Thursday, July 30, 2020

Institutional overkill? The case of Deborah Hugill

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I wonder if anyone else felt uneasy reading the story on Stuff today about a Taranaki nurse, Deborah Hugill, who was deregistered by the He...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Rediscovering a Wellington guitar hero

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In 1968 I was the bass guitarist (not a very good one, I regret to say) in a Wellington band called the Regency Set. I don’t remember much a...
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Thursday, July 23, 2020

We're all immigrants here

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I recently read an interview with the Sri Lankan-born Wellington novelist Brannavan Gnanalingam . In it he talks mainly about the challenge ...
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The dead cat bounce

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I feel it’s my duty to call out ACT leader David Seymour for his misuse of the expression “dead cat bounce”. The phrase cropped up in Parl...
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Monday, July 20, 2020

Collins must be well pleased

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Two leading figures on the left have given Judith Collins the most ringing endorsement imaginable. Matt McCarten and Nicky Hager have pa...
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The latest on that aerodrome spending spree - and it's not encouraging

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Today’s Wairarapa Times-Age confirms that the people of Masterton will pay twice for an airport that no airline wants to use. As taxpayer...
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Friday, July 17, 2020

Resounding vindication of Hood job creation scheme

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The Dominion Post reported today that regional airline Air Chathams would be “interested” in establishing a regular link out of Masterton o...
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