GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Growing Corporate Power and General Practice
The increasing level of corporate ownership of general practices is a ‘below the radar’ growing concern within Aotearoa New Zealand’s…
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Guest and sponsored opinion pieces published on The Daily Blog, offering diverse perspectives within clear editorial guidelines.
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GUEST BLOG: Tadhg Stopford – Contact Energy Chair spins sin?
One of the basic problems of Western Civilisation today, is the corporation, “for it has neither a soul to damn…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Pae Ora Act amendments and Māori healthcare
It is difficult to characterise the bill in the name of Minister of Health Simeon Brown which is going through…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – The Misrepresentation of Luddism
Whenever the terms Luddism and Luddites are used they are invariably used in a negative or derogatory manner. Calling something…
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GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – The Bank Doesn’t know, Can’t remember
Our long struggle for justice against Islandsbanki continued in a Reykjavik courtroom on September 2, 2025 and we have some…
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GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – The Walls Have Eyes: Global Privacy Under Assault on All Fronts
In this edition: TikTok Sells Viral GPS Trackers, Marketed to Stalkers US ICE Agency Reinstates Spyware Contract with Paragon Australia…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Health alert: Health Minister threatens patient safety
What would I do as a health commentator and health systems blogger without the excellent daily (Monday-Friday) online coverage by…
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GUEST BLOG: Tadhg Stopford – History’s Lesson, Betrayed by Politicians
In 1981, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand was clear-eyed. The economy was unbalanced: too much consumption, too much speculation…
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GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Bank witness doesn’t know; can’t remember #BadBanki
After a successful first hearing in June — this week, Talk Liberation were back on the ground in Iceland again,…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – ‘For the love of god’; why say so much when saying so little?
‘For the love of God’ is a commonly voiced expression. Generally it involves a high level of frustration or exasperation….