“It does not take a majority to prevail but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” Seymour quotes US founding father Samuel Adams and there is so much to unpack. ICYMI, my column nzherald premium nzherald.co.nz/nz/david-seymo…

We need more legal action like this. A LOT more of it. People are catching COVID in hospitals every single day - because hospitals can’t be bothered to implement infection controls against airborne pathogens. It’s not acceptable. They need to do better.

"Children deserve every opportunity to grow up healthy and thrive, and that includes protecting them from preventable long-term illness." - Larisa Hockey. RNZ's news bulletins also covered this study. Let's use the tools we have to prevent infections. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

These eminent 'doctors of the people' put into words what so many patients and nurses and doctors are feeling. Paediatrician and Dame Susan Bagshaw and surgeon Dr Philip Bagshaw, the founders of Canterbury Charity Hospital, lay it bare: #neoliberalism has torn apart out public

A friend in NYC who works in Early Intervention (mostly with 0-4 year olds) told me there’s an increase in children with developmental delays in her work area. She wonders if it’s COVID. “So many of the moms had it when they were pregnant. Some even had it twice.”

My girlfriend, a clinical director at a large Auckland hospital: The government is funding surgery at private hospitals, which is costing twice as much as it would cost in the public system, using specialists who also work in the public system.

Why is Tony Diver giving a full page interview to Malhotra in the Telegraph? The self-titled "leading cardiologist" has become an antivax hero, who has to publish his papers via his own journal because they are as dodgy as anything Wakefield put out Deeply irresponsible

3 Waters would have kept the rates bills down. Unfortunately, too many people believed Luxon's bullshit and voted for $250 a fortnight that they never got - you suckers have taken us backwards

"While long Covid has not really been publicly acknowledged, or accepted, it remains a constant issue for employers and those individuals who are suffering from it. An enquiry into this condition would be worthwhile within the New Zealand context." thepost.co.nz/business/36075…

I think Shane Jones needs to apologise to our superannuitants. Picking on our older folk like this is totally uncalled for.

How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the-s…

Regulatory Standards Bill: Minister considers compensation for owners of banned crypto ATMs ACT Minister McGhee thinks these machines pose big enough risks to be banned, but public money should go to their owners. 😡 Screenshot follows. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/re…

“The School Lunch Collective has started using a cheaper offal mince blend, a move that has raised compliance questions” businessdesk.co.nz/article/invest…

In today’s HeraldonSunday #nzpol

1/8 Brooke van Velden’s Employment Relations Amendment Bill is an attack on the fundamental rights of working people. The Bill has passed its first reading—here’s how it’ll threaten your rights at work. A 🧵

Importance of broad cross-party consensus on #NZ educational system’s qualification framework cannot be overstated. That requires consultation, not imposition. #NCEA was 1998 National Govt decision. My govt implemented it. Political football not desirable: beehive.govt.nz/release/govern…

If you had any doubt that this govt was taking an increasingly Trumpian approach to our institutions, this column by Prof Jonathan Boston, of Vic University, establishes quite categorically how they are undermining the public service. newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/01/who…

“In the 2023 general election, 48 percent of Māori voters aged 18–19 enrolled during the voting period. Those votes would be gone under this law. For me, that’s personal.” — Eden Fusitu‘a e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

Almost 10% away from Otago schools today.

This week NZ First pulled its support for Marama Davidson’s Consumer Guarantees (Right To Repair) Amendment Bill. Maybe repairing stuff is a bit too woke for NZ First. My #NZpol #cartoon #RightToRepair #ConsumerGuarantees