GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Pointer to Government rethinking on district health boards?
On 4 March I blogged on Otaihanga Second Opinion about recent indications that the Government was rethinking its position on one…
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – MARX VS KEYNES: WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH ‘PEAK’ IDEALISM?
The NZ Labour Party hanging onto the coat-tails of dying capitalism will end up in the same graveyard of “progressive…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Health system at risk by Government abdicating leadership of Simpson review implementation to business consultants
The Government is putting the health system at risk by abdicating the leadership duties and responsibilities of its Health Transition…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Rheumatic fever highlights challenge of social determinants of health
Arguably the biggest challenge facing New Zealand’s 20 district health boards (DHB)s is that the biggest driver of health demand and therefore financial costs is external to the health system. This places DHBs in the unenviable position of being unable to do much more than being an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – THESE CHAINS WILL BE BROKEN
These Chains Will Be Broken is a collection of narratives by some of the many Palestinians, men, women and children…
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GUEST BLOG: An Open Letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on International Womens Day
Dear Jacinda, Happy International Womens Day. 90% of the hotel workers that Unite Union represents are women. Hundreds are currently…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – DHB deficit drivers
On 1 March 2021 Minister of Health Andrew Little was reported by the Otago Daily Times giving Southern District Health Board (SDHB) a stern message over its high deficit level.
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GUEST BLOG: Patrick John O’Dea – Erebus memorial controversy
On the completely inappropriate erection of an Erebus remembrance monolith at the Parnell Rose Gardens…
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY KHALIDA JARRAR !!
Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian feminist, lawyer, educator, elected parliamentarian, has been a human rights activist for many years. Her activism …
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – MARCH 8: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IN THE TIME OF EXISTENTIAL CRISIS FOR HUMANITY
Women spark the Russian Revolution When 100,000 women textile workers went on strike in St Petersburg on March 8 (February…