GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – THESE CHAINS WILL BE BROKEN
These Chains Will Be Broken is a collection of narratives by some of the many Palestinians, men, women and children…
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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: An Open Letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on International Womens Day
Dear Jacinda, Happy International Womens Day. 90% of the hotel workers that Unite Union represents are women. Hundreds are currently…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – DHB deficit drivers
On 1 March 2021 Minister of Health Andrew Little was reported by the Otago Daily Times giving Southern District Health Board (SDHB) a stern message over its high deficit level.
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GUEST BLOG: Patrick John O’Dea – Erebus memorial controversy
On the completely inappropriate erection of an Erebus remembrance monolith at the Parnell Rose Gardens…
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY KHALIDA JARRAR !!
Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian feminist, lawyer, educator, elected parliamentarian, has been a human rights activist for many years. Her activism …
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – MARCH 8: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IN THE TIME OF EXISTENTIAL CRISIS FOR HUMANITY
Women spark the Russian Revolution When 100,000 women textile workers went on strike in St Petersburg on March 8 (February…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Taking the threat to New Zealand’s health system out of Simpson
On 23 February I had a lengthy article on the Heather Simpson review of New Zealand’s health and disability system…
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GUEST BLOG: Patrick John O’Dea – Ardern Falters
If the strategy is counting on human nature as your barrier to stopping the spread of the pandemic you are doomed to fail.
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GUEST BLOG: Bryan Bruce – Simon Bridges is wrong about policing and Commissioner Coster is right.
As some of you may know I’m currently working on a criminal justice documentary series. And, as some of you…
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Public health system subsidises private health system but!
The relationship between New Zealand’s public and private health systems has long been a subject of debate, wariness and occasional controversy. Yesterday the results of a University of Otago study of patients who needed public hospital care after private inpatient treatment were reported in the mainstream media.