GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – New hospital building trumps ‘Yes Minister’ hospital without patients
Yes Minister is arguably the funniest British political satire sitcom. There were three series between 1980-84. It was followed by…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – the solution I have come up with to try to keep going as an investigative journalist.
Well, here we are it’s Thursday – the day I said I would share with you the solution I have…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Finance Minister Willis won’t borrow for tax cuts – yeah right!
Finance Minister Willis says she will not borrow money to pay for tax cuts. But she WILL borrow money to…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Reflecting on Maximilien Robespierre and other things
Reading an article on Maximilien Robespierre published in the New York Review of Books (23 June 2022) has led me to…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Weekend Satire: No News is not good News
“Media and Communications Minister Melissa Lee insists she is not ducking for cover, despite refusing all radio and TV interviews…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – The Demise of Newshub + TVNZ cutbacks
I’m saddened by the news that many of my talented colleagues at TV3 and TVNZ in front and behind the…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Winston’s Speech – Credit where credit is due it is a very good one
Below is Winston Peters recent speech to United Nations General Assembly on the terrible situation in Gaza. Credit where credit…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Policies have consequences.
I predict dismissing hundreds of public servants will put a lot of small businesses out of business in the Wellington…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – How to immobilise a health system’s primary statutory adviser and monitor
It is easy to not understand what a ministry of health does in health systems; why they exist. This is…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – The Devil is in the Detail
Many actions of the current National Act NZ First pose threats to our democracy but in this post I’d like…