Policy vacuum enables for-profit corporate general practice ownership by stealth
Since the 1938 Social Security Act which, among other things, established Aotearoa New Zealand’s universal health system, general practices were…
Guest Blogs & Sponsored Posts
Guest and sponsored opinion pieces published on The Daily Blog, offering diverse perspectives within clear editorial guidelines.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – What about our children?
That parliamentarians can accept a substantial pay rise while increasing numbers of Kiwi families are struggling to make ends meet tells…
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Cuba and New Zealand: a relationship worthy of strengthening
Cuba and Aotearoa New Zealand have some similarities as small island nations (in different hemispheres) and with small populations (over…
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Dr Gavin Ellis – Koi Tū Discussion Paper: If not journalists, then who?
New Zealand cannot sit back and see the collapse of our Fourth Estate, the director of Koi Tū: The Centre…
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GUEST BLOG: Nick Rockel – Serving at Seymour’s pleasure
Something odd happened yesterday, and I’d love to know if there’s more to it. If there was something which preempted…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Crisis? What Crisis?
Right wing Neoliberal governments love to talk up a crisis, real or imagined, because it helps sell the austerity measures…
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Guest Blog: Better Public Media – RNZ and TVNZ management in support of media levy
Notes from the BPM public meeting and AGM – 28 April 2024 Meeting video available here Better Public Media Trust’s…
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Health New Zealand bosses scapegoat their workforce
Since July 2022, with the coming into force of the Pae Ora Act, Health New Zealand (HNZ) is responsible for…
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GUEST BLOG: Pat O’Dea – In the shadow of Kent State
In the Shadow of Kent State The Charge: Deprivation of rights under the color of law “Laws change. Conscience doesn’t.”…
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Reintroducing Three Strikes Legislation: Why it is not a good idea.
“Three Strikes and You’re Out” laws, based on the idea that criminals would think about the consequences of their crime…