Gleichschaltung and Far-Right Momentum in NZ
Ian Powell warns that New Zealand is far from Nazi Germany, but far-right momentum, neoliberal drift and authoritarian instincts should not be dismissed.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – When a falsified Taxpayers’ Union ‘golden handshake’ is neither ‘golden’ nor a ‘handshake’
The Taxpayers’ Union has perfected the art of manufacturing fury around public sector payouts, but strip away the slogans and many of these so-called ‘golden handshakes’ turn out to be contractual obligations dressed up as scandal.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Hidden waiting list exposed; unmet health need unreported
Thousands of sick New Zealanders are being quietly rejected before even reaching official hospital waiting lists, hiding the true scale of unmet healthcare need.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Inhumanity of US economic sanctions against Cuba – infant mortality and starvation; time to end New Zealand’s silence
Ian Powell says escalating US sanctions against Cuba are driving a humanitarian crisis marked by rising infant mortality, blackouts and deepening poverty.
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Ian Powell: The Cruelty Of Health Staffing Shortages
Behind every staffing shortage statistic is a whānau shattered, a burnt-out health worker, and a system failing people when they are most vulnerable.
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Wellington Floods, Climate Change & Suicidal Capitalism
The Wellington floods weren’t just bad weather. They were a warning flare from a system still worshipping fossil fuels while the water rises.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Failing kidney patients symptomatic of health system crisis; health system needs its own mantra
Dialysis rationing is not bad luck. It is the brutal bill for a health system that ignored prevention, ignored clinicians, and called chaos reform.
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Ethics of conviction and ethics of responsibility in healthcare systems
Ian Powell examines how conviction politics has reshaped New Zealand’s health system — and why responsibility must come first.
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Political Interference threatens Health Regulation in NZ
Proposed changes to the HPCA Act could allow ministerial direction of health regulators. Critics warn political interference may undermine public safety.
