NZ Politics Daily: 20 June 2023
Today’s content HEALTH Nicholas Jones (Herald): Surgery wait lists: Māori, Pacific prioritised – why ethnicity is a factor (paywalled) Rachel Maher…
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Of course ethnicity is being used to rationalise surgery you pearl clutching muppets, the faux racism hysteria is masking the real issue
Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations – some are not happy Auckland surgeons are now…
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Africa takes the lead where others, including New Zealand, have joined the Russia/Ukraine war
While New Zealand has been pouring petrol on Russia’s war with Ukraine, Africa is doing its best to bring peace…
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The Media versus the inconvenient truth
Since it surfaced a couple of weeks ago, the story of Radio New Zealand’s foreign agency-supplied stories on Ukraine being…
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GUEST BLOG: Ben Morgan – Pacific Intelligence Update
NATO Strategic Concept 2022 – NATO’s Pacific plans? A little reported feature of Pacific politics is NATO’s increasing commitment to…
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Political Caption Competition
A meeting on mines.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – 20th June 2023
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day. The Editor doesn’t…
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In Occupied Palestine – 10 June 2023
10 June 2023 {Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG): https://www.nad.ps/en/violations-reports/daily-report NB:The period covered by this newsletter is taken…
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NZ Social Cohesion Straining At The Seams – Sir Peter Gluckman
New Zealand’s status as a cohesive high-trust nation is being strained by political, economic and environmental pressures, exacerbated by technological…
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Down Stream: Three Wāhine Māori Talk About The Impacts Of Climate Change In Tairāwhiti – Greenpeace
Greenpeace has released a short documentary featuring Tui Warmenhoven (Ngāti Porou), who is a community leader, lawyer, researcher and the…