed-blocking is a term that of is increasingly being used by those working in Aotearoa New Zealand’s public…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hypocrisy of Free Speech Union opposing free speech in practice
With some origins in ‘Athenian democracy’ free speech is one of the noblest rights which people have struggled for and…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – The wider implications of eyecare privatisation
On 5 March the Government through Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) formally called for ‘Requests for Proposals’ (RFPs) for…
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GUEST BLOG: Seeby Woodhouse – Q-Day Is Coming
Quantum computing could make every password, VPN, and encrypted website on the planet vulnerable Remember Y2K? A fear that every…
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Gleichschaltung and Far-Right Momentum in NZ
Ian Powell warns that New Zealand is far from Nazi Germany, but far-right momentum, neoliberal drift and authoritarian instincts should not be dismissed.
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Why the New Zealand Economy Became Structurally Fragile
New Zealand is rich in land, resources and talent, yet increasingly unable to build or afford what it needs. Tadhg Stopford argues that fragility was designed into the system.
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Cash-for-Consents Won’t Fix NZ Housing – Dave Bainbridge-Zafar
David Seymour thinks councils can be bribed into fixing housing. Dave Bainbridge-Zafar says the real blockage is in Wellington, where state housing has been abandoned for market theatre.
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Rural General Practice Funding Cuts Put Patients at Risk
Katikati patients could lose local hours, weekend clinics and urgent care if a blunt funding model decides their rural community is suddenly urban.
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Let’s Fix the New Zealand Economy – Tadhg Stopford
New Zealand is not broken by accident. Tadhg Stopford argues we built an economy that rewards extraction, debt and inflated land values over real production.
