Ian Powell discusses how New Zealand’s vertically centralised health system led
to a new hospital surgical building without staff and its similarity with the ‘Yes
Minister’ comedy and the hospital with no patients.
New Zealand’s consumers price index increased 4 per cent in the 12 months to the
March 2024 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ April 17. This was
higher than the Reserve Bank prediction of 3.8%. The 4 per cent increase follows ...
The meaning of the word “racism” is being deliberately blurred, for political
reasons. Lets re-state the obvious: when people are chronically experiencing worse
social outcomes and lower life expectancy due to the colour of their skin, that’s ...
When the interests of those students today and those contemplating future careers
in journalism and media production are taken into account, the need to make journalism
nimbler and more relevant to today’s environment becomes overwhelming.
Tens of thousands of Gazans have been slaughtered, two million are on the brink of
starvation and what does our Foreign Minister choose to talk about at the UN? The
75 year old issue of whether the five permanent members should continue to have veto ...