Worst Case Delta Scenario – NZ is about to be tested in ways we haven’t seen in living memory
The country is on a precipice and I don’t think people appreciate how large a flock of black swans are circling.
New Zealand Politics
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Invasion of the (Covid) Body Snatchers
AM I THE ONLY AUCKLANDER feeling let down today? Seventy-one new community cases detected – with that number set to double in the next fortnight. The prospect looms of New Zealand’s largest city being awash with the Delta Variant of Covid-19 by Christmas.
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GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Funding of high-needs primary healthcare needs an overhaul
The negotiation process that regularly updates terms and conditions for general practice funding barely works for privately owned practices (mainly small businesses and providing the large majority of primary healthcare in New Zealand).
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GUEST BLOG: Pat O’Dea – Death Cult/Govt. kiss and make up
How many avoidable deaths, and avoidable hospitalisations and human suffering, do the government consider acceptable before they start listening to the health experts and scientists again, and reimpose the Level 4 Lockdown Alert they have asked for?
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New Poll – Labour & ACT soar
The big story is ACT continuing to cannibalise National vote and the continued death spiral of the National Party.
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The Liberal Agenda – Squid Game: North Korean documentary on Late Stage Capitalism
Squid Game has been wrongly labeled a South Korean drama when it’s more like a North Korean documentary on Late Stage Capitalism.
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The Liberal Agenda – 3 worst TV adverts right now
These are the three that make me want to commit homicide-suicides the most.
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Don’t Blame James.
TO SAY that environmentalists are underwhelmed by James Shaw’s latest Climate Change announcements would understate their feelings considerably. With every policy release, Shaw takes another downward step into the shadowland of political ignominy. Pretty soon we won’t be able to see or hear him at all.
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Dr Liz Gordon: MMP, the Alliance and me
A quarter of a century ago today a young(ish) senior lecturer from the University of Canterbury was elected as a neophyte MP in the first MMP election. It is fair to say she was totally surprised, not to say shocked, by this turn of events.
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Another Level 3 Lockdown – Winners & Losers
Another fucking week in fucking lockdown.