like the disability cuts, these hospital cuts seem to be the govt refusing to top up budgets of programmes that run over

Overspends (& underspends) are normal - costs & demand rise. Hospital services got a $1.4b top up last year

But there's no money now. All for tax cuts

A day will come when Luxon will talk normal but this is not that day

Ongoing leaks will plague Luxon's Govt the price he pays coldly knifing public servants with impunity and sadistic pleasure.
CoC won't get much done because resentful public servants will sabotage and go slow in implementing his agenda/policies and make unpalatable decisions

This is messed up, completely messed up

National screwing regional NZ yet again!!
What a surprise?!

A leaked document shows Health NZ has contracted PwC to help it make millions of dollars of cuts to regional health districts. 🤷‍♂️
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/24/lea…

As if ongoing recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle and massive Three-Waters related rates increases on the horizon weren't enough, Napier's northern suburb now has gone into the highest level of local water restrictions 'due to an issue with the water mains pipe servicing Bay View'.

I DID NOT KNOW THE CLASSIC KIWI SCHOOLGROUND INSULT WAS SHAKESPEARE

Wasn't Lee the one who started/stoked the 'PIJF i$ tHe GuvMiNt BUYING tHe mEDiA!!' conspiracy?

She then gets put in charge of 'tHe mEdiA', it goes to $hit under her watch, she does NOTHING and gets the boot.

Good riddance to an utter waste of ministerial space.

#WasNeverThereBurger :
Media Minister booted from Cabinet rnz.co.nz/news/political…

#BHN If 50 public servants aren't getting the desired outcome, how will reducing the number to 40 people make the outcome better? #nzpol

Nerdy & rather complicated but SO freaking cool! (& the money involved in making a layout like this is $$$$$$$!!!)

BNSF Fall River Division HO Scale Layout Tour with John Parker
youtu.be/WJg4PJRa3DQ?si…

I'll be honest.

I was close to voting for Katie at the election.

If she seriously doesn't go against this idea to potentially disestablish the National Resilience Fund then that is a worry.

How are we supposed to protect the communities that suffered? 1/idk

Lift-off for ‘Beginning Of The Swarm,’ our 47th Electron mission! youtube.com/live/9izutzETw…

Hahaha!!

As they have been told over and over again. The self-described “leaders” at Te Whatu Ora just go on misleading and letting down staff and the public while they replay “Yes Minister”. linkedin.com/posts/rob-camp…

John Oliver on Gaza protests: “Protest is meant to be disruptive…34,000 people have been killed, most of them women & children…the US continues to supply Israel funding & arms for all of this, even as Gaza sinks into famine. If that’s not worth protesting, I’m not sure what is”

On this day in 1963, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones met for the first time during a Stones performance at the Crawdaddy Club.

Musk decries Australian court 'censorship' of X terror posts itnews.com.au/news/musk-decr…

Yes. There is an entire radio station dedicated to it now.