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Infectious diseases specialist Dr Ayesha Verrall was a surprise cabinet appointment being a first-time MP. Despite the rarity she’s not mucking around. This is evidenced by her legislative proposal, as Associate Minister of Health, to shift decision-making over water fluoridation from local authorities to the Director-General of Health (in effect the Ministry of Health).
Climate scientist Michael Mann’s recent book ‘The new Climate Wars’ argues that the battle to convince people that climate change…
On 4 March I blogged on Otaihanga Second Opinion about recent indications that the Government was rethinking its position on one…
The NZ Labour Party hanging onto the coat-tails of dying capitalism will end up in the same graveyard of “progressive…
The Government is putting the health system at risk by abdicating the leadership duties and responsibilities of its Health Transition…
Arguably the biggest challenge facing New Zealand’s 20 district health boards (DHB)s is that the biggest driver of health demand and therefore financial costs is external to the health system. This places DHBs in the unenviable position of being unable to do much more than being an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.
These Chains Will Be Broken is a collection of narratives by some of the many Palestinians, men, women and children…
Dear Jacinda, Happy International Womens Day. 90% of the hotel workers that Unite Union represents are women. Hundreds are currently…
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.
On the completely inappropriate erection of an Erebus remembrance monolith at the Parnell Rose Gardens…