Comments on: Waatea News Column: Chris Luxon’s argument against the Māori Health Authority doesn’t make sense

By: Bert

Bert — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:29:35 +0000

Quite correct Queeny.

By: Mike Horse Kings

Mike Horse Kings — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:27:36 +0000

Brilliant as always Countryboy. Informative and intellectual.

By: bert

bert — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 18:52:54 +0000

100% again Countryboy. More in depth analysis to this shows a deeper understanding than many on this site.

“‘Ag Action’, ‘Groundswell’, Federated farmers and their relationships to the national party , banking and the wealthy urban elite.”

Follow the money.

By: Wheel

Wheel — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 18:33:33 +0000

Nuke, wouldn’t you say Luxon is one of the reasons the debate is divisive? Agree the communication has been bad but National have been happily scaremongering despite implementing/overseeing co governance arrangements while in power

By: Ngungukai

Ngungukai — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 06:57:24 +0000

The NZ Health system definitely needs fixing that Clown Key & National opened the flood gates on Immigration and forgot about Housing, Education & Health for the 600k+ new immigrants. Labour have been trying to play catch up over the past 5 years. Anyway it’s all Jacinda and Labour’s fault.

By: Ngungukai

Ngungukai — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 05:03:46 +0000

You need to remember Graham Hart was initially gifted a State Asset “The National Printing Press Business”, for a pittance by Roger Douglas and his cronies. That’s how he started on the road to his fortune, right place at the right time, knowing the right people, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

By: Wheel

Wheel — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 22:14:42 +0000

I think you might find a lot of it has to do with Māori health outcomes being shockingly bad. Those of Asian and Indian descent don’t stand out as being disproportionately represented in the statistics.

There are many people at the delivery end that think a separate authority makes sense whereas a lot of the noise comes from the rest of us that probably don’t have much of a clue and make it all about segregation in a negative context. It’s a bit like healthy people saying (less so now days) PHARMAC is awesome. Wait until you get a serious illness/disease in some therapy areas and see what you think.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:56:25 +0000

Maori Health Authority just sounds like money for bureaucrats. Probably what is really needed is just a lot more maori doctors and nurses. Especially nurses so that maori have first contact with scientific medicine through a nurse in their family, family friend circle, local community.

By: Ngungukai

Ngungukai — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:31:50 +0000

Looking at Maori Health statistics the Maori Health Authority is not a priviledge it is a necessity. The guy neeeds to polish his knob a bit more IMHO.

By: Ngungukai

Ngungukai — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:29:35 +0000

Agree +100%