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The Labour Government’s heart is in the right place and has some good brain power within its parliamentary team. But, to date, it has been influenced too much by pre-determined positions, not enough health system expertise, obsession with restructuring, and reliance on business consultants.
Last week I was filming outside the High Court in Auckland when a man approached me and asked if I…
Like almost every economically developed country outside the ‘Disunited States’, New Zealand has a universal health system that endeavours to…
Several Director-Generals of Health ago I recall a senior official bemoaning that the Ministry was made up of feudal fiefdoms…
I found myself looking up this famous quote, attributed the Danish existential philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, the other day because I…
A hundred or so years ago the discovery of gold somewhere in the ‘new’ world triggered a new disease of…
On the news that the Government has extended $600 million extra in credit to keep Air New Zealand in the air.
Tēnā koe te Kaiwhakahaere ko Tom. E te whānau kākāriki, tēnā tātou. Ko Grant Brookes tōku ingoa. He mema o…
The Government’s announcement of an independent review of Pharmac, implementing an election promise, has attracted criticism from many for not…
Eight years ago I made a documentary which allowed me to go in search of an answer a question I…