A very large part of the problem is that the Government has quite literally left the same crowd at the Ministry of Health in charge of mental health policy and oversight, and they have allowed their DHB delivery arms to keep the same crowd in charge of the mental health facilities and services around the country.
The National Party’s only real hope of shattering the fast-setting concrete of Labour’s electoral hegemony is to take to it with the jackhammer of right-wing populism.
It is not surprising that there is support in South Africa for the Palestinian people, because of the harshness South…
Luckily for Jacinda, house prices could jump 50% and as long as Labour keep the Covid virus out of the country, no one will care about housing unaffordability.
This ‘ghost home’ problem is not of course unique to NZ so we could certainly look overseas for some inspiration.
Nine Chinese workers are still being detained at Mt Eden Prison and could be detained many weeks more because of changes to Chinese government policies that require two weeks in isolation in New Zealand before deportation.
This is the first drum beat of a leadership challenge that will come to fruition before Christmas.
Judith screaming Labour have to tell us all whether or not they intend to bring in rent controls is music to our collective ears because it’s immensely popular with renters who had lost hope Labour would do anything for them.
The grotesquely incompetent and corrupt Corrections Department must attack and denigrate Kelvin Davis as quickly as possible before the reports into their obscene handling of the Waikeria Prison riots come to light.
Our far-right terrorists have always hidden in plain sight.