Open Letter to Andrew Little: Re – Waikato DHB application to reopen completed Coroner’s Inquest into death of Nicky Stevens
Request to meet with the Minister
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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Kashmir Convoy Attack – Who Else Is Responsible
So this is a curious thing. The recent attack in Kashmir was carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammed, headed by a figure by the name of Masood Azhar. Understandably, India sought UN assistance in curtailing this ongoing threat; a move which the People’s Republic of China has (once again) blocked. Just as it has consistently done for more than ten years now.
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Dave Macpherson: Request by Nicky Stevens whanau to address public section of Waikato DHB Board meeting on 27 February
By agreement with the previous Board Chair and CEO, my whanau was given permission to make a brief presentation to the Board of Waikato DHB shortly after our son Nicky’s death in 2015. The presentation was principally in support of a request to the DHB to fund legal representation for our whanau in respect of the Coronial Inquest into Nicky’s death.
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Annie Newman – Living Wage
At the panel on sustainable work, at the hui in October 2018 on What an Alternative and Progressive Trade Strategy for New Zealand, Annie Newman pressed the case for the living wage as a central principle for New Zealand’s future trade policy.
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Political Sadism, Or Moral Inertia? Explaining David Clark
David Clark does not appear to have a metric for moral force. The calculation of our health system’s ethical obligations seems beyond him. How, when all is said and done, does one measure a family’s sorrow, or calculate a young doctor’s dedication?
What is the market-price of kindness?
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Elections, coups and people’s power in Venezuela
When asked in a very recent Venezuelan poll who they considered to be the legitimate president of Venezuela 57% replied Nicolas Maduro, the elected president of the country, compared to just 32% for Juan Guaido who “declared” himself president a few weeks ago.
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Requesting confirmation that NZ Health Partnerships Ltd is the ‘Insurer’ driving the decision by Waikato DHB to request the reopening of the Nicky Stevens Coronial Inquiry and the replacement of the Coroner
We have this afternoon been informed by a member of management at NZ Health Partnerships Ltd that they are the provider of indemnity insurance to Waikato DHB.
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The Increasing Absurdity Of “White Supremacy” Allegation-By-Association Attacks In US Politics
So earlier this week I happened across a headline: DAVID DUKE ENDORSES ILHAN OMAR, or words to that effect.
Now, for those unaware, David Duke is a rather well-known figure due to his previous infamy in association with the KKK.
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Imperial Nostalgia And Manifest Hypocrisy: New Zealand’s Increasingly Unlikeable “Friends”.
ONE OFFICIAL ERRUPTION of imperialistic bile in 72 hours could be dismissed as coincidence; two looks like a plan. The first spewed from the mouth of Gavin Williamson, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Defence, on Monday (11/2/19). The second came today (13/2/19) from Admiral Phil Davidson, Commander of the newly minted United States Indo-Pacific Command. Williamson was delivering a speech to the Royal United Services Club. Davidson was testifying before the US Senate’s Armed Services Committee. The principal target of both men was the Peoples Republic of China.
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Dave Macpherson – Update re Waikato DHB demand for Nicky Stevens Inquest to be reopened
Nicky’s family recognise that the DHB, it’s solicitors and the shadowy insurance company supposedly behind this demand, are not adequately informing media of their current and proposed actions, so we have decided to share the information we are getting.