Ian Powell: The Risks Of Eyecare Privatisation
Health NZ says private eyecare will fix capacity. Ian Powell says that is not diagnosis, it is ideology in a white coat.
Simeon Brown
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Lying to mothers giving birth is probably as bad as it gets
Lying about maternity care is grotesque. New mothers were promised a right they do not yet have, and the Government calls it a mistake.
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Budget 2026 Care Crisis While Defence Gets Billions
The Government calls this security. Care workers call it poverty wages, broken cars, impossible rent and another Budget that tells them they do not matter.
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Rural General Practice Funding Cuts Put Patients at Risk
Katikati patients could lose local hours, weekend clinics and urgent care if a blunt funding model decides their rural community is suddenly urban.
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Government’s Fossil Gas Fairytale Exposed – Russel Norman
The Government spent two years insisting more fossil gas would save us. Now it is underwriting loans to help businesses escape gas dependence. Russel Norman says the fairytale has collapsed.
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Auckland Congestion Charges: Privatisation by Stealth
Auckland’s roads are about to become pay-to-play, and the people least able to avoid peak-hour travel will be the ones hit hardest.
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Maiki Sherman, TVNZ and National’s Media War
National wants the media frightened, obedient and apologetic. The question is whether TVNZ still remembers what journalism is for.
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Simeon Brown Campaign Strategy Signals Trouble
If this is the campaign rollout, it’s not discipline — it’s noise. And voters tend to tune that out fast.
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Government Mileage Increase For Home Support Workers “A Joke”
They’re caring for New Zealand’s most vulnerable — and paying for it themselves. Even after the increase, many say they’re still going backwards.
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Luxon and National – Less a Cabinet reshuffle, more a snapping Coffin
This wasn’t a reset. It was a move to hold the numbers — and hold off what comes next.
