Gutting specialised national health teams as part of ‘slash and burn
In my final post for 2024 (15 December) I critically discussed the ‘slash and burn’ strategy of Health New Zealand…
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GUEST BLOG: GUEST BLOG: Pat O’Dea – The Genocide is Not Over
Hours before ceasefire comes into force, the Israeli PM says his country reserves the right to resume the war in…
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GUEST BLOG: Nick Rockel – Arrange and Rearrange
Christopher’s Ratings Resurrection Reshuffle: Rewarding the inner circle and throwing the dregs overboard. Yesterday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his…
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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…
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GUEST BLOG: Maire Leadbeater – Foreign Interference Legislation
Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill submissions due 16 January 2025 New legislation proposes to criminalise ‘ improper conduct…
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GUEST BLOG: Geoff Fischer – Political quackery: Dr Palmer’s prescription for what ails New Zealand “democracy”
The former Labour leader and Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer can see that New Zealand democracy is in trouble, and…
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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…