Pākehā. Tangata Tiriti. Aotearoa New Zealand. Toitū te Tiriti. Retired teacher of health professionals. Fuelled by anger about injustice & climate crisis. I don't reply to direct personal messages. I block bots & Zionists.
Once again this Coalition has failed NZers. What a disgrace! And why was it not headlines? @nzherald.bsky.social @nzstuff.bsky.social Luxon must explain NZ’s vote on UN human rights chief, Labour says newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/28/l...
Luxon must explain NZ’s vote on UN human rights chief, Labour saysNZ was just one of 13 countries to abstain on reappointment of senior UN officialnewsroom.co.nz
One way to fix waiting list problems is to make the waiting time three times longer!
Mary KathleenAnd Simeon Brown has quietly changed the elective surgery waiting time in NZ from 4 months to 12 months for a specialist appointment. Share it. If your GP sends a waiting list referral you get the Xray, then a letter advising of 12 month wait to see a Specialist.
thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin... Under Coalition government, half of NZ GP practices are now privatised. That means profits are not going to NZ Health Care. Now Simeon Brown has handed over the top positions of NZ Medical Council to the Free Speech Union. The Cookers have taken over Medical council
Why is the Free Speech Union suddenly so involved in the Medical Council?Two new appointments to the Medical Council raise an obvious question and competing issues around free speech.thespinoff.co.nzCheck out this article from The Spinoff: Why is the Free Speech Union suddenly so involved in the Medical Council? thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...
Why is the Free Speech Union suddenly so involved in the Medical Council?Two new appointments to the Medical Council raise an obvious question and competing issues around free speech.thespinoff.co.nzAmazing that you can get more insightful analysis on bluesky the app for 40 year old shitposters than you can in the actual media. Like I said yesterday, it's about the questions that don't get asked about this stinky scenario. They're not asked here! thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...
Why is the Free Speech Union suddenly so involved in the Medical Council?Two new appointments to the Medical Council raise an obvious question and competing issues around free speech.thespinoff.co.nz
#NZpol I guess there are opportunities for the military and associated sectors,* but why partner with the US under their current administration? Surely there are others to work with?** I can’t imagine most NZers wanting more ties to the US administration.
NZDF joins US Army to test high-tech weaponsImagine a drone you can quickly transform on the battlefield, swapping out weapons to deploy bombs, grenades, smokescreens and more.www.rnz.co.nz
National has turned NZ into a cooker-ocracy now www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
Second Free Speech Union figure appointed to regulate doctors after meeting ministerA former chairperson of the Free Speech Union (FSU) - who lobbied Health Minister Simeon Brown over proposed changes to how doctors are regulated - has been appointed to the Medical Council.www.stuff.co.nz#NZpol If true, this is exactly why the Medical Council is supposed to be independent.
CEO Johnny CansIn May 2025 the FSU Chair, CE and a FSU member lobbied Minister Brown because they think the Medical Council was too ideological. In July 2026, Minister Brown appointed 2 of them to the Medical Council. Maori health inequality, colonisation, gender - that's the ideology they opposed.
Doctors call for overhaul of how public healthcare provided | RNZ share.google/Mx054vYnaECa... Simeon Brown MP cynically uses the language of community oriented Doctors while quietly privatising our NZ Health Care System.
Doctors call for overhaul of how public healthcare providedA prominent doctor says decisions about public healthcare should be made in the communities they serve.share.google
Fix this headline. Minister appoints FSU backed Doctor with history of anti-Māori views and transphobia to Medical Council to replace those he saw as having an "ideological agenda". Not even hiding it here are they? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
Doctor at centre of free speech row appointed to Medical CouncilDr Manoja Kalupahana has been appointed by Health Minister Simeon Brown to the statutory body responsible for regulating New Zealand's 20,000 doctors.www.stuff.co.nzTHE FSU WENT AFTER ANDREA VANCE FOR ASKING QUESTIONS TO THE MINISTER BECAUSE THE MINISTERS OFFICE FORWARDED THEM TO THE DOCTOR??!??? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
Free Speech Union attacks reporter for asking minister questionsThe Free Speech Union ‒ which exists to defend free speech ‒ has attacked a journalist for asking Health Minister Simeon Brown questions over email.www.stuff.co.nzCEO Johnny CansFix this headline. Minister appoints FSU backed Doctor with history of anti-Māori views and transphobia to Medical Council to replace those he saw as having an "ideological agenda". Not even hiding it here are they? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
Wow, it’s as if the FSU uses the language of free speech selectively to shield favoured speakers and ideas from scrutiny, who could have predicted this www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
Free Speech Union attacks reporter for asking minister questionsThe Free Speech Union ‒ which exists to defend free speech ‒ has attacked a journalist for asking Health Minister Simeon Brown questions over email.www.stuff.co.nz
we let the NZ Initiative in through the backdoor to run the country and all we got was these poignantly horrible graphs
Musical ChairsNZ has - almost uniquely amongst our peers - tanked its economy and pushed 10,000s onto the dole (and offshore). We were told that this strategy would 'get interest rates down, tame inflation, and drive growth 🎉'. Yet, here we are, slumped and vying to be inflation champs. What went wrong? [🧵1/n]
